Tim Hortons expands MasterCard contactless payment system to U.S. stores

Purchase, N.Y. MasterCard Worldwide Monday announced that Tim Hortons is now accepting MasterCard PayPass at more than 400 U.S. locations.

In addition to accepting traditional magnetic-stripe cards, Tim Hortons now enables its U.S. customers to make their purchases by just tapping their MasterCard PayPass card or device at checkout, for faster transactions, greater payment flexibility and less time spent waiting in line. Tim Hortons first began accepting MasterCard PayPass in many of its 3,000 stores in Canada in 2007.

“We are always working to improve our speed of service and make visits to our locations more convenient,” said David Clanachan, chief operations officer, U.S. and International, Tim Hortons. “After seeing how MasterCard PayPass has helped increase throughput and the positive reactions of our customers, we wanted to expand that payment convenience and flexibility to our millions of U.S. customers.”

With MasterCard PayPass, Tim Hortons customers simply tap their PayPass-enabled MasterCard card or device on a PayPass-accepting reader at checkout. MasterCard PayPass also does not require customers to sign receipts for purchases under $25, further speeding up the transaction.