(18 Jan 2014, 11:29 pm)tyresmoke wrote NESTI is in the process of making sure all companies are smart card ready... They're a long way behind with rolling out a region wide smart card though I think!
By the time it's up and running we'll still be 10 years behind, as we're at the beginning of the contactless payment boom now. The TFL Oyster readers on the buses accept contactless payment now, and it apparently works extremely well.