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U.S. Bank improves contactless usage by targeting its users

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Targeted issuance–sending contactless cards to those most likely to use them–could be one of the reasons U.S. Bank’s contactless debit card program, which started in June, is “looking really promising,” a U.S. Bank group product manager told those attending the Bank Administration Institute’s Retail Delivery Conference this week in Orlando.

Nearly a third of its customers who received the card in June actually performed at least one contactless transaction. The bank Issued cards to specific segments, such as younger customers who are more likely to be aware of the technology and thus will use it more. “People who are not likely to use it, don’t waste your time issuing to them,” said U.S. Bank’s Michael Shepard.

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HSBC announced that it will begin the conversion to contactless technology this month, replacing all customer banking debit cards, according to ThinkMoney.com.

The bank will start to roll out the new contactless cards to existing customers whose debit cards are due to expire this month and then continue the process as cards expire. Customers who don’t want a contactless card can opt out by contacting their bank before their current card expires.

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Barclays Bank PLC announced that the Barclaycard Wireless Festival 2012 is to be fully contactless enabled, giving attendees the ability to enjoy the experience without having to carry cash.

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Canada’s banking and credit union groups have come together to create a set of open guidelines for the development of mobile payments at point-of-sale in Canada.

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Samsung and Visa are providing their sponsored athletes and trialists at the London 2012 Olympic Games with special edition Samsung Galaxy S III handsets equipped with Visa’s payWave NFC payments application.

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The German Banking Industry Committee has partnered with Infineon Technologies to launch one of Europe’s biggest contactless payment trials in the metropolitan area of Hanover, Braunschweig and Wolfsburg.

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Denizbank, a private bank with 588 branches in Turkey, has joined Turkcell’s Cep-T Cuzdan platform, enabling its customers to make contactless payments with their NFC-enabled handsets.

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