CPI Card Group to issue MasterCard PayPass cards

Plastic card manufacturer CPI Card Group has received approval from MasterCard to issue PayPass cards using the contactless payments provider Inside Contactless' MicroPass 4003 payment platform. They are available for 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. The MicroPass 4000 products are built upon the MicroPass L4-1G and L4-2G ones.

"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." states Didier Serra, GM for North America for INSIDE Contactless.
The contactless payment cards meet the MasterCard Mag Stripe Technical Specification version 3.2 standard.