ActivIdentity Corp., a Fremont, Calif.-based authentication and credential management provider, has enhanced its ActivID Card Management System, adding automatic certificate renewal and smart card update capabilities as well as support for public key cryptography standards. In conjunction with the company’s ActivClient, the Card Management System can also issue and manage smart cards and USB tokens […]

Secure ID provider SCM Microsystems has shipped more than 200,000 smart card readers to support the Spanish government’s electronic ID project. The SCR3310v2.0 readers will be used to enable various e-government applications that will allow individuals and businesses to access government, banking and administration applications, as well as to digitally sign documents. SCM received the […]

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, after receiving several bids for its new contactless fare system, is expected to award the contract by next spring. Both Cubic, San Diego, Calif. and Affiliated Computer Services, Dallas, Tex. are among the bidders. SEPTA, which is seeking federal funds to help pay for the $100 million system, also urged […]

The new contactless credit card from Toronto-based Canadian Tire Financial Services and MasterCard Worldwide isn’t rectangular shaped like most cards. It’s shaped like its name, “Curve” and offers PayPass functionality and cash back rewards. The card is manufactured by German smart card provider Giesecke & Devrient and is, according to a G&D spokesperson, “the first […]

Omani citizens have started activating the e-purse application in their electronic ID cards which enables them to pay for administrative fees, such as birth and marriage certificates, car registration, driver licenses and visa applications. They can also reload their mobile phone prepaid subscription and make purchases at supermarkets. In the future, the ePurse application will […]

Drury University, Springfield, Mo., has added new card readers in four campus buildings to provide greater security as well as 24-hour access. Before installation of the readers, which began in May, students didn’t feel safe because some doors were often left open late at night. Previously, students had to call security to gain admission. As […]

Italian bank Credito Valtellinese will be piloting the first European trial of Visa’s V Pay contactless debit product on Nokia phones. Fifty of the bank’s employees are scheduled to take part in the experiment that will enable payments of about $22 using the phone equipped with the Tellcard Mobile V Pay. The employees will be […]

Students at Stanford University can now charge up to $1,000 at campus locations using just their student ID cards. The plan is designed for students with money needs who may be waiting for additional financial aid. In addition, they will have to pay off their account by the end of each quarter. However, any student […]

The first multi-purse smart card with a pay-as-you-go travel purse has been launched in Bolton, England as a result of a partnership between the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, the Bolton Council, Arriva buses, ticketing systems provider Parkeon, Applied Card Technologies, a UK company specializing in the installation and operation of smart card transaction systems, […]

MasterCard Worldwide has launched one of the world’s largest NFC pilots in Bengaluru, India along with Citibank, Nokia and Vodafone. The pilot, one of several the credit card giant has underway in the Asia Pacific region, hopes to identify the level of consumer acceptance with contactless payments, particularly via mobile phones. Consumers participating in the […]