Aconite announced that it will provide Trans Link Systems (TLS) with software and consulting services to assist TLS in the migration to a more secure card platform for e-ticketing. TLS, a joint venture set up by the five largest Dutch public transport companies, designed, implemented and now operates a single, national payment system for public […]

Amano Cincinnati has announced the release of their new Multi-Discipline Reader (MDR) for physical access control. Amano’s newest 125 kHz Prox and ISO 14443 reader is a dual technology contactless smart card reader geared towards customers migrating from 125 kHz Prox cards to 13.56 MHz ISO14443 contactless smart cards. The reader enables upgrade paths from […]

Bristol, UK is expanding its smart card fare system on city buses following a successful trial of the technology, according to BBC News. The new cards, which get the user a 16% discount on fares, will be introduced August 30 on Wessex Connect bus routes into and around the city, with a possible future expansion […]

HID Global announced the launch of its identiCLASS e-ID embedded reader platform for e-ID solutions. The globally certified e-government solution includes the new 3300 Reader Core for hand-held terminals and other space critical applications and the 3500 Reader Board for kiosk terminals where multiple antennas are required. Built to meet the demands of OEM partners, […]

Hong Kong e-payment service provider Octopus Holdings has admitted to selling its customers’ personal information for a total of $5.7 million over the past four years, according to ZDNet. Since January 2006, Octopus, which provides Hong Kong with the popular Octopus contactless smart card used on public transit and in various stores, has sold the […]

eAccess LLC, a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation, has announced it will deliver 1 million smart cards to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PATH) under a new three-year-contract. “The eAccess Limited Use smart card allows transit riders who have been using paper magnetic tickets to switch to contactless technology,” comments Paul Orloff, […]

Chicago is set to roll out the first phase of its new bicycle sharing program, according to NBC Chicago. The new system, Chicago B-cycle, allows residents to rent bikes by the hour at various stations throughout the city using a credit card or contactless membership card. According to NBC, similar systems are already operating in […]

Bangkok Smartcard System (BSS) has announced a partnership with Australia’s Vix ERG for the design and delivery of a smart card clearing house solution for micropayments in Bangkok, Thailand. “The system will initially provide support for an integrated payments solution for the Bangkok Mass Transit System Company Limited (BTSC) and Bangkok Metro Company Limited (BMCL) […]

The Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Boston have helped a number of leading telecom and e-payment companies reach a consensus on several issues dividing the mobile payments industry, according to Digital Transactions. The Feds have to date hosted three of these meetings consisting of about 20 industry representatives, including software companies, processors, merchant and […]

Net1 Universal Electronic Technological Solutions (NUETS) has received an order for a further 1.2 million Universal Electronic Payment System-enabled smart cards from the Iraqi government. Upon completion of this new order, NUETS will have provided a total of 3.45 million UEPS smart cards to the Iraqi consortium for the distribution and payment of government grants […]