Etisalat, a UAE-based telecommunications services provider, Emirates NBD, a UAE bank, Gemalto and Visa have unveiled plans to offer mobile contactless technology in the region that will enable NBD Visa cardholders to purchase goods and services with their NFC-enabled mobile phones. Purchases will be charged directly to the customer’s Emirates NBD Visa credit card account. […]

For the fourth straight year, U.S. Bank has ranked first in a privacy study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, a Traverse City, Mich.-based information management research firm. In addition, the institute’s Privacy Trust Study for Retail Banking has ranked the Minneapolis-based bank in the top five since it began the study six years ago. The […]

DigiCore, a South African provider of GPS fleet management, vehicle tracking and EMV-based fare management solutions, has chosen to integrate a contactless reader from On Track Innovations with its fare validators. OTI has received the first order to supply 4,000 smart card readers, together with a commitment for further orders as the project develops. DigiCore’s […]

ARAMARK Higher Education, a Philadelphia-based provider of professional services to more than 600 colleges and universities in North America, has expanded its Jam Rewards customer loyalty program designed to encourage students to eat on campus. The program also offers students prizes, online games and social networking. Students at participating ARAMARK-managed campus dining locations can receive […]

Zenius Solutions, a Silicon Valley NFC software company, has integrated its software with an add-on for GSM phones providing interactive NFC capability. The solution expands on current NFC offerings in the market by supporting multiple NFC applications, providing control to the user from the handset screen, and supporting remote provisioning of NFC applications. NFC payment […]

NXP’s SmartMX security chip has been chosen by the Chinese government to power the country’s first e-passport. The Chinese government’s intent is to replace its 30 million paper-based passports currently in circulation beginning next year. NXP’s SmartMX chips include several security features including light and lasers and a dedicated hardware firewall to protect specific sections […]

London Midland rail passengers will soon be enjoying a contactless Oyster card-style ticketing system which the rail service intends to roll out next year. London Midland operates train services through the heart of England from London in the south, to Birmingham in the midlands and Liverpool in the northwest. It services about 46 million passengers […]

Phishers are now after campus card information. At least one California institution, Fresno State, has reported that some student email accounts have come under attack, according to the school’s newspaper, The Collegian. The fake email, purporting to be from the university, seeks a student’s Fresno State user ID and password. The university says it will […]

A number of major retailers are overhauling their point-of-sale systems to accept contactless cards now, and NFC-enabled phones when they reach the market, according to American Banker. Merchants, processors and card networks are anticipating big changes in consumer spending patters and in their own business models. While there isn’t yet agreement about when consumers will […]

Barclays has rolled out a Web video that will help its customers learn more about contactless cards being issued by the bank. The video, available here, and it explains what contactless is, why Barclays offering contactless cards and how and where contactless can be used. Barclays is the first UK bank to offer contactless technology […]