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stored value cards in NYC - Motorola PR fluff.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lyle Seaman)
Tue Oct 7 12:15:54 1997
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 09:08:06 -0400
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Lyle Seaman <lws@transarc.com>
Anybody on the list know more about this project? ("...one of the largest
and most exciting..." :-) The puff piece has some contact info, but I don't
expect to get anything useful from them.
AUSTIN, Texas--Shoppers in New York City's Upper West Side will be able to
purchase goods with the latest Visa Cash smartcard technology thanks to
special integrated circuit chips provided by Motorola Semiconductor Products
Sector.
Visa Cash Cards powered by Motorola microcontrollers and manufactured by
Schlumberger and other leading card vendors, will be issued by Citibank to
approximately 15,000 consumers and be accepted by more than 600 merchants.
The New York program, which began Tuesday, marks one of the largest and most
exciting U.S. programs for smartcards since the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
...
CONTACT: Motorola MCU Information Line, 800/765-7795, ext. 894
or
Schlumberger Electronics Transactions
Environics
Debra Montner, 203/325-8772, ext. 14
203/325-8747 (fax)
dmontner@environics-usa.com
or
Capital Relations Inc. (United States)
Audrey Armstrong/Tabitha Bailey
805/659-4360, 805/230-8206
805/659-4263, 805/494-0780 (fax)
funkypuppy@earthlink.net
or
Hill & Knowlton (Europe)
Clare Lucraft, 011 44-171 413-3145
clucraft@hillandknowlton.com
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