e-Port Selected as Payment Transaction Technology

Purchase, NY, June 27, 2006–MasterCard International has teamed with The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company and USA Technologies (OTCBB: USAT) today to announce that 1,000 Coca-Cola vending machines enabled with the e-Port cashless transaction solution will begin accepting MasterCard® PayPass™. The deployment is considered to be the largest rollout of contactless technology in vending machines in a U.S. market to date.

June 21, 2006–ContactlessNews reports that Chase has issued 1.8 million Visa debit cards in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

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Chinatrust Commercial Bank Launches MasterCard PayPass Contactless Payment Feature on a Soccer-Themed Watch

Taiwan, June 06, 2006–MasterCard International (NYSE:MA), in conjunction with Chinatrust Commercial Bank, today announced the launch of the world’s first watch equipped with MasterCard® PayPass™, a new “contactless” payment feature that provides consumers with a fast and convenient alternative to cash for their everyday small purchases.

Fast Food Restaurant Makes Dining In-Store and in the Drive-Thru Fast and Convenient

NEW YORK, May 01, 2006–American Express today announced Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. is the latest national merchant partner to accept ExpressPay from American Express. Arby’s plans to accept ExpressPay in-store and in the drive-thrus of its U.S. company-owned restaurants in the third quarter of 2006.

Seven Million PayPass Cards and Devices Issued To Consumers and 30,000 Merchant Locations Accepting PayPass Globally

Purchase, NY, May 01, 2006–The MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless payment solution continues to provide consumers with a faster and more convenient way to pay for their small ticket purchases. To date, approximately seven million PayPass cards and devices have been issued to consumers and PayPass is now accepted at approximately 30,000 merchant locations around the world.

Fast Food Restaurant Chain Joins Growing List of Merchants Accepting PayPass

Atlanta, GA, May 01, 2006–Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., a leading quick service restaurant chain with more than 3,500 locations, today announced that it plans to accept MasterCard® PayPass™, an innovative contactless payment option, at registers and drive-thrus in its company-owned restaurants in the third quarter of 2006.

Visa Launches Programs to Expand Card Acceptance and Usage in Small Ticket Segments

SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2006–From morning coffee to laundry to parking, purchases less than $25 represent a significant share of U.S. consumer spending. Small is getting even bigger, as Visa is leading the way in making these everyday purchases faster, secure and more convenient for millions of cardholders and participating merchants.

April 11, 2006–Card Technology reports that Tom O’Donnell, senior vice president of Chase Card Services, has stated that Chase hasn’t seen fraud related to contactless transactions and that customers have not called Chase with this concern.

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New process eliminates time consuming need to “manually” personalize mobile handsets individually

Munich/Las Vegas, April 05, 2006–Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and MasterCard International today announced, at the CTIA Wireless Conference in Las Vegas, the launch of the world’s first full-scale over-the-air (OTA) secure personalization payment solution for mobile phone-based payments, developed and managed by G&D. The solution will make the management of contactless payments with mobile phones secure, economical and flexible for participating financial institutions as the new process eliminates the time consuming need to “manually” personalize mobile handsets individually, which has been the method used for mobile payment trials until now.

Major League Baseball Fans to Enjoy the Speed and Convenience of “Tap N Go” Payment Technology as Nine Team Stadiums Deploy PayPass

Purchase, NY, April 04, 2006–In time for the start of the 2006 Major League Baseball (MLB) season, MasterCard International today announced that nine MLB teams will accept MasterCard® PayPass™, a new contactless payment option, at in-stadium concession stands.