By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor With a process as easy as sending a text message via your mobile phone, digital signing has taken a huge leap forward in Finland, thanks to backing from the Finnish government and Elisa, the country’s second largest mobile network operator. The Finnish Population Register Centre now offers its citizens the […]

New offering promises to lower card acceptance fees and empower retailers “We had two prerequisites – installation within hours and return on investment within months,” said CEO Tom Bartz when announcing Accelitec’s new contactless payment solution. These are lofty goals for any payment system, but particularly for one that can enable credit, e-check/ACH, and stored […]

In an effort to foster the integration of its eNFC chips into handsets and consumer electronics, INSIDE is offering a new toolkit to industry developers. INSIDE helps the mobile industry integrate the eNFC chip in all consumer electronic devices Aix-en-Provence, France – August 10th, 2005: INSIDE is proud to announce the launch of a set […]

< ? $key="5432"; ?> Amex launches contactless “Blue” nationwide in U.S. Hoping to use the prior success of its Blue credit card as a springboard for ExpressPay contactless payments, American Express announced that it would add the contactless technology into all future Blue cards – both new issuances and replacments. Read the full story Nedap’s […]

< ? $key="8765"; ?> Tourists use smart cards to select attractions in major U.S. cities It has been some time since we reported on the use of contact chip cards for a consumer loyalty, frequency, or related application. But the lull has ended. Marketing company, Smart Destinations, is issuing smart cards in a number of […]

It is certainly refreshing to read a book on the balance between privacy and technology that is (1) balanced and (2) technically accurate. Dennis Bailey, author of The Open Society Paradox, is an IT professional and he understands identitication technology. He also “gets it” … recognizing that the concerns of the privacy community – no […]

The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council held a web briefing held in late July to discuss projects it was embarking upon to facilitate the use of contactless smart card technology in the transit sector. The council was created in combination with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Its interim co-chairs are Greg Garback, Washington Metropolitan […]

The latest ammunition in the continuing struggle to keep secure areas secure may come in the form of a small handheld biometric reader that can identify a fingerprint or read a bar code off a truck, license tag, or ID card. With contact and contactless capability, the new reader from the Canadian company, Labcal, can […]

American Express’ rollout of its ExpressPay contactless technology virtually guarantees it a sizeable customer base. That is because the new payment method will be ‘appearing’ on a card that’s already in the hands of thousands of users – the successful Amex Blue. In early June, American Express announced that it had begun issuing its Blue […]

Automatic vehicle identification (AVI) technology can be used to track and authorize automobiles as they enter and exit parking facilities. A Dutch company called NedapAVI has added to this the ability to also identify the driver of the vehicle via the same system. Making this even more innovative, they can do it all using the […]