Oberthur Technologies has successfully completed China Union Pay certification for its Shenzhen manufacturing center which is providing several hundred million SIM cards globally for the telecom industry and is now supplying magnetic stripe and EMV cards to banking customers in China and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Already certified by Visa, MasterCard and AmEx as a […]

The Smart Card Alliance has added new training materials for its Leadership, Education and Advancement Program (LEAP) members to help them prepare for Certified Smart Card Industry Professional (CSCIP) certification. First started in 2008, LEAP has already attracted numerous individuals interested in improving their knowledge and professional proficiency in the smart card industry. CSCIP is […]

First City Monument Bank in Nigeria has begun replacing its mag stripe ATM debit cards with EMV cards, becoming one of the first banks in that country to implement the regulatory directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The FCMB debit card is a secure e-payment card powered by InterSwitch with Chip & PIN features […]

Depauw University in Greencastle, Ind. is now enabling its students to use their campus card at nine restaurants off campus. The program will be managed by Off-Campus Advantage, a subsidiary of campus card provider CBORD. The restaurants will give 9.5% of each transaction to DePauw and also pay a software fee that will allow their […]

The Compass card, the contactless fare card launched in May by the San Diego Association of Governments, has so far not lived up to expectations. Software bugs have delayed a full rollout of the card by San Diego County’s largest transit operator. The Metropolitan Transit System, which carries 290,000 riders daily on its buses and […]

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, which now is seeking about $100 million from a $1.5 billion federal grant program for national and regional transportation projects, has postponed for the fourth time its deadline for receiving proposals for a contactless fare card system. It’s newest deadline is Sept. 30, more than six months after its original […]

UK’s Department of Transport is considering implementing a nationwide Oyster-style smart card ticketing system that could see the end of paper tickets. Mobile phones and bank cards could also be included in the proposed system. The department this week released a consultation document seeking comments on the development of its future smart ticketing strategy for […]

Hand scanners will control admission to Chico State University’s new $63 million recreation center, which opened this week. Before using the facility at the California school for the first time, students need to enter their ID number into a machine and have the size and shape of their hand scanned three times. Students pay an […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association set up to advance the use of NFC technology, will be conducting a one-day Spotlight Session for Developers Sept. 4 at the Lasaretti Hotelli-Ravintolaat in Oulu, Finland. The Spotlight Session takes place during the NFC Forum all-members meeting in Oulu, Finland, Aug. 31-Sept. 6. During the week-long event, […]

NCR’s newest version of its self-serve checkout system, one of the first that accepts contactless payment cards, was one of the 2009 winners of the International Design Excellence Awards program. In fact, it was the only self-service technology solution named in this year’s competition. The checkout system allows consumers to scan, bag and pay for […]