Category: Contactless Payments News

Discover Network and Motorola Announce Mobile Payments and Account Management Trial

Mobile banking and payments trial gives Discover Cardmembers a convenient and easy way to make purchases and manage their credit card accounts in real time via Motorola mobile phones Riverwoods and Schaumburg, Ill., February 13, 2007–Discover Financial Services, a business unit of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), and Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT), today announced the launch…

INSIDE Contactless Presents Next Generation NFC Services at 3GSM World Congress, Barcelona

Leading contactless technologies and partners enable unparalleled telecommunications services, demoed on booth F33, hall 2, 12-15 February, 2007 Barcelona, Spain, February 12th, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a world leader for contactless semiconductor chips and hardware platforms, today announced that the company will present its next generation NFC (Near Field Communications) technologies and services on 3GSM booth number…

Compass Bank launches new contactless technology for Visa check card holders

Contactless News, February 8, 2007–Compass Bank announced that it has begun to issue Visa Check Cards with the new contactless feature to a select group of cardholders. The new cards, issued by Compass, will use embedded radio-frequency chip technology from Visa USA that allows participating merchants and cardholders a faster and more convenient method of…

Tully’s Coffee to Accept MasterCard PayPass at All Retail Locations

“Tap & Go” Payment Option Offers Customers a Faster, Easier Way to Pay Seattle, WA, February 08, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide and Tully’s Coffee Corporation (Tully’s) announced today that all Tully’s corporate owned retail locations will accept MasterCard® PayPass™. MasterCard PayPass is a fast, cashless payment option that will allow customers to pay for their Tully’s purchases…

Caution, Contents Hot: Visa Contactless Technology Provides Customers Quicker Coffee

Tully’s Coffee to Accept Visa Contactless Payments, Customers Speed Through Checkout Lines SEATTLE, February 8, 2007–Tully’s Coffee (Tully’s) and Visa today announced their collaboration to make it easier for customers to grab their coffee and go by accepting Visa Contactless payments, an innovative new payment technology that speeds up transactions, making purchases faster and more…

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…