Visa ATM Locator Puts Easy Access to Cash at Your Fingertips
PRNewswire - 01:44 p.m Dec 02, 1998 Eastern
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Looking for
an ATM while on the go? Look no further than the Visa Global
ATM Locator which can now be accessed wirelessly by users of
the Palm VII(TM) connected organizer, a new wirelessly
connected handheld computing product from Palm Computing,
Inc., a 3Com company.
Visa's ATM Locator offers an easy way to pinpoint the location
of any of Visa's 450,000 ATMs in 120 countries worldwide.
The Visa ATM Locator Service, available on the Internet in
English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and voted as one of Yahoo's
25 Most Incredibly Useful Internet services, now offers this
state of the art technology to traveling cardholders. Palm VII
users in the U.S. can locate ATM addresses anywhere in the
world and obtain local currency quickly, safely, and
conveniently when they travel. Powerful, technologically
advanced and very easy to use, the ATM Locator saves valuable
time when Palm VII users need access to cash.
The new Palm VII connected organizer, announced today at the
Palm Computing Platform Worldwide Developer Conference,
will provide fast, secure and easy out-of-the-box access to
personal, business and Internet information. The product will
enable users to quickly and easily obtain important information
from various Web sites remotely via a wireless connection to the
Internet.
"We're always looking for new technologies to bring greater
value and convenience to our customers and when we were
approached by Palm Computing, we jumped at the opportunity.
This is a natural application for people on the go and a great
demonstration of the tools that can be delivered by two leading
brands. Whether you are traveling or at home, with Palm VII
and the Visa ATM Locator cash access is safer, simpler, and
more convenient," said Una Somerville, executive vice
president, Visa International. Palm VII users simply enter the
location where they want to find an ATM by typing a street
address, phone number, or zip code. The ATM Locator will
provide a list of the closest ATMs to that location, including the
institution, name and address. In 11 countries, including the
U.S., Canada, the UK and Australia, results will even include a
map.
"The Palm VII organizer allows people to find almost anything
they need online," said Andrea Butter, acting vice president of
marketing for 3Com's Palm Computing division. "With Visa's
easy-to-use ATM Locator, we're able to provide Palm VII users
the shortest route to the cash they need, instantly."
The Palm VII connected organizer is the first handheld solution
for out-of-the-box wireless communications and Internet access.
In addition to providing fast and simple access to personal and
business information, the Palm VII organizer enables users to
quickly, easily and securely obtain information from Web sites
via a wireless connection to the Internet and provides a means of
instant two-way personal communications. The Palm VII
organizer enters a national field trial in January, 1999, and is
expected to be widely available in the U.S. next year.
With the Palm VII organizer, 3Com also introduces a
revolutionary new model for accessing Internet information,
called web clipping. Web clipping is a means of extracting a
specific set of needed information from a given Web site, by
requesting certain types of information via special query forms
that reside on the Palm VII device. Information received from
the Internet by a Palm VII user is automatically optimized for
viewing on the Palm VII screen.
NOTE:
As the World's Best Way to Pay, Visa is the leading payment
brand and the largest consumer payment system worldwide with
more volume than all other major payment cards combined. Visa
plays a pivotal role in advancing new payment products and
technologies to benefit its 21,000 member financial institutions
and their cardholders. Visa has more than 70 smart card
programs in 33 countries and on the Internet, with 23 million
Visa chip cards, including over 8 million Visa Cash cards. Visa
is pioneering SET Secure Electronic Transaction(TM) programs
to enable and advance Internet commerce. There are more than
620 million Visa-branded cards, which generate over US$1.2
trillion in annual volume. Visa is accepted at more than 15
million worldwide locations, including at over 450,000 ATMs
in the Visa Global ATM Network. Visa's Internet address is
visa.com.
3Com and Palm Computing are registered trademarks, and Palm
VII is a trademark of 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries.
SOURCE Visa International
Copyright 1998, PR Newswire
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