Gemalto has achieved MasterCard certification for its Trusted Services Management solution, which recognizes the company’s ability to manage personal user information for banking transactions. The certification applies to Gemalto’s Taiwan-based data center and enables the company to support financial institutions in the deployment of NFC services on mobile phones. “MasterCard works alongside vendors to offer […]

SCM Microsystems, a leading provider of solutions for secure access and identity, has rolled out a new portable contactless smart card reader, the SCL3711, that’s capable of supporting multiple contactless applications from mobile payments to transportation, access control and e-government. The USB reader supports all major 13.56 MHZ contactless technologies, including ISO 14443 type A&B, […]

Credit card giant Visa, two banks and a mobile operator have launched a small NFC payments trial in Brazil. The pilot involves 70 people who have been given NFC-compliant Nokia phones that they can use to make payments at any retailer that now accepts Visa’s payWave contactless payments technology. The banks involved in the trial […]

An NXP Semiconductors official believes the single wire protocol specification has solved the chicken and egg problem that has dogged the mobile payments industry. Speaking with ZDNet Asia at the NFC World Asia event in Singapore this week, Charles Dachs, NXP’s head of product management, noted that lack of standardization has stalled many NFC pilots. […]

The University of Georgia’s new ticketless admission program for football games received high marks from students who used the system for the first time last weekend. “It went a lot more smoothly than I really thought it would. It was much more convenient than it has been in the past,” said one student. “It was […]

Paris transport company RATP has chosen digital security provider Gemalto to supply personal readers that will enable users in the Ile-de-France region to recharge their contactless travel cards via a Web portal they can access from home. As part of the six-month pilot, users connect the Gemalto PC Twin Reader to their PC and buy […]

CPI Card Group, a Colorado-based financial and commercial card producer, announced that its Canadian facility has been certified by Visa and Interac to manufacture and personalize EMV financial cards. This latest certification adds to the existing MasterCard certification achieved earlier by the Toronto location. CPI provides end-to-end solutions from manufacturing to data preparation, personalization and […]

Baylor University, Waco, Tex., installed biometric hand scanners at its Student Life Center last month to increase efficiency and security. It’s also more convenient for students since they no longer have to bring their ID card with them when they use the center. When the user places his hand beneath the scanner, the machine records […]

VingCard, a hospitality security provider and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, has completed its installation of Signature contactless electronic door locks with NFC cell phone compatibility at the Sea Pearl Villas Resort in Phuket, Thailand. While the hotel is open now, the resort itself isn’t scheduled to open until the third quarter of 2010. […]

Texas A&M University, College Station, has expanded its suite of iPhone and iPod Touch applications to enable students to see course offerings, campus maps and directions to classes and information about university events. TAMUmobile, which was first released in June, already includes a directory for finding currently enrolled students, faculty and staff, news about the […]