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ABN AMRO piloting contactless debit cards

Monday, June 14, 2010

Dutch bank ABN AMRO is piloting MasterCard’s Maestro PayPass contactless payment technology, according to The Financial.

Maestro will allow ABN AMRO customers to make cashless card payments of up to EUR 25 without entering a PIN.

The Financial says that the current trial will be followed by an internal pilot among the bank’s employees in fall 2010, and the results of both will inform the development of new ABN AMRO debit cards.

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