12 Apr, 2013Barclaycard PayBand makes an appearance at Austria’s Snowbombing festival
Snowbombing, a winter sports and music festival held in Mayrhofen, Austria, recently held its annual event where for the first time it feature an integrated RFID-based payment, access and social media system. All Arctic Disco ticketholders were issued with a Barclaycard PayBand, an RFID wristband pre-loaded with 20 euros, redeemable at any one of the […]
12 Apr, 2013NFC contactless cards used to pay for 1 million fares on London buses
Transport for London (TfL) revealed that NFC contactless payments have accounted for 1 million transactions on the city’s bus lines. A release from TfL’s website estimates that as many as 10,000 people are using the contactless debit, credit or charge cards each day to pay their bus fares. Support for contactless payment cards giving riders […]
11 Apr, 2013Aeroexpress rolls out Visa contactless card processing solution
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 […]
10 Apr, 2013Smart Card Alliance Access Control Council plans for 2013
The Smart Card Alliance’s Access Control Council will stay the course, as the use of standards-based, secure identity credentials for both physical and logical access as well as government ID will remain the focal point of its activities in 2013. The Access Control Council made strides in 2012, advancing the use of standards-based secure identity […]
09 Apr, 2013HID integrates Codebench into product lines
HID Global has expanded its pivCLASS Government Solutions portfolio focused on the federal identity market with the addition of the PIVCheck Plus software solution from Codebench, an HID Global company. The pivCLASS solution provides PIV and PKI functionality at the door for government agencies and contractors enabling them to comply with federal identity mandates. The […]
08 Apr, 2013Moscow selects MIFARE-based solution to integrate transit ticketing systems
The Moscow Department of Transport has selected NXP’s MIFARE Plus to serve in its new “TROIKA” smart card project. The new multi-modal transport card will integrate metro, urban railway, tam and bus ticketing into a single MIFARE-based solution; with suburban trains, parking, road tolling and other city services to be added in the near future. […]
05 Apr, 2013SALTO secures IT server racks with new GEO electronic cylinder
SALTO Systems has launched a brand new version of its SALTO GEO (Global Electronic Opening) electronic cylinder specially developed in response to demand for computing, data storage and IT companies. The new electronic cylinder lock provides a wire-free fully stand alone electronic access control solution to secure access to server racks in increasingly important and […]
05 Apr, 2013ICM Research: Contactless is a growing market, but not quite mainstream yet
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 […]
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