Mastercard launches Touch Card feature in Canada

Coinciding with National AccessAbility Week, Mastercard launched its Touch Card feature in Canada, a tactile notch feature designed to empower the sight loss community. Inclusive by design, Touch Card by Mastercard is an accessible system of payment cards that has unique notches that allow the sight loss community to identify their credit, debit and prepaid cards with just a touch.

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CNIB and BlindSquare Event App Enhances PanAm/ParaPan Am Games Experience

By Sonya Davidson

The award-winning BlindSquare App is one of the most used augemented reality apps for travellers who are blind or have low-vision. During the Pan Am and ParaPan Am Games in Toronto, the company has joined the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) to offer free use of the BlindSquare Event iOS app during July and August in the host city. 

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