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MasterCard & USA Technologies Expand MasterCard PayPass e-Port Deployment to Include Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Oklahoma City & Tulsa Next to Convert Vending Machines to Accept Contactless Cashless Payments Purchase, NY, March 20, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide and USA Technologies (Nasdaq: USAT) announced today that Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Company will begin equipping vending machines with USA Technologies’ e-Port® G6 cashless transaction solution to accept MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless payments. Great Plains Coca-Cola…

Visa Partners with Taco Bell Corp., ShopRite, Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores and Clearview Cinemas to Expand Acceptance of Visa Contactless Cards

Merchants to Offer Greater Speed, Convenience to Visa Contactless Cardholders SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2007–Visa USA today announced that four significant national and regional merchants are the latest to accept Visa cards with embedded contactless payment technology, allowing consumers to use the convenience of this innovative technology to buy food, groceries and movie tickets at…

CeBIT: Gemalto and Utimaco Launch Single-Device Solution Combining Digital Identification and Secure Data Storage

Plug-and-play multi-purpose device simplifies IT management and user adoption CeBIT tradeshow, Hanover, Germany, March 19, 2007–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, and Utimaco, The Data Security Company, jointly introduce an innovative USB (Universal Serial Bus) device that features two functionalities in an “all-in-one” solution. Not only does it manage network identity…

ASSA ABLOY’S HID Global Corporation to Acquire Integrated Engineering (Integrated Engineering’s Press Release)

Customers to benefit from responsive engineering competency complemented by worldwide support and distribution capability AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, March 15, 2007–Integrated Engineering, a leading powerhouse in the field of developing and manufacturing contactless (RFID) smart card solutions, today announced that it has been acquired by ASSA ABLOY’s HID Global, a leading manufacturer in the access control…

Taco Bell Tests MasterCard PayPass Contactless Payment Option

National Quick Serve Restaurant Chain Joins Growing List of Merchants Accepting PayPass “Tap & Go”Contactless Payment Technology Purchase, NY, March 15, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide and Taco Bell announced today that they are testing MasterCard® PayPass™, an innovative contactless payment solution, with the intent to launch at all 1,300 company owned restaurants and additional participating franchise locations…

ASSA ABLOY’s HID Global to Acquire Integrated Engineering

Acquisition supports commitment to market leadership in smart card technology IRVINE, CA., March 15, 2007–HID Global, a leading manufacturer in the access control industry and part of ASSA ABLOY’s Global Technologies Division, announced that it has acquired Integrated Engineering (IE), the Amsterdam-based contactless smart card reader manufacturer. Integrated Engineering is known for developing high quality…

RSA® Card Manager Solution Vital To Nationwide Homeland Security Demonstration

General Dynamics Information Technology and Lockheed Martin Select RSA as Subcontractor to Supply Card Management Solution for Enrollment, Issuance and Management of PIV Cards Used in Demonstration Bedford, MA, March 14, 2007, RSA–The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), today announced that it supported the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) disaster preparedness Winter Storm demonstration…

MasterCard Worldwide: Momentum in Transforming Everyday Devices to Support Contactless Payments

Singapore, March 13, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide today announced that in the past 12 months it has made significant headway in the area of contactless payments. Based on the MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless payment feature, MasterCard in Asia/Pacific has led the transformation of everyday consumer items, like payment cards, watches and mobile phones into secure contactless payment devices….

GlobalPlatform and Smart Card Alliance to Co-Host ‘Smart Cards for Government and Payment’ Conference in Mexico City

PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ and FOSTER CITY, CA, March 13, 2007–From smart bankcards to contactless payment to government-issued healthcare cards, smart cards are a hot technology in Mexico and across Latin America. To learn about the latest market developments and how to profit from the rapid growth of this technology, industry leaders are assembling in Mexico…

ShopRite to Accept ExpressPay From American Express

Supermarket to Offer Consumers a Faster, Easier Way to Pay Most Purchases under $25 will not Require Signature ELIZABETH, N.J., and NEW YORK, March 8 /PRNewswire/–American Express and Wakefern Food Corporation, the merchandising and distribution arm of ShopRite supermarkets, announced today that ExpressPay from American Express is now accepted at over 200 ShopRite locations in…