Category: Contactless Payments News

MasterCard PayPass Continues to be the Faster and More Convenient Way to Pay

Seven Million PayPass Cards and Devices Issued To Consumers and 30,000 Merchant Locations Accepting PayPass Globally Purchase, NY, May 01, 2006–The MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless payment solution continues to provide consumers with a faster and more convenient way to pay for their small ticket purchases. To date, approximately seven million PayPass cards and devices have been…

Arby’s Taps MasterCard PayPass For Speed And Convenience at the Register and Drive-Thru

Fast Food Restaurant Chain Joins Growing List of Merchants Accepting PayPass Atlanta, GA, May 01, 2006–Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., a leading quick service restaurant chain with more than 3,500 locations, today announced that it plans to accept MasterCard® PayPass™, an innovative contactless payment option, at registers and drive-thrus in its company-owned restaurants in the third…

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…

Visa To Launch Contactless Cards In Europe This Year

March 21, 2006–Card Technology reports that Visa contactless payment pilots will be launched by several European banks. Click here to read the full article.

Visa Introduces Contactless Mini Card, Making Payments Faster and More Convenient than Ever

Industry’s First Commercially Scalable Alternative Form Factor for Contactless Payments Now Available for Issuance SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2006–Visa today announced the availability of the Visa Contactless Mini Card, delivering all of the speed of contactless payments in a card that is about half the size of a traditional payment card and easy to carry…

MasterCard Licenses Common Contactless Communications Protocol to JCB Co. Ltd.

Singapore, March 14, 2006–MasterCard International and JCB Co. Ltd. today announced that they have reached an agreement to share the MasterCard™ PayPass™ ISO/IEC 14443 Implementation Specification as a common communications protocol for radio frequency-based contactless payments. Contactless payments allow cardholders to speed through checkout by paying with a simple tap, eliminating the need for customers…