July 06, 2011 05:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time
FlyBuy PayPass stickers integrated in MasterCard VIP wristbands during the Isle of Wight Festival
NANTERRE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oberthur Technologies, a world leader in the field of secure technologies, has been chosen by MasterCard to provide contactless FlyBuy stickers for payment applications.
“For this project, we have worked closely with MasterCard and their partners to adapt our award-winning and best selling FlyBuy stickers to this PayPass wristband, which is indeed a very convenient product and very well adapted to this kind of event.”
Featuring the MasterCard® PayPass™ application, the contactless payment stickers were integrated into the wristbands worn by MasterCard selected VIPs at the UK’s Isle of Wight Festival in June. The wristbands enabled contactless payments within the festival facilities in a convenient and secure way for the selected VIPs.
The Isle of Wight Festival is a leading event, and one of the first chosen by MasterCard to propose such a PayPass wristband to spectators and visitors. It is a fun, convenient and secure way to replace cash during busy events and the wristbands are anticipated to become fashion items.
“We have been at the forefront of contactless payment from the beginning, from pure contactless cards and dual interface cards, to different form factors (fobs, stickers…)” said Cédric Collomb, General Manager Card & Services, Card Systems Division at Oberthur Technologies. “For this project, we have worked closely with MasterCard and their partners to adapt our award-winning and best selling FlyBuy stickers to this PayPass wristband, which is indeed a very convenient product and very well adapted to this kind of event.”
This project has allowed Oberthur Technologies and MasterCard to demonstrate jointly the usability, flexibility and scalability of NFC technologies, globally.
About Oberthur Technologies
Oberthur Technologies is a world leader in the field of secure technologies: systems development, solutions and services for smart cards (payment cards, SIM cards, access cards, NFC…) and for secure identity documents, traditional and electronic (identity card, passport, health care card), production of banknotes, cheques and other fiduciary documents, intelligent systems to secure cash-in-transit and ATM. Oberthur Technologies has 6,800 employees through 40 countries and 65 sites. The Group posted 2010 sales of €979M.
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Contacts
PRESS CONTACTS
Corporate:
Charlotte LAFONT-MACHIN
Telephone: +33 1 55 46 71 23
Email: c.lafont-machin@oberthur.com
or
Card Systems Division:
Stéphanie CAU
Telephone: +33 1 47 85 58 06
Email: s.cau@oberthur.com
Corporate:
Charlotte LAFONT-MACHIN
Telephone: +33 1 55 46 71 23
Email: c.lafont-machin@oberthur.com
or
Card Systems Division:
Stéphanie CAU
Telephone: +33 1 47 85 58 06
Email: s.cau@oberthur.com
