Gemalto is partnering with Taiwan’s Far EasTone Telecommunications Ltd. to start Asia’s first mobile contactless SIM-based NFC (Near Field Communications) trial. The trial, which starts in November, is part of the GSM Association’s ‘Pay-Buy Mobile’ initiative which seeks to define a common global approach to using NFC technology to link mobile devices with payment and […]

Gemalto is releasing a new Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal, MagIC³, that have been EMV certified both by the Association of Italian Banks (ABI), in compliance with its Progetto Microcircuito specification, and by American Express. This platform, which incorporates the MagIC Open&Sec technology running on Linux, is aimed at securing the open world. MagIC³ is powered by […]

Uniform Industrial Corporation (UIC) has added the UIC681 contactless card reader module to its product listing. It is designed for easy and cost effective integration into POS applications. The reader has numerous certifications and comes with an integrated antenna, built-in multiple interfaces and an optional integrated magnetic stripe reader. UIC Releases the UIC681 – A […]

Visa has made a new key fob payment device embedded with Visa payWave available: the Visa Micro Tag. The Visa Micro Tag is designed to easily attach to a key ring, and allows cardholders to pay by simply waving their Visa Micro Tag in front of a contactless payment terminal without the need to physically […]

Chattanooga, Tennessee is one of the newest cities announcing the upgrade to smart buses. The Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) will be implementing its “Smartbus program” which includes GPS bus tracking as well as free WiFi for riders. The payment system has will also be upgrade, and will allow riders to use credit cards […]

Datacard Group’s newly launched Datacard SP75 Plus and CP80 Plus card printers have recently appeared on the GSA Approved Product List (APL) for Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201 card printer specification. The card printers personalize highly secure, durable cards and address the complex security issues associated with distributed issuance. Key security features include ultraviolet […]

Security directors and those responsible for physical access control systems (PACS) within government agencies have a new resource to help them choose the right path to accept FIPS 201 compliant credentials–a new white paper, developed by the Smart Card Alliance Physical Access Council in collaboration with the Open Security Exchange (OSE), Security Industry Association (SIA) […]

Travelers to the 2010 Soccer World Cup could be using their cellphones to gain access to the stadiums, if entrepreneur Daki Nkanyane has anything to do with it. He is the founding managing ­director of Tswelopele Solutions, a provider of complete and integrated technology for access management solutions, ticketing and payment ­solutions for stadiums, arenas, […]

Kaba, a worldwide manufacturer of access control solutions for over 140 years, and CoreStreet are partnering to build advanced, standalone electronic locks that enable convergence of physical and logical security systems. Using CoreStreet’s technology, Kaba will offer one physical access control system (PACS) to comply with Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) and will […]

McDonald’s has teamed up with SK Telecom to offer a new way of ordering. The new ordering scheme, which uses RFID was unveiled at a McDonald’s in western Seoul. According to an article in The Korea Times, customers have to first download a program to their handsets using SK Telecom’s Nate mobile Internet service in […]