MasterCard announces PayPass User Interface SDK, lets devs roll their own NFC payment-enabled apps

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[MasterCard](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/28/everything-everywhere-mastercard/) has been in the cashless payment game for [quite a while](http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/28/mastercard-tries-to-best-ez-pass-with-paypass/), and now it's hoping to get more developers on the [PayPass bandwagon](http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/07/mastercard-introduces-paypass-wallet-services-online-and-api-at/) with its freshly unveiled user interface software development kit. By leveraging the SDK, programmers will be able to bake the firm's [NFC](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/13/isis-nfc-mobile-payments-delayed-past-september-target/) payment system, which is compatible with over 70 handsets, into their own Android or [BlackBerry OS 7](http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/02/rim-announces-blackberry-os-7/) apps. The kit is free to license and includes API code libraries, documentation, a developer guide, sample code, a white-label reference application and a testing suite. Once apps are created with the SDK, they'll have to go through MasterCard's approval process before they go live. Yearning to code PayPass-enabled smartphone software? Check out the press release below for more details.

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