Near Field Communication is working to make contactless transactions more convenient, and with solutions flooding the market the technology holds a great deal of promise. However, there’s some reluctance to wander from the standard NFC formula – tapping a mobile device to a point of sale terminal or NFC tag to conduct a transaction. France-based Natural […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the spring 2013 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 […]

The smart card industry is dominated by three major players — Gemalto, Oberthur and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D)— with each jockeying for peak position to capture the market. A recent report from Frost & Sullivan reveals the current state of the market and the moves being made by its top competitors. Gemalto, who is widely […]

Evolis released Elypso, a desktop card printer that offers features for instant issuance in one model: manual card feeding, front-desk operations, dual-sided printing and encoding for magnetic stripe, contact and contactless chip card. Evolis designed Elypso to match the performances of Primacy with the smaller footprint of Zenius. This solution delivers personalized cards over the […]

Digital Identification Solutions AG announced the release of EDIsecure Connect, a software solution that drives multiple hardware systems and offers different security features across models on the same platform. EDIsecure Connect is designed to be more than a conventional printer driver, providing a range of functional elements and is available in three different levels, including […]

Aeroexpress, operator of air rail link services in Moscow, Russia, has partnered with multinational financial services provider Visa to launch new a card processing system using Visa payWave contactless payment technology. Now, thanks to the payWave cards, tickets are one-touch-accessible at all Aeroexpress offices and ticket vending machines. The contactless-enabled Visa payWave offers card holders […]

With 27 million contactless cards in the UK, usage has increased by 4% points to 12% in the past four months, according to a study by ICM Research. The study, which was first conducted in November 2012 and repeated last month, finds that of those who have made contactless payments, 9% say they make them […]