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Preserving the History of Visa Cash & Mondex Cards

VisaCash.org is dedicated to preserving the history, information and images of Visa Cash and Mondex stored value cards issued over the last 25 years. The VisaCash.org website has been built as a resource for researchers, collectors and the general public. VisaCash.org hopes by developing and maintaining this website, it will foster an information exchange and as a result the rich history of these smart card programs is not lost forever.

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We have added a number of new pages this month and continue to add images and history. Check out the new Visa Cash card pages from the ANZ Bank (Australia) on the ANZ Bank Visa Cash page and new images for Mondex cards from Israel on the Mondex Israel page. Also we have completed adding all known Visa Cash card images the on the First Union Bank (USA) pages, the largest issuer of Visa Cash cards.

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Below are images of the first Visa and MasterCard "Smart Cards":

One of the first Visa SuperSmart Cards

 

Developed by Toshiba in 1988, this card indirectly led to the development of the first Visa Cash stored value card in1994.

See a short history of smart cards leading to stored value cards and Visa Cash on the SuperSmart Cards page.

 

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The first MasterCard Smart Card 

This sample MasterCash (MasterMoney) is from 1986. The concepts behind this card let of MasterCards acquisition of Mondex and was developed 6 years before he first Mondex stored value card issued in 1992.See more  MasterCash cards on the pre-Mondex page.

 

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Have information, feedback or images of Visa Cash or Mondex cards to share?  Please contact Paul at: pstegs@hotmail.com or just use the feed back form below:

 

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