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MasterCard and USA Technologies to Expand MasterCard PayPass Deployment to Nationwide Rollout of 5,000 e-Port Devices

Purchase, NY, November 16, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide and USA Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: USAT) today announced that 5,000 additional self service point-of-sale terminals, including vending machines, will be equipped with the e-Port® cashless transaction solution to begin accepting MasterCard® PayPass™. The deployment is the largest rollout to date of contactless technology in self service point of…
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Gemalto Provides First VISA Java EMV Cards in Hong Kong

Gemalto’s EMV solution to offer DBS Bank cardholders a more convenient and secure payment experience Amsterdam, Hong Kong, November 15, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, announces today that it has delivered the first Visa Java EMV cards to DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (“DBS Bank”), an Asia banking specialist and…
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MasterCard® PayPass™ and VeriFone Announce First Ever ‘Tap & Go™’ Payments in Taxis

MasterCard PayPass Continues to Lead the Way into New Consumer Categories with the Speed and Convenience of Contactless Payment Philadelphia, PA and Purchase, NY – November 15, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide and VeriFone Holdings (NYSE: PAY) today announced the first U.S. acceptance of MasterCard® PayPass™ “Tap & Go™” contactless payments in taxicabs, making life easier for busy…
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Hold the Phone: Visa’s Mobile Strategy Offers New Ways to Pay, More Rewards and Services

New Visa Pilot Tests Delivery of Mobile Coupons and Rewards San Francisco, November 15, 2006–Visa USA today advanced its mobile strategy through the launch of a new pilot at its California headquarters. Following the successful completion of the industry’s first large-scale U.S. mobile payment trial at Philips Arena in Atlanta earlier this year, Visa is…
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Hypercom Launches Customer Authentication Bank Automation Initiative

Leverages Hypercom’s Expertise in Electronic Payments to Provide Easy, Secure User ID LAS VEGAS, BAI Conference, November 14, 2006–Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced a program designed to reduce identity fraud at retail bank branches by using Hypercom’s highly regarded point-of-service terminals and PIN entry devices to authenticate customers by using PIN numbers, biometric signature…
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CPI Card Group and INSIDE Contactless to Provide Secure Contactless Payment Cards for Three Major Banks in Guatemala

LITTLETON, CO November 13, 2006–CPI Card Group – Colorado, Inc., along with INSIDE Contactless, has been selected by Visa Latin America to provide cards with contactless technology for three major banks in Guatemala. “CPI is honored to have been selected as the card supplier for the first Visa Contactless card project in Latin America,” said…
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Gemalto Introduces World’s First Banking Card Meeting the Visa Global Contactless Specification

Dual interface smart card addresses EMV markets worldwide Cartes trade show, Villepinte, France, November 7, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today launches an innovative banking microprocessor card to perform multiple types of Visa payments: contact EMV (Europay MasterCard Visa), EMV-based contactless and magnetic stripe data contactless. The Gemalto card is…
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INSIDE Contactless and Perfect Plastic Printing announce distribution agreement for contactless bank card technology

Aix en Provence, France; St. Charles IL, USA 6 November 2006–INSIDE Contactless, one of the world’s largest providers of contactless semiconductor chips, today announced a distribution alliance with Illinois-based Perfect Plastic Printing (PPP) to provide MicroPass-enabled contactless bank cards for the US market The distribution alliance will allow the companies, which have been deploying contactless…