The holiday shopping season is starting early for MasterCard customers, who will be able to get deep discounts on their purchases during one night at Puerto Rico’s biggest mall, Plaza Las Américas.
Puerto Rico’s inclusion in MasterCard’s “Priceless Cities” program has resulted in higher-than-expected levels of success during its first year and is now being set up for an expansion beyond the San Juan metropolitan area into other towns with brisk tourism activity.
Starting in February 2013, MasterCard will start migrating Puerto Rico consumers to using credit cards with chips instead of magnetic strips to reduce fraud and identify theft.