Six colleges and universities have chosen Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank to provide enhanced banking services to their students, faculty and staff via each school’s campus card. The bank will provide the technology for the banking functionality for each school’s identification card, turning the card into an ATM and PIN-based debit card when linked to a U.S. […]

Disneyland Paris is set to test contactless and NFC payments in October. French banks Crédit Mutuel and CIC will participate in the pilot involving about 100 NFC-enabled phones and 1,000 contactless cards, both which can be used in Disneyland’s shops and restaurants. The resort is currently seeking Disneyland Paris annual pass holders who have accounts […]

Just a few banks in Nigeria appear ready for the Dec. 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria for changing their mag stripe ATM cards to the EMV chip and pin standard. The bank has extended the technology migration date four times. Despite warnings about security problems with traditional mag stripe ATM cards […]

CARTES, a 24-year Paris staple, will be expanding its reach next year with the launch of its first CARTES in Asia edition as part of the AsiaWorld-Expo March 16-18 in Hong Kong. It will feature three days of conferences and a hundred exhibitors and is expected to attract more than 2,500 visitors. “We have been […]

SCM Microsystems, a German secure identity provider, has received the 2009 Frost & Sullivan North American Smart Card Readers Market Leadership Award based on its work with the U.S. government’s various smart card programs, including the DOD’s Common Access Card and PIV that covers all federal workers. Other factors mentioned in the award were SCM’s […]

IDpack, a Quebec-based ID card software provider, has rolled out the latest versions of its software designed to produce cards and badges for corporations, associations and schools. The company has three versions–Professional, Business and Element which range from producing badges with biometrics capabilities to single-sided badges with few security options. The new IDpack card software […]

Heritage Rotorua Hotel in New Zealand has replaced its metal room keys with a contactless Kaba Electronic Locking System. The Kaba system also allows the hotel to send “unique locking codes” to mobile phones for guests to access their rooms, according to the hotel’s general manager. The new locking system is part of a major […]

Zapa Technology, an Irish manufacturer of contactless stickers for cell phones, has chosen Postilion, a UK-based provider of payments software solutions, as its core payments platform for its new mobile prepaid, loyalty and gift card processing services for European retailers. Zapa recently introduced its ZAPA TAG, a contactless sticker that can be placed inside or […]

Jolly Technologies, a San Carlos, Calif.-based security ID software provider, has released the latest versions of its Lobby Track, ID Flow and Label Flow software that can help colleges and businesses manage visitors, track student attendance or staff time and attendance, manage events and track assets. New solutions provided in the 4.3 release include: business […]

Two credit unions have started to offer contactless cards, according to the Credit Union Times. The Novartis Federal Credit Union, East Hanover, N.J., has converted all its debit cards to the contactless technology and has seen a subsequent 9% bump in debit card usage. The California Coast Credit Union in San Diego is also jumping […]