"Modern day pickpockets don't need to touch you to steal your money", warns ThinkGeek on the emergence of RFID-enabled credit and debit cards.

Although such thieves would have to be high tech wizards complete with the necessary kit, if you want to be belt and braces secure then the Flipside wallet is for you.

The card side of the wallet holds up to six cards and is "fully RFID shielded, keeping your info locked up and secure" and protected from sneaky scanning scumbags.

The cash side of things has space for notes, receipts, tickets, photos and the like and the whole shebang closes - no doubt with a satisfying click - with a secure locking mechanism.

The Flipside wallet is on sale now from ThinkGeek for $39.99.

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Flipside wallet safeguards RFID cards originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:41:42 +0000

Barclaycard has announced another high street retailer is to roll out a contactless payment system for its OnePulse cards.

Sandwich, soup and cofee shop EAT is to offer wave and pay transactions across its entire chain of 100 stores from mid-November.

The roll out follows an 18-month trial across 30 EAT shops in London, seeing the faster way to pay soon to be available in cities such as Manchester, Birmingham, Oxford and Cambridge.

Barclaycard's contactless payment network now includes more than 9000 outlets in the UK inluding Pret a Manger, Coffee Republic, the National Trust, Books Etc and Yo Sushi.

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EAT to offer contactless payment nationwide originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:28:38 +0000