TaiwanMoney Card
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/TaiwanMoney_smart_card_reader.jpg/300px-TaiwanMoney_smart_card_reader.jpg)
TaiwanMoney Card was a contactless Smart card in use in seven cities centred on the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung.[1] It is a combined credit card, electronic purse and public transport payment card being the first such card when it was rolled out by its providers (MasterCard, Cathay United Bank and Acer e-Service) in June 2006.
History
[edit]The Kaohsiung City transit authority selected a consortium led by Acer to run the program in 2003, testing began in 2005 before roll out in 2006.
Technology
[edit]The technology used is based on the Mondex system.
Network
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/TaiwanMoney_card_in_use_in_Hi-Life_20051223.jpg/300px-TaiwanMoney_card_in_use_in_Hi-Life_20051223.jpg)
The TaiwanMoney card is widely accepted including the following:
- Kaohsiung bus Management Service
- Kaohsiung City shipping company
- South East Bus Company (Operating 7 routes under contract to Kaohsiung City Buses)
- Kaohsiung Bus (including Tainan City Buses)
- Kuo-Kuang Motor Transport Company Ltd (Southern Highway Passenger Line)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "MasterCard, Partners to Power TaiwanMoney Card". Bank Systems & Technology. 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
External links
[edit]- Official website (Chinese)
- http://www.banktech.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159904091 Archived 2006-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.cardtechnology.com/article.html?id=20060317366M1LIB
- http://www.cardsinternational.com/get.asp?*script=article&ID=24666&search=TaiwanMoney%20Card&site=1[permanent dead link]
- http://www.multos.com/downloads/marketing/CaseStudy_Taiwan_Money.pdf Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- http://echeckcasinos.ca