As the premier provider of MasterCard prepaid cards in Europe, this significant milestone has been achieved across a diverse range of schemes including travel, money share, gift and affinity cards, to teen, payroll and charity cards. The Tesco MasterCard Prepaid Travel Money Card, with Programme Manager partner Altair, marks the 100th live scheme. The Society's Card Solutions team began with the UK's first ever Maestro Gift Card in September 2005. Since then almost 2.3 million cards have been issued, with half a million in regular use each month. The Society acquired a MasterCard SEPA (Single European Payments Area) licence in 2007, and is now the biggest provider of MasterCard prepaid cards in Europe, with an extensive range of cards available in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Spain, with several more countries launching this year.