The London based bank Halifax has announced it would begin issuing its first contactless payment cards to customers. The group said the new Visa payWave debit cards would be sent to around 25,000 customers in London who were taking part in the first phase of its contactless payment roll-out. The cards will enable customers to […]

At CARTES today, VeriFone announced their newest contactless peripheral, the QX120&#8212a contactless payment solution that supports all major contactless payment schemes, including those initiated from mobile phones using the emerging Near Field Communications standard. The ultra thin QX120 can be easily connected to a stand alone payment device or integrated POS system to provide contactless […]

Since May 2007, LEGIC has been involved in a joint NFC pilot project with Swisscom and Selecta. An NFC-enabled mobile telephone and the embedded LEGIC solution make payments at Selecta vending machines child’s play: easy, safe, and contactless. LEGIC is pursuing new directions with its card-in-card solutions. In the form of a virtual card, LEGIC […]

At the end of November 2007, six major banks, four mobile phone operators, Visa Europe and MasterCard Worldwide will be launching the “Pay by Mobile” operation, an experimental contactless payment system. 1000 test customers will be given mobile phones with INSIDE Contactless’s MicroRead NFC component. Learn more about the trial program. INSIDE Contactless, exclusive suppliers […]

The partnership between INSIDE Contactless and HID Global has been extended to enable the use of iCLASS® technology in the new area of virtual credentials. Customers who use HID iCLASS cards with INSIDE’s core technology will also benefit from the full security features of iCLASS virtual credentials, securely delivered via HID Global’s idBank™ system, on […]

Six major French banks as well as four mobile operators join forces in cooperation with MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Europe to launch a large-scale trial of mobile contactless payments with 1,000 customers and 200 stores located in the cities of Caen and Strasbourg at the end of November. This new multi-operator payment service aims to […]

The Java Card Forum (JCF), an industry organization dedicated to promoting and developing interoperable Java Card technology products, is celebrating its 10 year Anniversary at Cartes & Identification 2007 congress, by sharing its success stories from the past and setting the scene for Next Generation Java Card technology. From 1997 to 2007, Java Card Forum […]

Two prominent organizations from the care and technology sectors, WELbeing and Over-C, are teaming up to revamp the management of home care services through the launch of CarePro, a system based on Nokia near field communication (NFC) technology which helps field workers perform their jobs more efficiently. CarePro is designed so home-based care services can […]

With the introduction of the V-Station (Optical), Bioscrypt has added SecuGen’s optical sensor technology to its line of readers for physical access control with a 500 DPI optical sensor. Bioscrypt’s patented fingerprint pattern matching algorithm and supporting firmware are the foundation for the identity verification performance of the new reader. The V-Station (Optical) can be […]

INSIDE Contactless’s MicroRead platform has been selected as the preferred NFC chip for mobile carrier Far EasTone’s new Pay-Buy Mobile testing project. The pilot, named Beep ‘N Go, will involve a panel of 200 local users by the end of 2007, and is set to anticipate real-size commercial rollout in early 2008. INSIDE’s MicroRead’s SIM […]