UK banker Barclays and contactless payment provider Barclaycard have announced that to date they have issued over five million contactless cards in the UK. Barclaycard began distributing contactless cards to customers in the UK in 2007 with the launch of Barclaycard One Pulse, an all-in-one card that features contactless payment, credit and Oyster card capabilities. […]

Nokia is planning to make NFC technology a standard feature in its phones by 2012, according to The Mirror. The roll out, which would mark a huge leap forward in mainstream adoption of NFC technology, could come as soon as next year. According to The Mirror, in Q3 and Q4 of next year Nokia is […]

The Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) is pushing its smart card deployment back to next fall, according to ABC News. The MTA has considered implementing a fare collection system based on smart card technology since 2001, yet the deployment has been delayed several times: first to summer 2008, then to October of this year, this winter, […]

UK coffee chain Caffe Nero has introduced contactless payment technology in its 360 stores, according to V3.co.uk. The upgrade was completed in October after the conclusion of a successful trial involving several central London stores. Caffe Nero patrons will now be able to purchase their coffee by simply waiving their contactless cards in front of […]

Dynamic Card Solutions (DCS) has released EMV Smart Start, a bundled suite of software and services designed for card issuers who want to issue EMV credit and debit cards. EMV Smart Start features DCS’s CardWizard software and associated hardware, as well as comprehensive consulting services, so that issuers will be able to produce and deliver […]

VeriFone has released PAYware Mobile, a combined hardware and software payment solution that provides small businesses with card processing capabilities on the smart phone platform. Designed specifically for iPhones, PAYware Mobile is aimed at small business merchants who need a mobile card reader for enterprises such as home repair, small cafes, door-to-door sales, etc. PAYware […]

Beginning February 2010, the city of Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Canada is launching a $2.9 million initiative to install contactless smart card technology on its entire bus fleet, according to The Star Phoenix. Under the new system, riders will exclusively use smart cards called Go-Passes to pay for bus fare. As of Jan. 20, paper money […]

According to Juniper Research, more than 300 million consumers around the world will have used mobile coupons by 2014, generating a projected value of $6 billion globally. Juniper’s report finds that as smart phones are becoming more prevalent in developed markets, so are mobile coupon offers, particularly those that are linked to location based searches. […]

Cubic Transportation Systems India, subsidiary of Cubic Corporation, is launching a five-month trial of its smart card-based fare collection technology aboard buses in Delhi. Cubic began the smart card pilot in November as part of the Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System (DIMTS), a joint initiative of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi […]

PARX France, subsidiary of On Track Innovations (OTI), is expanding its EasyPark contactless parking solution to Montpellier, the 8th largest city in France with more than 500,000 residents in the city’s metropolitan area. EasyPark (known as Piaf 2 in France) is OTI’s in-vehicle contactless electronic parking meter. To activate Piaf 2, the driver turns on […]