ReportsnReports announced its latest research report on the contactless cards and payments market, including current and forecast analysis to 2017. The research, entitled “Innovation in Payment Systems: The Emergence of Contactless Cards and Payments”, provides market analysis, information and insights into contactless card payments including previous and future market growth and an analysis of the […]

Barclaycard reports contactless payments have been used to purchase more than 700,000 London bus users a ticket to ride since the launch last December, and this figure is raising daily. The latest figures from global payments business show an average of 11,000 contactless bus fares are being made every day, and the volumes are growing […]

New data released by BKM (Interbank Card Center of Turkey) reveals a boom in the amount of contactless cards issued in Turkey, with numbers getting more widespread day by day. Numbers are exceedingly getting better, reaching 10.3 million in 2012. Contactless card numbers reached 6.3 million in 2011, up from 3.4 million recorded in 2010. […]

CARTES America is gearing up for this year’s annual exhibition and conference in Las Vegas, where it will focus on topics, trends and technologies – among them the discussion on the future of contactless payment for open-loop transit in the United States. In “Open-Loop in U.S. Transportation Systems”, a new white paper now exclusively available […]

Lenovo plans to add NFC technology to its line of ThinkPads, reports Pocket-Lint. The NFC capability will allow users to use contactless credit credit cards to tap their card to the device to pay for items they purchase online. Lenovo made the announcement at the Engadget Expand conference. It plans to add NFC to some […]

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is working to procure a system that would simplify the process of paying for bus or train fare, turning it into a tap of a smart phone or credit card at a turnstile. According to Transportation Nation, Metro is now accepting bids from tech companies to develop a […]

The Heriot-Watt University in Scotland has selected SALTO Systems to install its smart access control systems at the university’s new student residence, which are located in five buildings spread over two campuses that are almost 40 miles apart. Students’ bedroom doors are secured by XS4 wireless handles set in toggle mode. This enables access via […]

The Vancouver Transit police anticipates that it will see more cases of transit fraud once TransLink, the city’s public transportation system, introduces the Compass smart-card system in the fall, reports the Vancouver Sun. TransLink believes that fraud with the new smart card system could be higher than the fraud it experiences with reselling fraudulent student […]