Photo: Courtesy of MasterCard

From my Boston Globe column this week, MasterCard says any bank can now issue computer codes, rather than cards, to consumers.–mb

I usually tap my RFID-chipped Citizens Bank card against the checkout reader to streamline the transaction. Once I’ve fished the card out of my wallet, and then out of its Identity Stronghold spy-blocking sleeve, that is.

Soon, I will not have to open my wallet: MasterCard-issuing banks can now set up their customer’s RFID phones to make wireless purchases at retailers with RFID readers.

via Headset takes calls from real world, too – The Boston Globe