Cash goes off the cuff with 'world's first' contactless payment jacket

Contactless payment technology has been applied to fashion to create the “world’s first” contactless jacket.

Barclaycard and its contactless bPay technology has partnered with fashion brand Lyle & Scott to create a jacket that can be used to make contactless payments in the same way consumers would use a contactless card — by tapping the sleeve against pay points.

The jacket — which is going on sale online and in the brand’s Carnaby St store in London — has space in the cuff for a contactless payment chip, like those found in debit and credit cards, meaning it can be tapped against card terminals in order to make payments of up to £30 (€40).