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Amex RFID Trial in Keychain

Tuesday, August 5, 2003

More Top Companies Eye RFID Technology’s Potential - Computerworld

“New York-based Amex this month launched a pilot project to test a system called ExpressPay, which uses RFID chips that are embedded in key chains and can be linked to any major credit or debit card.”
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