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Visa Takes Big Step Into Small Ticket Payments

Visa Launches Programs to Expand Card Acceptance and Usage in Small Ticket Segments SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2006–From morning coffee to laundry to parking, purchases less than $25 represent a significant share of U.S. consumer spending. Small is getting even bigger, as Visa is leading the way in making these everyday purchases faster, secure and…

Blast Your Blink? No Need, Says Chase

April 11, 2006–Card Technology reports that Tom O’Donnell, senior vice president of Chase Card Services, has stated that Chase hasn’t seen fraud related to contactless transactions and that customers have not called Chase with this concern. Click here to read the full story.

Giesecke & Devrient and MasterCard International Launch World’s First Over-the-Air Personalization Solution for Mobile Phone-Based Payments

New process eliminates time consuming need to “manually” personalize mobile handsets individually Munich/Las Vegas, April 05, 2006–Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and MasterCard International today announced, at the CTIA Wireless Conference in Las Vegas, the launch of the world’s first full-scale over-the-air (OTA) secure personalization payment solution for mobile phone-based payments, developed and managed by G&D….

MasterCard PayPass to be Deployed at Major League Baseball Stadiums

Major League Baseball fans to enjoy the speed and convenience of “Tap N Go®” payment technology as nine team stadiums deploy PayPass PURCHASE, NY, (BUSINESS WIRE), April 4, 2006–In time for the start of the 2006 Major League Baseball (MLB) season, MasterCard International today announced that nine MLB teams will accept MasterCard® PayPass™, a new…