Spain - May 2008

The card issuer MasterCard, in partnership with the Spanish savings bank, Caja Insular de Ahorros de Canarias and the Spanish means of payment manager Euro 2000, is planning to launch a mini contactless PayPass debit card that can be attached to a key-ring. The mini card tests will start in Las Palmas (Grand Canary) with 400 customers and 15 merchants, mainly restaurants and chemist’s shops. In a second phase, some 5 000 customers will test the mini card. In October 2007, Visa launched another original contactless means of payment in the United States: the Visa Micro Tag, a small badge designed for a key-ring and including an NFC chip.

Keywords : contactless card

Accounts : MasterCard Europe, Caja General de Ahorros de las Canarias