--- title: "Contactless Payments News Archives - Page 35 of 41 - Secure Technology Alliance" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/contactless-payments-news/page/35/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/contactless-payments-news/page/35/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Contactless Payments News # Category: Contactless Payments News ### 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… ### VersaFOB Offers Banks Cost-Effective Contactless Product Differentiation November 02, 2006–The smallest-ever card-based contactless payment fob, called VersaFOB, was certified by MasterCard Worldwide as an approved PayPass product, Oberthur Card Systems announced today. This new contactless payment form factor is just 28.5 mm by 23.6 mm (1.125” x 0.93”) in size. The sub-card is snapped out… ### Dallas Trial Marks First Implementation of Giesecke & Devrient’s Secure Chip Management Platform That Allows Consumers to Wirelessly Enhance Nokia Cell Phones With MasterCard PayPass DALLAS, TEXAS, November 2, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide today announced that it has brought the promise of mass market availability of “Tap & Go”™ payments via mobile phones one giant step closer… ### October 5, 2006–Card Technology reports that New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority are “very satisfied with the results” of the trial that is underway to use MasterCard PayPass to pay for subway fares. Click here to read the full article. ### October 2, 2006–Card Technology reports that four Japanese contactless payment providers–iD from NTT DoCoMo, Suica from East Japan Railway, QUICPay from JCB and Edy from bitWallet–will start to share common point-of-sale readers. Click here to read the full story. ### September 26, 2006–ContactlessNews reports that Major League Baseball and MasterCard announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement. MasterCard PayPass is accepted at 12 MLB ballparks, including Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium (Mets), Citizens Bank Park (Phillies), Turner Field (Braves), Dodger Stadium (Dodgers), PETCO Park (Padres), Busch Stadium (Cardinals), Jacobs Field (Indians), Wrigley Field (Cubs), U.S. Cellular Field (White… ### Atlanta Spirit, Chase, Cingular, Nokia, NXP, Visa USA and ViVOtech excited by results of Near Field Communications trial, citing this is “just the beginning” Atlanta, September 6, 2006–A group of industry-leading companies today announced the completion of the first North American Near Field Communication (NFC) trial for mobile phones, including contactless payments and content downloads… ### Contactless Card Part of Visa Smart Breakthough Program San Francisco, August 15, 2006–Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) has begun issuing Wells Fargo® Visa® Platinum Credit Card and Wells Fargo Visa Signature with Visa Contactless to customers, and is on track to distribute 400,000 cards by the end of 2006. Wells Fargo is distributing contactless cards… ### ‘Tap and Go’ Functionality Offers Speed and Convenience to Small Business Owners Purchase, NY and Spring House, PA, August 15, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide and Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA), one of the nation’s largest issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) of MasterCard business credit cards to small businesses and business professionals, announced today that they will begin… ### ViVOtech readers first to be certified to support Discover Network contactless payment platform worldwide RIVERWOODS, Ill., August 2, 2006–Discover® Network, a business unit of Discover Financial Services and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), today announced that it has certified several ViVOtech readers, including ViVOpay 4000 and ViVOpay 3000 for use with Discover Network’s contactless payment application. These… [ ** ](#)