Press ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Editorial Contact:
Sales and Marketing
CPI Card Group
Phone: 800.446.5036
Email: information@cpicardgroup.com
CPI CARD GROUP FIRST TO RECEIVE MASTERCARD APPROVAL FOR
INSIDE MICROPASS 4003-BASED MASTERCARD® PAYPASS™ CARDS
Littleton, Colorado, March 25, 2008 – CPI Card Group, a world leader in plastic card
manufacturing, today announced it has received approval from MasterCard to produce PayPass
cards using the new MicroPass 4003 intelligent payment platform from INSIDE Contactless.
These new contactless payment cards meet the MasterCard Mag Stripe Technical Specification
version 3.2 and are available for immediate card production orders from bank card issuers and
bureaus.
The CPI MicroPass 4003 has received the MasterCard PayPass Letter of Approval and Chip
Assessment Security Testing (CAST). The MicroPass 4000 product suite is built upon the award-
winning and market-leading MicroPass L4-1G and L4-2G products.
“CPI constantly strives to achieve the highest level of excellence, as evidenced by this ‘first to
market’ chip technology, which also incorporates the industry’s fastest transaction times and
outstanding read distance,” said Bob Clarke, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “INSIDE’s
certifications for its MicroPass 4003 were a tremendous help to us in obtaining final approvals
from MasterCard to produce these cards, and our customers will also appreciate the superior
cardholder experience made possible by the MicroPass 4003.”
“CPI is an innovative producer of high-quality plastic card products, and we congratulate them
on their tremendous achievement in being first to market with MasterCard approved contactless
payment cards,” said Didier Serra, GM for North America for INSIDE Contactless. “The MicroPass
4003 was specifically designed to optimally meet the high-volume, multi-payment brand and
multi-application requirements of card manufacturers like CPI who are creating products for the
U.S., Canadian and other contactless payment markets.”
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