MasterCard Worldwide has qualified one of the first card personalization validation (CPV) test tool to meet its latest CPV requirements v5.5, which were released in April 2012. This test tool, which has been brought to market in a joint collaboration between Barnes International and FIME, enables issuers to accurately and efficiently prepare for the MasterCard […]

The Taipei City Government introduced a newer version of its contactless smart card system for payment on the Taipei MRT, buses and other public transport services in Taipei, according to FutureGov. The revamped EasyCard features heightened security mechanisms to ensure that any personal information stored in the card is well protected against malicious intentions. “With […]

Ingenico announced that the Russian retail chain Sedmoy Kontinent (English: The Seventh Continent) is now able to accept VISA payWave cards thanks to its contactless terminals. The Ingenico solution is based on the iPP320 terminal, which features increased robustness – one million clicks on every key, smart card reader with guaranteed 500,000 inserts, a clear […]

GlobalPlatform announced that it will hold a one-day training session in Nice, France that will educate participants on the role of GlobalPlatform Specifications in mobile contactless services. The training session, titled “GlobalPlatform for Contactless,” will take place on September 26 at the B4 Nice Plaza. Key topics will include how GlobalPlatform’s technology supports the mobile […]

With school back in session the Chicago Transit Authority is extending the use of its reduced fare transit cards to match the new longer school day, according to a local news brief. Students can now use their discount from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., a half an hour longer than last year. The CTA reports […]

Smart Card Alliance’s Industry Councils will be holding elections to designate steering committees and officers. Five of the six Industry councils will be electing new committees and officers— Access Control, Health care, Identity, Payments and Transportation— as the newly formed Mobile and NFC Council held its election in May of 2012. The councils’ nomination process […]

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission announced that beginning Sept. 1 the transport will charge a $3 acquisition fee for new Adult Clipper cards. Clipper cards have been free since the transit card program launched in June 2010. Clipper provided the cards free of charge over the past two years as an incentive for the hundreds of […]

MasterCard has installed an additional 14,000 contactless payments in Australian-based Coles Supermarkets and have more than 100,000 terminals nationwide, according to The Daily Telegraph. Contactless payments will help speed up checkout by enabling customers with either a MasterCard PayPass or a Visa payWave debit or credit card to simply tap and go against contactless terminals […]