In an email reply to a Taxi driver, TfLTPH's head of policy Tom Moody, makes the statement that a minicab operator/driver who accepts a booking and takes payment, there is in our (TfLTPH) view, what amounts to a contractual arrangement between the operator and the driver.
He goes on to say, "I don't think that it is for us to comment on any specific contractual arrangements between the various parties".
This is the same licensing regulator that is insisting that we as a whole trade give free credit to all in sundry, using both chip and pin or Contactless transactions....
One rule for PH....and a stiffer one for us.
Many drivers believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg as one major CC company has warned its transaction costs could soon rise.
As predicted, TfL's tenuous links with third parties stakeholders are beginning to be leaked.
TfL have been unwavering about the rear siting of the CC reader, even in light of safety concerns of drivers.
They've reluctantly allowed independent companies to supply machines attacked by blue tooth to a printer (which is a requirement hat could be dropped), knowing full well that when (not if) TfL bring in the requirement for the CC reader to be attached to the meter (rumoured to be coming into affect summer 2017), the smaller machines i.e. CabApp, PayPal, iZettle and the like, will become unauthorised overnight. This would mean an approximate loss of investment by the driver to the tune of £400.
Although Helen Chapman recently stated that "at present" they had no plans to do this.... The LCDC published proof in the last issue of the badge that LTPH was in fact currently in close discussion with the major CC companies to do just this!
Just as you were thinking, this couldn't get anymore damming, the Twitter account of TfL put out this tweet, showing conflict of interest to a third party stakeholder/ partner.
As most of the Taxi top digital advertising screens belong to Verifone, why are TfL paying this company to advertise its own credit card service?
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