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New chip generation cards in the works after Trüb and SIX Card supply aggreement

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Trüb AG has announced it is supplying the new chip generation for Swiss Maestro and V Pay cards.

This is comes after a supply agreement with SIX Card Solutions, the Swiss credit and debit card processor. SIX Card Solutions consider two suppliers in a formal bidding process before making the deal with Trüb.

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