Discover begins rollout of contactless ZIP cards, stickers
30 November, 2010
category: Contactless, NFC
Discover Card announced that it has begun issuing Zip contactless credit cards and stickers to its customers.
Discover’s Zip is a new payment solution that enables consumers to simply touch a payment device – in the form of either a plastic card or a sticker that can be attached to a mobile phone or any personal item of their choosing – to a Zip-enabled contactless reader to make a payment.
Acccording to Discover, there are currently more than 100,000 U.S. merchant locations offer contactless readers that accept Zip transactions at the point-of-sale, including quick service restaurants, gas station and convenient stores, retailers, pharmacies and public transit agencies.
Select Discover Card members began receiving contactless cards and stickers in the mail on November 15, with a larger scale rollout (based on consumer request) slated for January 2011.