LEGIC is providing its advant smart card technology for secure access at the German House at the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. For the last twenty years, the German House has been the meeting point for athletes, advisers, officials, journalists and visitors from the worlds of business and politics around the German Olympic team. […]

The Pompidou Center in Paris is opening a new Teen Gallery that will feature NFC tagged works of art, according to The Register. The museum will place tags next to teach exhibit so that visitors can use NFC handsets (provided by the museum) to learn more about the artwork and share it with their friends […]

The British Government has launched a £20 million campaign that will bring contactless ticketing for public transportation to nine major urban areas, according to the Regen.net. Inspired by the success of the Oyster card in London, Transport Secretary Lord Adonis announced today that £20 million in government funding will be divided evenly among England’s nine […]

The UK Payments Council has decided to do away with paper checks by October 2018 in favor of newer electronic payment methods like smart cards and NFC, according to BBC News. The decision is based on the sharp decline in check use in the last twenty years, coupled with relatively high cost of processing a […]

Germany’s Interior Ministry has announced that it will begin issuing smart ID cards to German citizens on November 1, 2010, according to DW-World. The encrypted contactless chips installed in the cards will contain ID information, biometric data–including optional fingerprints–and a digital passport photo. Additionally, users have the option of enabling an electronic signature function, which […]

Blaze Mobile and Tetherball customers now have the ability to redeem mobile rewards and coupons, as well as make purchases using their mobile phones. Blaze Mobile users can sign up for a loyalty program that grants them access to offers from Tetherball on their mobile phones from major retailers like Dairy Queen. To redeem the […]

NEXPERTS, e24, the University of Applied Science from Northwest Switzerland and other industrial partners are launching a pilot project this month in Zurich that will enable customers to use their NFC phones to purchase goods and services at farmer shops. The project, called “Touch’n Pay,” is intended to ease the shopping process in farmer shops, […]

Deployment of health information-bearing smart cards in the province of Gauteng, South Africa will be delayed due to a R40 million fee issued to The Gauteng Health Department, according to ITWeb. The fee was ordered by The Gauteng South High Court on behalf of 3P Consulting for breach of contract and outstanding payments. The goal […]

SK Telecom (SKT), Korea’s biggest mobile provider, is cutting a $346 million deal with Hana Financial Group to bring wide-scale NFC mobile payment to Korean wireless users, according to The Korea Times. In the deal, SKT, owner of more than half of the country’s mobile-phone subscribers, will buy 49% of Hana Card, a marginal credit […]

To celebrate the fifth anniversary launch of PayPass in the Asia/Pacific region, Mastercard is teaming up with BHPetrol to kick off a new campaign called “Tap & Give,” which will provide the Kwanis Down Syndrome Foundation a portion of every PayPass customer transaction performed at BHPetrol stations. The Kwanis Down Syndrome Foundation is a non-profit […]