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NEW YORK, June 06, 2005–American Express announced today that it has begun issuing Blue from American Express® with the ExpressPay feature in all 50 states. ExpressPay, a contactless chip for easy, convenient and secure payment, will be embedded in all new Blue from American Express® consumer and small business credit cards moving forward. In addition, the Company announced 7-Eleven, Inc. (NYSE:SE) as the latest national merchant partner to accept ExpressPay. 7-Eleven currently has ExpressPay-enabled readers in 170 stores in a test market and plans a full roll out to its more than 5,300 U.S. stores by early 2006.

MasterCard PayPass Delivers Even More Convenience to the Convenience-Store Customer

Dallas TX, June 06, 2005–As part of its ongoing commitment to offer customers a convenient and secure payment card transaction, 7-Eleven, Inc. (NYSE: SE) announced today that it will accept MasterCard® PayPass™, a new contactless payment option using radio frequency (RF) technology. 7-Eleven expects to rollout the program in its 5,300 U.S. locations by early 2006 and has installed RF readers in 170 test-market 7-Eleven® stores.

Chase Cards With blink Redefine Payment Experience for Metro Atlantans by Providing Increased Speed, Added Convenience, Enhanced Rewards Platform; More Than 400 Area Merchant Locations Enjoy Faster Transactions, Increased Customer Loyalty

ATLANTA, May 24, 2005–Chase Bank U.S.A., N.A., a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. [NYSE: JPM], announced today that Atlanta will be the first U.S. market to receive the new Chase credit card with contactless functionality called blink. Beginning June 1, 2005, Chase will begin delivering nearly one million of the new cards with blink to Atlanta cardmembers, increasing the speed and convenience of credit card use at an initial base of more than 400 metro Atlanta merchant locations. In addition, Chase will launch an integrated marketing campaign in Atlanta, including print, broadcast and billboard advertising.

New Payment Technology Allows Customers to Complete Secure Transactions Faster and Easier

Dallas, TX, May 19, 2005–7-Eleven, Inc. today announced that it is making shopping faster and easier for many of its customers by accepting Visa Contactless payments, a new feature on Visa cards that uses radio-frequency technology to enable customers to make a purchase by simply holding their Visa Contactless card within one inch of a secure reader at checkout instead of swiping it. 7-Eleven will install contactless card readers at all of its 5,300 U.S. 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. In January 2005, Sheetz became the first retailer in the nation to adopt acceptance of MasterCard® International’s innovative contactless payment option, MasterCard PayPass™, across its entire chain. Sheetz today also announces the availability of its own cobranded contactless credit card–the first launch of its kind by any retailer in the nation.

May 12, 2005–ContactlessNews interviews Patrick Gauthier, Senior Vice President of New Product Development with Visa USA.

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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 Theatres in New York City with an expanded, national roll-out to other REG theatre locations to be completed by the summer of this year.

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 MasterCard PayPass contactless payment market trial in Orlando, FL in 2003.

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, like MasterCard PayPass and Visa Contactless programs, allow cardholders to speed through checkout by paying with a simple tap or wave, eliminating the need for customers to hand over their payment card to a merchant or fumble for cash and coins.

Visa Contactless, Based on Industry Standards, Offers Convenience and Speed to Cardholders and Added Volume to Members and Merchants

SAN FRANCISCO, February 24, 2005–Visa USA announced today it has completed the development of its contactless payment platform and is ready to begin deployment of this new payment feature on Visa cards in the U.S. market. The platform is designed to deliver speed and convenience by making the purchase process faster and easier, while offering all the same security protections the industry has come to expect from the leader in payments.