Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

American Express rolls out ExpressPay contactless payments throughout Phoenix

Tuesday, July 1, 2003 in Library

American Express is taking its ExpressPay contactless payment pilot to as many as 30,000 individuals in Phoenix, Arizona. In March, ContactlessNews reported that American Express had been piloting contactless payments with 1,000 of its employees in its Phoenix offices. Using a small plastic card about the size of a stick of gum that attaches to the user’s keychain, payments could be initiated by waving the keys near the point of sale (POS) device. The project has now been expanded to include the general public and a wide variety of area merchants.

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