On 2017-02-28 09:45:53 +0000, Roland Perry said:

I read the comment as meaning the "new" Oyster card will be in effect a
contactless pre-paid credit card with zero credit loaded, but an
arrangement to auto-topup from a bank account by the exact amount of
any journeys made.

Whatever would be the point in that? That would be duplicating the
function of a contactless debit card.

What it will do is store credit, but will do so on a back-end online
system rather than the card, the latter being simple RFID.

Neil
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