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What is the Town & City Gift Card?

Does your local chamber or business lobby group want to encourage people to spend more money in t...

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06.30 5 Feb 2026


What is the Town & City Gift Card?



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06.30 5 Feb 2026


Does your local chamber or business lobby group want to encourage people to spend more money in the locality? How about a type of payment card which can only be spent in a very specific area?  That's the idea being used by Chambers in Ireland in its new Town & City Gift Card.  It’s being created by a company called Miconex Ireland using MasterCard technology.  But will it work and create a localised Euro spending system?    

All to discuss with Colin Munro the Chief Executive of Miconex.  


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