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"Young People sign up for sQuid"
12December 2008 - Dundee

More than 5,000 young National Entitlement Card holders in Dundee are being given new sQuid eMoney NEC cards. sQuid brings the added advantage of being able to use their NEC card as an electronic purse to pay for low value items at over forty outlets across the city.

sQuid is a new kind of cash - smart cash. It can be used for everyday items such as newspapers, magazines or snacks - in fact any purchase with a low transaction value. It makes paying for things extremely easy.

Laura Gorman of the Scottish Youth Parliament, Member for Dundee West, said, "sQuid will help young people keep their cash safer than carrying loose change around and it really helps that it will be on the Young Scot NEC card they already use."

Andrew MacQueen of the Scottish Youth Parliament Member for Dundee East, said, "It is great that Dundee is leading the way on what will be the future way of paying for everyday expenses"

Existing Young Scot NEC card holders in the city will be receiving a new card with sQuid on it over the next few days.

The NEC Manager Sid Bulloch is looking at the results of the launch of sQuid in Dundee as a model that will in time cover the whole of Scotland. "The sQuid concept can appeal to all ages and adds to the services for travel, school, library and leisure that the NEC currently covers."

Dundee city council has been the lead authority on smartcards in Scotland and the National Entitlement Card staff are employed in the city.

The sQuid service has been piloted in Bolton and Dundee is next in line to benefit from the scheme. Eventually the facility will be available country-wide. To find out more about sQuid in Dundee, visit squidcard.com/nec.

Visit the NEC pages on the Young Scot web site.

 

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