2011+
- Rising acceptance for contactless GeldKarte within event locations an sport stadiums
- Preparations for the biggest contactless GeldKarte trial in Germany (Hannover/Braunschweig/Wolfsburg) start
- GeldKarte as the perfect payment solution in German school cafeterias is on the run
- New acceptance for GeldKarte within electric charge stations for cars or municipal subsidizations for the poorest
2010
- Expansion of GeldKarte-utilization in school- and factory canteens, in launderettes and copyshops
- Smart[e]r paying and winning: The lottery goes into a second round
- Contactless payment and electronic ticketing concerning football stadiums continues to move on
- Focus on online payment with GeldKarte
2009
- Starting 1.1.2009: age verification at cigarette vending machines
- Nationwide implementation of cashless payment with GeldKarte at school canteens
- E-tickets via GeldKarte: Save on ticket prizes at Munich zoo Hellabrunn P
- Pilot operation of contactless payment on the golden chip with Dual Interface Card
2008
- GeldKarte online load: load and reload your Prepaid credit
- New, especially secure ZKA standard for chip card reader devices: Secoder®
- Expansion of the GeldKarte acceptance as a secure payment product within the Internet
- Increased usage of GeldKarte at washhouses and at on site photocopiers in washhouses
2007
- From 1 January 2007: age verification (16+) by GeldKarte at 460,000 cigarette machines nationwide
- Strong growth figures for GeldKarte payments at cigarette machines and other vending machines
- Increased usage of GeldKarte for age verification on the Internet
- Premiere: Top-up your GeldKarte on the Internet!
- Record usage figures: more than 148 million € turnover with GeldKarte
2006
- "GeldKarte Motor Challenge": GeldKarte sponsors racing fun with motorized Bobby Cars
- Chip-based electronic ticketing at CHIO 2006 Aachen for subscriber tickets and day passes
- Premiere for music concerts: electronic tickets stored on chip cards via the Internet
- Additional method for age verification on the Internet: browser plug-in for reading the GeldKarte
- mediaonline.de, MediaMarkt's online shopping platform, integrates GeldKarte as payment method
- Re-fitting of all cigarette machines for GeldKarte acceptance and age verification
- Record usage figures: more than 100 million € turnover with GeldKarte
2005
- comdirect Bank decides to issue ec cards with microchip and "Jugendschutzmerkmal" for the protection of minors
- 350,000 of 500,000 cirgarette machines are re-fitted for using GeldKarte
- introduction of a system for the protection of minors on the Internet: German "Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz" (KJM) the system
- successful premier of e-ticketing at Aachen's CHIO horse tournament
- foundation of Initiative GeldKarte e.V.
2004
- over 60 million cards in Germany
- over 38 million payment transactions of approximately 140,000 acceptance points
- marketing campaigns in Cologne, Munich, Nuremberg, Frankfurt
- new promotical concept "GeldKarte on Tour" for banks and acceptance partners
- HypoVereinsbank is introducing the GeldKarte chip on its debit cards including protection of minors
2003
- large marketing campaign in Munich
- first chipcard reader bundles for using GeldKarte on the Internet
- paid content and micropayments gain in importance for online sellers
- active acceptance terminals grow by 20%, reaching 120,000!
2002
- a large number of GeldKarte acceptance points are established and accompanying marketing activities launched in two trial cities, Leipzig and Hamburg
- the GeldKarte is first used to make payments via the Internet
- the school student GeldKarte is launched at a high school in Saarlouis
- introduction of the Giessen-Card (the first City Card in the German state of Hessen)
2001
- the GeldKarte is marketed successfully in Münster, Böblingen/Sindelfingen and Hanau
- more than 6,000 stamp machines are converted to accept the GeldKarte
- a marketing campaign is run in parking lots
- successful campaign in Frankfurt/Main
- students at the Fachhochschule Frankfurt, the Frankfurt technical college, are supplied with a STUDY CHIP which includes the GeldKarte function
- the bonuscard Bocholt, AugsburgCard and BonusCard Horn-Bad Meinberg schemes begin
2000
- electronic ticketing is launched as an additional function in Bremen
- the GeldKarte successfully completes pilot trials in 5,000 cigarette machines
- the BonusCard scheme is launched in Schleswig-Holstein
- pilot tests are run on the international use of the GeldKarte in Germany-Luxembourg border region
1999
- the first parking lots introduce the GeldKarte
- the GeldKarte is presented at SYSTEMS 99 as a timekeeping system
1998
- the first successful City Card project gets underway in Gaggenau (Baden-Württemberg)
- GeldKarte loading and payment terminals are installed at the majority of McDonald's restaurants in Germany
1997
- the GeldKarte is launched throughout Germany
- all SparkassenCards expiring in 1999 are fitted with the GeldKarte microchip
- the TUNIKA university card is launched in Trier