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INSIDE Launches High Performance MicroPass® L4-2G Contactless Platform

Next-Generation Intelligent Hardware Platform Provides Greater Flexibility with Multi-Payment Brand, Multi-Application Support Aix en Provence, France, January 22, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open standard contactless chip technologies, today announced MicroPass L4-2G, the next generation release of the industry-leading intelligent hardware platform for contactless bank card payments. With more than 12 million units…
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MBF Cards Signs Agreement to Expand JCB Card Acceptance in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR AND TOKYO, January 17, 2007–JCB, a major global payment brand, and JCB International, JCB’s international subsidiary, and MBF Cards (M’sia) Sdn Bhd (MBF Cards), Malaysia’s largest non-bank backed credit card company, announced today an agreement to expand JCB card acceptance in Malaysia. MBF Cards will start opening its merchant network to JCB this…
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Contactless Technology Standards Headed Towards Double-Digit Growth

58% retail respondents from Major Global Markets indicate contactless adoption within the next two years. ROI and measuring contactless results remain an opportunity for retailers. BOSTON, MA, January 10, 2007–Contactless payment systems are fast approaching the tipping point of adoption within retail. After numerous pilots and deployments in the last three years, the continued pressure…
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INSIDE Unveils Contactless Consumer Electronics Vision at CES

Multiple Initiatives Supporting NFC on Mobile Phones, Contactless Bank Cards, Smart Posters, and M-2-M Connectivity between Cameras, TV Screens, and other Consumer Electronic Devices to be Discussed at CES Las Vegas, Nevada, January 8, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a world leader of contactless semiconductor chips, today unveiled its consumer electronics vision in the NFC Forum at CES,…
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MasterCard Teams Up with Spartan Stores to Offer Customers a Faster and Easier Way to Pay

Michigan-Based Supermarket/Food and Drug Retailer to Accept MasterCard PayPass “Tap & Go” Payments Purchase, NY, January 08, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide and Spartan Stores announced today that all retail banners operated by Spartan Stores in Michigan and northwest Ohio under the Family Fare, D&W, Glen’s, Pharm and Quick Stop banners will accept MasterCard® PayPass™, an innovative, contactless,…
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Visa Launches Mobile Platform

Paves the way for worldwide commercial deployment of mobile payments and services LAS VEGAS, NEV., 8 January 2007–Delivering on its global mobile strategy, Visa today launched a mobile platform that lays the foundation for the commercial availability of mobile payments and services to millions of mobile users around the world. The new platform is designed…
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Contactless Technology Standards Headed Towards Double-Digit Growth

BOSTON, January 3, 2007–58% retail respondents from Major Global Markets indicate contactless adoption within the next two years. ROI and measuring contactless results remain an opportunity for retailers. Contactless payment systems are fast approaching the tipping point of adoption within retail. After numerous pilots and deployments in the last three years, the continued pressure to…
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MasterCard and USA Technologies to Expand MasterCard PayPass Deployment to Include Cadbury Schweppes

USA Technologies’ e-Port Will be Installed in Dr Pepper and Snapple Vending Machines in Dallas, NYC, and Chicago Purchase, NY, December 21, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide and USA Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: USAT) announced today that Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages (CSAB) will equip vending machines in several U.S. markets with the e-Port® cashless transaction solution to begin…