Category: Contactless Payments News

Visa CEO Sees Collaboration with Wireless Industry as Key to Unlocking Potential of Mobile Payments

CTIA Keynote Address Unveils Key Wireless Partnerships and Investments Orlando, March 28, 2007–Mobile payment is at a critical moment in its development, and realizing its full potential will require close collaboration between the wireless and payment card industries, Visa USA President and CEO John Philip Coghlan said in a keynote address at the CTIA Wireless…

San Francisco Giants Team Up with Visa to Speed Concessions Throughout AT&T Park, Allowing Fans More Time to Enjoy the Game

Terminals Enable Faster Payment with the Same Security Protections that Fans Have Come to Expect from Visa SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2007–The San Francisco Giants and Visa USA today announced plans for full deployment of Visa consumer-facing payment terminals throughout AT&T Park – making it easier for baseball fans to speed through concession lines and…

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…

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…

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….

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…

ShopRite to Accept MasterCard PayPass “Tap & Go” Payments

Largest Supermarket Deployment to Date of a Faster, Easier Way to Pay Purchases Under $25 will not Require Signatures Purchase, NY and Elizabeth, NJ, March 01, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide and Wakefern Food Corporation, the merchandising and distribution arm of ShopRite supermarkets, announced today it has begun accepting MasterCard® PayPass™, an innovative contactless payment solution, at over…

Braum’s Stores Team Up with MasterCard to Offer Customers a Faster and Easier Way to Pay

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 22, 2007–Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores announced today that all 276 Braum’s stores now accept MasterCard ® PayPass TM “Tap & Go TM” payments – an innovative, contactless, and fast payment option. With MasterCard PayPass, customers no longer need to fumble for cash and coins or swipe a card for…

JCB Selects Visa Asia Pacific’s Specification for Expansion of Contactless Payments

Customers to benefit from agreement that will accelerate speed to market and greater merchant acceptance of faster and more convenient contactless payment products SINGAPORE, TOKYO, FEBRUARY 21, 2007–Visa and JCB announced today an agreement to share Visa Asia Pacific’s contactless specification, which will soon open up the acceptance of JCB’s ‘J/Speedy’ contactless cards at merchant…