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Taco Bell Tests MasterCard PayPass Contactless Payment Option

National Quick Serve Restaurant Chain Joins Growing List of Merchants Accepting PayPass “Tap & Go”Contactless Payment Technology Purchase, NY, March 15, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide and Taco Bell announced today that they are testing MasterCard® PayPass™, an innovative contactless payment solution, with the intent to launch at all 1,300 company owned restaurants and additional participating franchise locations…
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ASSA ABLOY’s HID Global to Acquire Integrated Engineering

Acquisition supports commitment to market leadership in smart card technology IRVINE, CA., March 15, 2007–HID Global, a leading manufacturer in the access control industry and part of ASSA ABLOY’s Global Technologies Division, announced that it has acquired Integrated Engineering (IE), the Amsterdam-based contactless smart card reader manufacturer. Integrated Engineering is known for developing high quality…
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MasterCard Worldwide: Momentum in Transforming Everyday Devices to Support Contactless Payments

Singapore, March 13, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide today announced that in the past 12 months it has made significant headway in the area of contactless payments. Based on the MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless payment feature, MasterCard in Asia/Pacific has led the transformation of everyday consumer items, like payment cards, watches and mobile phones into secure contactless payment devices….
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GlobalPlatform and Smart Card Alliance to Co-Host ‘Smart Cards for Government and Payment’ Conference in Mexico City

PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ and FOSTER CITY, CA, March 13, 2007–From smart bankcards to contactless payment to government-issued healthcare cards, smart cards are a hot technology in Mexico and across Latin America. To learn about the latest market developments and how to profit from the rapid growth of this technology, industry leaders are assembling in Mexico…
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ASK opens up TanGO platform for Calypso contactless cards

Sophia-Antipolis, March 12, 2007–ASK, leader in Calypso dual interface and contactless smart cards for the transportation sector, announces that the worldwide leader in smart cards signed a license agreement to benefit from ASK TanGO Operating System. “This new strategy strengthens transport operators decision to implement Calypso based fare collection systems. They are now offered multi-source…
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Gemalto to Provide 3.5 Million Transit Payment Devices to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Gemalto exclusive supplier for MBTA CharlieCard initiative Arlington, VA, March 7, 2007–Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, today announced it is supplying transit payment devices to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for its historic CharlieCard electronic ticketing initiative. Gemalto is providing 3.5 million secure contactless transit smart cards to the MBTA for the…
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ShopRite to Accept MasterCard PayPass “Tap & Go” Payments

Largest Supermarket Deployment to Date of a Faster, Easier Way to Pay Purchases Under $25 will not Require Signatures Purchase, NY and Elizabeth, NJ, March 01, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide and Wakefern Food Corporation, the merchandising and distribution arm of ShopRite supermarkets, announced today it has begun accepting MasterCard® PayPass™, an innovative contactless payment solution, at over…
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Gemalto Delivers the Benefits of Phonebook Backup Service to SFR Subscribers

French 2nd mobile operator recorded over 3.5 million synchronizations carried out in the past 18 months for its subscribers Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 28, 2007–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, announces that its SIM phonebook back-up and synchronization solution has been integrated into SFR mobile offering. Relying on Gemalto’s solution, the…
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Braum’s Stores Team Up with MasterCard to Offer Customers a Faster and Easier Way to Pay

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 22, 2007–Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores announced today that all 276 Braum’s stores now accept MasterCard ® PayPass TM “Tap & Go TM” payments – an innovative, contactless, and fast payment option. With MasterCard PayPass, customers no longer need to fumble for cash and coins or swipe a card for…