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Sheetz Customers Can Now Experience the Latest in Payment Innovation As Sheetz Goes Live with Contactless Payments in All 309 Stores

Customers Among the First to Benefit from Speed and Convenience of Contactless Payment Technology with the New Sheetz MasterCard from Chase; First Retailer to Launch Cobranded Contactless Credit Card Altoona, PA, May 19, 2005–Sheetz, Inc., today announces that technology allowing customers to use a contactless payment option is now “live” in all 309 Sheetz stores….
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Regal Entertainment Group Casts MasterCard PayPass in Starring Role As New Payment Option for Movie Fans

Purchase NY, April 25, 2005–Regal Entertainment Group [REG, NYSE: RGC], the largest movie theatre operator in the world, today announced that they will be the first movie theatre circuit to accept MasterCard® PayPass™ at Regal Cinemas, United Artist Theatres and Edwards Theatres throughout the United States. MasterCard PayPass is currently accepted at participating United Artists…
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Ritz Camera Centers to Expand Acceptance of MasterCard PayPass to Over 1200 Locations

Ritz Camera Centers and Boater’s World Marine Centers to roll out PayPass Purchase NY, April 25, 2005–MasterCard International and Ritz Camera Centers today announced the expansion of MasterCard® PayPass™ acceptance to each of the more than 1,100 Ritz Camera Centers and 114 Boater’s World Marine Centers. Both Ritz Camera and Boater’s World participated in the…
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MasterCard and Visa Agree to a Common Contactless Communications Protocol

Purchase, NY and San Francisco, CA, March 14, 2005–MasterCard International and Visa International today announced that they have reached an agreement to share a common communications protocol and associated testing requirements for radio frequency-based contactless payments at the point of sale. This protocol is based on the MasterCard® PayPass™ ISO/IEC 14443 Implementation Specification. Contactless payments,…
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MasterCard, MBNA, Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens Deploy MasterCard PayPass

MBNA Seahawks and MBNA Ravens Extra Points Cards to be PayPass-enabled, Offering Fans Speed, Convenience and Rewards Purchase, New York, February 22, 2005–MasterCard International today announced it is working with MBNA, the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens Football Clubs to incorporate MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless payment technology into the MBNA Seahawks and MBNA Ravens Extra Points…
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‘Tap and Go’ at Cineplex Entertainment Theatres With MasterCard Paypass

Toronto, ON (CGX.UN) February 13, 2005–Cineplex Entertainment, Canada’s largest motion picture exhibition company, and MasterCard Canada have teamed up to offer moviegoers state-of-the-art payment technology designed to improve customer convenience and payment speed. Moviegoers carrying PayPass-enabled MasterCard cards will be able to pay for tickets and concession items by simply tapping their cards at designated…