[GreaterPhilly] Fwd: Accessible Mastercards Coming Soon

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> From: Maggie Stringer <ravensfan784 at gmail.com>
> Date: October 28, 2021 at 8:30:07 PM MDT
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> Subject: Accessible Mastercards Coming Soon
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> Mastercard Introduces Accessible Card Design for Blind Users
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> Mastercard said its new Touch Card designs will be available in early 2022. Photo: Mastercard Inc.
> Mastercard Inc. is introducing a new card for people who are blind or have vision impairment, the company said.
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> Different varieties of the card, which will become available in 2022, will use physical notches to help people use touch to distinguish among them and discern the correct way to insert them into scanning machines, according to Mastercard. The debit card will have a squarelike notch, the credit card will have a rounded notch, and the prepaid card will have a triangular one.
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> Some banks and other card issuers already offer designs with a notch on the side and other features. Barclays PLC provides a notched debit card, for example, with a bright stripe and arrow to indicate which way to insert the card.
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> Mastercard wanted to expand on existing designs without overcomplicating them, said Raja Rajamannar, the company’s chief marketing and communications officer.
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> Maggie Stringer 
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