Vending Machines Accept RFID Cards

"USA Technologies is installing RFID-enabled versions of its cashless payment terminals, e-Port, in 500 vending machines across New York City and Atlanta. Based in Malvern, Pa., the company provides wireless, cashless, micro-transaction and networking services to the vending machine, hospitality and laundry industries. The e-Port terminals have a magnetic-stripe reader for conventional credit card transactions. To ready them for RFID-based payments, USA Technologies embedded an RFID reader into the units, provided by ViVOtech, an RFID payment technology provider in Santa Clara, Calif. The RFID-enabled e-Port terminals accept contactless payments from any credit or debit card carrying the MasterCard PayPass, American Express ExpressPay, Chase blink or Visa Contactless logo. Encrypted account data is passed between the e-Port RFID-enabled terminal and the payment card, using the ISO 14443 air-interface protocol. Last week, Chase began issuing blink MasterCard and Visa cards to more than 2 million customers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut." Source: rfidjournal.com