Visa Inc. payment system has announced today that Second Cup has joined a growing roster of Visa payWave(TM) contactless payment enabled merchants, which will allow consumers to simply "wave and go" when making every day transactions like purchasing coffee. It was announced that by the end of March 2009 360 Second Cup stores in Canada will be equipped with Visa payWave enabled terminals. 
  
As Visa cards with the Visa payWave feature are issued by financial institutions, Visa cardholders will be able to purchase their morning coffee and muffin at Second Cup with a simple wave of their card.

The deployment of Visa payWave enabled Visa cards and point-of-sale terminals is closely aligned with Visa's migration to chip card technology in Canada. Visa employs a layered approach to its fraud prevention efforts, including technology on the card itself as well as on Visa's processing network to help heighten security efforts.

Source: Visa Canada via Canada Newswire Ltd.