Swiping your plastic is becoming a thing of the past.
Riverwoods-based credit card company Discover said it began issuing Discover Zip contactless credit cards and stickers on Nov. 15.
The way it works, consumers touch a payment device, which is in the form of either a plastic card or a sticker that can be applied to a mobile phone or any personal item, to a Zip-enabled contactless reader to make a payment. Currently, more than 100,000 U.S. locations, including restaurants, gas stations and convenience stores, offer contactless readers that accept Zip transactions at cash registers.
A Discover spokeswoman declined to share numbers on how many consumers are getting the cards and stickers, but said the company is sending them to anyone it considers “mobile engaged.”
That might include anyone who has viewed a Discover email from their mobile device, logged into m.discover.com, or logged into any Discover Mobile applications, she said. It also includes those who requested a Discover 2Go key chain card a while back.
Additional plastics and stickers will be issued to more cardmembers beginning in January 2011,
Also, anyone with a Discover cash rewards card, including Discover More, Open Road and Motiva, can call 1-800-DISCOVER to request a Zip card and sticker, she said.
To read more information about how it works, click here.
