Major growth in developing markets over the last two years has allowed smaller Asian vendors, such as Eastcompeace, Watchdata, Datang, and Wuhan Tianyu, to increase their market share to 16% in 2010, up from just 12.4% in 2009. Asian vendors are increasingly challenging the top four all European vendors, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Oberthur, and […]

Datacard Group announced that First Financial Federal Credit Union has selected Datacard CardWizard issuance software and Datacard FCP 20/20 financial card printers for its instant debit and ATM card issuance program. First Financial Federal Credit Union has implemented the Datacard instant card issuance software and associated hardware in its five branch locations around New Jersey. […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the fall 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

CIM USA and SmartSoft announced a partnership to provide EMV-based payment solutions to financial card issuers and bureaus in the United States. The move is intended to support the U.S. banking and card payment industries’ transition to EMV and NFC based payment technologies outlined by VISA. CIM is a U.S. based provider of central and […]

Vodafone Italia has teamed up with CartaSi to offer customers a prepaid card that can be used to purchase goods via NFC technology. Launched with the support of MasterCard and l’Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane, Vodafone’s Smart Pass card can be used for both contactless payments at PayPass-enabled points of sale, as well as […]

Dates: Jan 18-19, 2012 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Venue: Copenhagen Marriott URL: http://www.smi-online.co.uk/2012nordiccards23.asp Description: Now in it’s 11th year, SMi’s Nordic Card Markets Conference provides an opportunity to learn from leading experts about the latest developments in the cards market within the Nordic region. This year the event will focus on the impact of new technologies, […]

With the CARTES 2011 show around the corner, the conference has announced the SESAMES finalists. Among 317 submissions, the finalists for the 10 categories of the SESAMES Award competition have been selected. The SESAMES Awards Finalists will be presented at CARTES & IDentification on the SESAMES Area, hall 4. The winners will be announced during […]