Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

American Express pilots contactless payments in Phoenix with ExpressPay

Saturday, March 1, 2003 in Library

Much has been made in recent months about the major bankcard associations and their pilots utilizing contactless technologies. ContactlessNews reported in December 2002 that Bank of America was testing a contactless Visa key chain with employees in Charlotte, North Carolina. And in January of this year, it was learned that MasterCard would be launching a test of a contactless card for payments in Orlando, Florida. But where was American Express in all of this? Out West, it seems, in Phoenix, Arizona working on a pilot of their own.

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