Card Frontiers: Gift Certificate System Relies on Smart Cards

Gemplus Corp. said it has teamed up with Far Point Consulting of Phoenix in creating a gift certificate system that relies on smart cards instead of paper.

Holiday Companies, a Minneapolis-based gas station and convenience store chain, plans to begin selling the automated certificates next year, Gemplus said.

Besides the card supplier Gemplus and Far Point, which developed the software, the system will rely on DataCard Corp. for point of sale devices. Smart-card-ready Jigsaw terminals are to be installed in 250 Holiday locations for debiting of certificate value.

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