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MasterCard Launches Europe’s First Watch Equipped with PayPass Technology

Garanti Bank to Issue Limited Edition Watches in Turkey Istanbul, Turkey, May 07, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide today announced the launch of Europe’s first watch equipped with MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless technology, in partnership with Garanti Bank in Turkey. This contemporary form factor for PayPass – which heralds a new era for credit payments in Europe – will…
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INSIDE Teams With Smart Card Alliance, SourceMedia, CPI Card Group, Discover Network to Host a Contactless Payment Webinar on May 3rd

Aix en Provence, France, May 3rd, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that it is working with the Smart Card Alliance, SourceMedia, CPI Card Group, the Discover Network to host a Webinar entitled: Contactless Payments – Issuers Meet Demand for Speed and Convenience. This event is scheduled…
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Visa introduces Visa payWave™ in Canada

Visa’s contactless technology offers convenience and the security benefits of chip card technology Toronto, ON, May 2, 2007–Visa Canada Association today announced the availability of its contactless technology, Visa payWave, in the Canadian market. Visa payWave-enabled products will deliver speed and convenience to participating merchants and Visa® cardholders while offering the security benefits inherent in…
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LGS Selects Thales’ SONET Datacryptor encryptors For Department Of Defense Deployment

Weston, Florida, April 30, 2007–Thales, a global provider of cryptographic security products and services and ID management solutions to governments and financial networks announced today that LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated to serving the U.S. government community, will offer to deploy the Thales SONET Datacryptors as a part of the Army’s Infrastructure Modernization Program….
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Six Leading Vending Companies Install USA Technologies e-Port Technology to Accept MasterCard PayPass Contactless Payments

Purchase, NY, April 24, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide and USA Technologies (NASDAQ: USAT) announced today that six of America’s most prominent vending companies are installing e-Port® cashless payment technology on their vending machines to accept MasterCard PayPass cards and devices. The six vending machine companies participating in the MasterCard and USA Technologies rollout are North County Vending,…
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Gemalto Showcases its Machine-to-Machine Solution at SIMposium 2007

Gemalto M2M offering enables customers to optimize logistics and reduce associated costs. SIMposium 2007 tradeshow, Berlin, April 24, 2007–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, is demonstrating its dedicated offer tailored to the specific needs of the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) market at SIMposium 2007. Gemalto designed a robust SIM-based device that meets the…
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Momentum for Visa Innovations—Issuers, Merchants and Consumers Adopt New Generation of Visa Payment Technologies

WaMu, Chase, Wells Fargo, BP to Embrace Innovative payment technologies by Visa; Launch of Consumer Awareness, Marketing Campaign SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2007–Visa, the global leader in payments, today announced significant milestones for its innovative, new payment technologies, adding a major issuer and merchant to the list of organizations adopting Visa payment innovations, while preparing…
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OTI and SMART Launch MediSmart™ Medical Card Solution in Kenya

Initial Order is for 100,000 Cards as well as Readers and Related Software Fort Lee, NJ, April 23, 2007–On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, today announced that Smart Applications International Ltd. (SMART), a Kenyan company committed…
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Gemalto Ranked as Leading Supplier of e-Passport Programs by Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity

Gemalto supplies at least 30% of the Visa Waiver Program nations and the US Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 19, 2007–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, is positioned as the #1 supplier in the Annual Report E-passports 2006-2007 of Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity. While the estimate at the end of…