The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is in the process of upgrading its fare collection system to one that uses all contactless smart cards. Greg Garback, executive officer in the Department of Finance at the agency, discussed the impending changes at a meeting of the Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board. He addressed plans to […]

Dates: October 22-25, 2012 Location: Milan, Italy Venue: Milano Congressi URL: Click here Description: For the past four years, Mobile Money Summit has been the premier event for the leaders and players in the mobile and financial industries. This annual event is now being expanded to showcase NFC and its many applications. In 2012 and […]

The Chicago Transit Authority and Pace unveiled a new open fare payment system, Ventra, designed to provide its customers with a flexible and more convenient way to pay for train and bus rides. With Ventra, riders will no longer need to carry multiple cards, and will not have to worry about having cash on hand […]

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has introduced a new autoload feature that will let commuters load money on their SmarTrip cards automatically, according to The Washington Examiner. Approximately 30,000 Metro riders have received the invite to help the transit agency test the new feature which can automatically replenish the plastic farecards if the […]

Software House, part of Tyco Security Products, announced that it has earned Trusted PACS Product Certification from CertiPath for the integration of the C•CURE 9000 security management platform with the PIVCheck credential validation software from Codebench and the MultiMode three-factor reader from Veridt. This designation from CertiPath, whose product certification is trusted by the U.S. […]

VingCard Elsafe announced their continued involvement with Give Kids The World Village (GKTW) in Kissimmee, Florida – a generous donation – providing 140 Signature RFID locks to outfit the resort’s villas and VISIONLINE software for the front desk. Give Kids The World Village officially opened in 1989 and has grown into a 70-acre resort housing […]

NXP, Gemalto and Ingenico are the three highest ranked vendors to sit atop ABI Research’s latest payment and banking card and contactless technologies Competitive Assessment. The Competitive Assessment comprised a total of 18 companies, all evaluated against 11 different criteria under the categories of implementation and innovation, in addition to a market share analysis for […]

HID Global and Interlogix have teamed up to provide integrated security products for residential and commercial use. The companies have combined Interlogix’s Security Commander system hardware with HID’s EasyLobby Secure Visitor Management (SVM) software for security and visitor management. Security Commander can support up to 128 Challenger panels, over 6,000 intelligent doors and 32,000 alarm […]