Instead of a plastic card for a bank, we could have a plastic card with a bank.
Capellas has been showing off a sticker embedded with a so-called near-field communication chip a stamp-size gizmo that replaces a plastic card.
Dorsey notes that 90% of this country pays with a plastic card.
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Money needs psychological acceptance: The population must unblinkingly accept the fact that a plastic card or flimsy paper is of great value.
If most people carry their entire medical history on a plastic card that the emergency services come to rely on, a refusal to carry the card could be life-threatening.
Instead of opening wallets in shops and being confronted with a choice of whether to pay by cash or plastic card, they will wave a phone at the checkout.
The public will increasingly demand its security, integrity, and its many conveniences such as reduced queuing time for payments using payWave, PayPass, or ExpressPay, with a plastic card or mobile phone.
Instead of writing out a paper check or using a plastic card, the customer beams the instructions from his or her personal information appliance, which will hasten the transaction process, IrDA said.
Data is loaded onto any plastic card with a magnetic stripe an old hotel key card or an expired credit card would do as long as it carried the account data and correct access codes.
Others loaded that data onto any plastic card with a magnetic stripe an old hotel key card or an expired credit card worked fine as long as it carried the account data and correct access codes.
While some transactions made with MasterPass would have otherwise traveled over MasterCard's processing network via use of a plastic card, Mr. McLaughlin said the service can help improve the shopping experience for consumers, potentially increasing overall use.
The way it works: consumers touch a payment device (which is in the form of either a plastic card or a sticker that can be applied to a mobile phone or any personal item) to a Zip-enabled contactless reader to make a payment.
Executives in the banking, retail, and technology industries acknowledge that mobile payments must tantalize consumers with targeted coupons and offers to demonstrate they are more valuable than an ordinary plastic card, which has been a fast and reliable payment method for about 50 years.
Dasher described the process he went through to develop the plastic credit card in the 50s.
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You can actually make a strong case that the built-in security measures of a service like Google Wallet make it far more secure than a traditional plastic credit card in a leather case.
Agents can also share their Mobile Business Cards wirelessly with Near Field Communication (NFC) using Vizibility's plastic Mobile Wallet Card.
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Under terms set by the card systems the merchant can refuse to accept any or all varieties of plastic, but if it takes a card it can't make the user pay the card fee.
Then the mementos are put into plastic bags with a note card with the date of collection, the fallen service member's name and the grave number.
Indeed, Square could potentially help Visa and other card companies by bringing plastic transactions to markets that have historically been underserved.
Gift cards are a big industry, which is why a number of other start-ups such as gift card marketplaces Cardpool and Plastic Jungle, and Gifi, which has a somewhat similar concept to GiftRocket, have focused on this area.
His card was in a clear plastic envelope, along with my receipts and a few other files.
There a clearinghouse network allows electronic settlement of all plastic-money transactions for any type of card or issuing bank.
Meanwhile, the central bank and 11 Chinese commercial banks are setting up a National Bank Card Exchange Center to handle all plastic payments.
Leeds is bringing on five full-time developers to build an app that will plant a bar code on smartphone screens that can be scanned in lieu of a physical gift card--finally separating the card's value from its plastic delivery vehicle.
His exemplary badges are typically 3 inches high and 4 inches wide, and enclosed in a plastic sleeve that can double as a business-card or room-key holder.
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Aeon Credit Card in Hong Kong introduced a Hello Kitty plastic last year.
Square launched in 2009 as a way for people to take credit-card payments by swiping cards in a small plastic reader that plugs into the headphone jack of a cell phone.
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Sell or trade them on a site like Card Avenue, Swapagift.com, or Plastic Jungle.
Other startups have also seen opportunity in the messiness of gift cards, notably card-swapping sites Cardpool, CouponTrade, and Plastic Jungle.
He also sees a trend toward e-gift cards or virtual gift cards, which boil the card down to a bar code--no plastic necessary.
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