Visa lets iPhone-toting NatWest and RBS customers pay with NFC cases, join the future

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Two can play at the [UK-banks-with-NFC-payments game](http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/19/barclays-paytag/). RBS (and by extension, NatWest) is partnering with [Visa](http://www.engadget.com/tag/Visa/) Europe to roll out TouchPay, a mobile payment system based around an [iCarte case](http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/22/aussie-bank-debuts-kaching-app-accompanying-icarte-case-for-mob/) for the iPhone 4 and 4S -- sorry, early [iPhone 5](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/18/apple-iphone-5-review/) owners. In tandem with a native app, the service allows paying for goods at British shops by tapping the phone at a Visa-capable [NFC](http://www.engadget.com/tag/NFC/) terminal without needing the short-range wireless built-in. Any purchases under £20 ($32) can even skip the PIN code, if you're just in that much of a hurry to get a Pret À Manger sandwich. Only 1,000 of the 9,000 who pre-registered for TouchPay are getting into Visa's wallet-free initiative at this stage, although all NatWest and RBS customers with one of Apple's semi-recent smartphones can participate once a trial run is over. We're just wondering if and when Android, BlackBerry and [Windows Phone 8](http://www.engadget.com/tag/WindowsPhone8,nfc/) owners get in on the action.

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