Category: Contactless Payments News

Football Fans to ‘Tap & Go™’ During the Big Game Using MasterCard PayPass

Dolphin Stadium Accepts Contactless Payments So Fans Won’t Miss On-the-field Action When Making Purchases Purchase, NY, January 30, 2007–This week, the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts and thousands of football fans from around the globe are converging on the city of Miami. When the two teams go head to head for the championship inside Dolphin Stadium…

HSBC Launches Mobile Phone Payments Pilot

Salinas, CA., January 26, 2007–HSBC Credit Card Services, the U.S. credit card unit of one of the world’s largest financial services companies, has launched a mobile phone payments pilot, in partnership with MasterCard and ViVOtech. The six-month pilot tests the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile phones to make contactless credit card purchases….

Visa Brings Electronic Payments to Broadway Concessions, Giving Theatre Patrons More Time to Enjoy the Show

Visa Brings State-of-the-Art Acceptance Contactless Readers; Patrons Avoid Fumbling for Cash, Pay San Francisco–JAN. 25, 2007-Visa, a proud sponsor of Broadway since 1999, is making it easier for Manhattan theatregoers to speed through concession lines and get back to their seats before the start of the next act. Sandbar Concessions, the official concessionaire for The…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

MasterCard and USA Technologies to Trial MasterCard PayPass in Ohio Turnpike Tollbooths

Ohio Turnpike Commission Adding MasterCard PayPass Contactless Terminals to Highway Exits and Service Plazas Near Cleveland and Oberlin with USA Technologies’ e-Port Payment Solution Purchase, NY, December 21, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide today announced that it is managing a consumer trial of contactless “Tap & Go”™ payments in selected exit lanes and service plazas on the Ohio…