Science Media Partners, organizer of the security document conference and exhibition Security Document World (SDW) 2013, is putting together the next phase of global e-passport interoperability testing at a special event to be held alongside the SDW show on May 21 – 23 in London. Sponsored by NXP, the interoperability tests – SDW InterOp 2013 […]

The Blackboard Transact campus card suite now supports MIFARE, a near field communication compatible protocol that enables secure contactless smart card transactions. Partner institutions can now choose either MIFARE or FeliCa when issuing NFC-compatible student identification cards or mobile phones. This latest software update also includes a configuration application that creates a single MIFARE card […]

The 2013 Smart Card Alliance payments Summit saw executives from MasterCard and Visa spoke about the payments industry, explained their road maps and provided vision for the future payments infrastructure. The summit saw head of authentication product integration for Visa, Stephanie Ericksen, reveal new details that will expand Visa’s roadmap to include EMV. Ericksen revealed […]

ABI Research forecasts 2.1 billion contactless credentials – a combination of smart cards and limited use RFID solutions – will ship into the transportation and ticketing market in 2018, just more than double that achieved in 2012. In 2012, MiFare solutions accounted for more than 80% of all contactless ticketing credentials deployed. While ABI Research […]

Gemalto is providing the Royal Oman Police with an electronic passport solution for the Sultanate. Applicants will be issued with secure travel documents in line with Oman’s goal to provide enhanced services and protection to its citizens, using digital security technologies. The solution includes Gemalto’s ICAO compliant Sealys e-passport documents and a full Coesys solution […]

NatWest and The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have teamed together with Visa for the anticipated roll out of more than 2 million contactless card starting from April and rolling out over the next year, according to Pocket-lint.com. NatWest and RBS will follow Barclays in allowing people to tap and go when it comes to […]

MasterCard Worldwide announced a record growth of its contactless payments technology, MasterCard PayPass, across the Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) region in 2012, citing a 28% year-over-year (YoY) increase in merchant locations. MasterCard’s PayPass contactless payment network now boasts nearly 700,000 merchant locations in 51 countries as of Q4 2012. Growth data reflects a […]

GE Money Bank in cooperation with Visa Europe has launched a contactless service to further extend its card portfolio and allow its clients to pay using contactless-enabled cards. The technology will enable clients to pay by simply waving their contactless-enabled card to the payment terminal. Once the card has been waved, an antenna reads the […]