The Smart Payment Association (SPA), an organisation of the industry's largest manufacturers of payment smart cards, promotes and facilitates the use of smart cards for payment. The association's main objective is to accelerate the transition from traditional magnetic stripe cards to chip based cards.

With its joining the association, Austria Card adds the experience of its latest innovations to elaborate effective and efficient means of payment. Its detailed knowledge of the Central and Eastern European market helps Austria Card to ensure that the particular requirements of this geographical area are served.

"We are happy to cooperate in the SPA, where the experts of the smart card industry come together to smooth the way for new technologies," says Max Paul, Head of Marketing at Austria Card. [»»]