PURCHASE, N.Y.—Mastercard is introducing a new card for people who are blind or have vision impairment.
Different varieties of the card, which will become available in 2022, will use physical notches to help people use touch to identify each different card and discern the correct way to insert them into scanning machines, The Wall Street Journal reported.
“The debit card will have a square-like notch, the credit card will have a rounded notch, and the prepaid card will have a triangular one.
Some banks and other card issuers already offer designs with a notch on the side and other features. Barclays provides a notched debit card with a bright stripe and arrow to indicate which way to insert the card, The Journal noted.