The PMU, France’s state controlled betting organization, has hired Monext to manage all aspects of its recently implemented contactless “private label” card. The PMU Card, introduced in May at 10,500 of PMU’s sales outlets, allows users to place cashless bets via mobile phone, online or at a sales outlet. Customers may place their bets and […]

Heartland Payment Systems, the nation’s fifth largest payments processor, has installed its E3 terminals at 1,020 merchant locations since commercially launching the technology on May 24 at the 2010 National Restaurant Association Hotel-Motel Show in Chicago. E3 terminals, which accept both mag stripe and contactless EMV cards, are specifically designed to protect cardholder credit and […]

Veteran smart phone provider RIM has an opportunity to step up and lead the mobile industry, even in the face of increasing competition from Apple and Google, according to analysis from the Gerson Lehrman Group. In order to take the reins, GLGroup says RIM has to invest new business avenues, including mobile payment, mobile advertising […]

Charleston, S.C. has completed a contactless overhaul of all 1,840 of the city’s parking meters, according to charleston.thedigital.com. Instead of traditional coin fed machines, the new meters come equipped with smart card readers that accept quick and easy cashless payment. Citizens use special contactless parking passes that essentially function like debit cards. Users can load […]

Gartner has released a new report naming the Asia-Pacific region as the leading market for mobile payment adoption, with the number of users in the region predicted to increase by 50% from 41.8 million last year to 62.8 million by the end of 2010, according to ZDNet Asia. Gartner also expects the number mobile payment […]

LEGIC has announced the release of a new contactless locking system, as well as a new partnership with Magna Carta, the Netherland’s largest cashless vendor. Magna Carta is a global supplier of contactless identification solutions for the education, health care, leisure, government and business environment, working in applications such as catering, vending, access control, ticketing, […]

The Smart Card Alliance has released a new report on the state of the smart card market in the Americas, “Smart Cards & Smart Card ICs – Americas – 2010,” created by IMS Research in association exclusively with the SCA. “This report is the first research of its kind to address smart cards specifically for […]

Ingenico and Bank Asya are partnering to deploy contactless payment terminals in taxi cabs at the Sabiha Gökçen Airport in Istanbul, Turkey. For the upcoming pilot, Bank Aysa will supply 114 taxi cabs with Ingenico’s EFT930 GPRS Mobile Terminals, allowing customers to pay for fares with contactless credit or debit cards, as well as traditional […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association aimed at advancing the global use of NFC technology, announced the winners of the NFC Forum Global Competition 2010 at the organization’s all-member meeting in Karlshamn, Sweden. The competition was divided into two sectors: the Commercial Track for business ideas that address a specific market, business, or consumer […]

Dubai’s Simage Technologies has unveiled its new contactless terminal, a multi-function device designed for use in financial services, the public sector, transportation and mobile communications. The compact, portable contactless terminal features a touchpad screen, printer and multi-biometrics support for user authentication, and supports ISO 14443 Type A/B standards as well as the ISO 21481 standard […]