American Express announced its plan to integrate EMV chip-based contact, contactless and mobile payments for its American Express-branded cards in the U.S. The credit card issuer is joining MasterCard, Visa and Discover in rolling out the more secure EMV payment technology. Merchants, processors and issuers of AmEx cards will need to comply with its requirements […]

Mike Leete doesn’t like computer servers. The General Services Admintration’s project manager at the Neil Smith Federal Building in Des Moines, Iowa doesn’t care for the resources it takes to operate and maintain a server room. So when the 10-story, 40,000 square-foot building needed to update its physical access control system he sought options that […]

Kaba, the provider of ILCO and Saflok electronic locks, announced Sun Suites, operated by Park Management Group, will install Kaba’s ILCO 790 contactless RFID electronic locking systems in all of its 20 properties. The ILCO RFID technology not only enables Sun Suites to provide a reliable, secure guest experience but also significantly reduces operational overhead […]

New Jersey’s Bamboozle music festival became the latest to adopt RFID technology, offering more than 90,000 guests a contactless entry experience. The three-day festival, which featured seven stages of music, did away with traditional paper tickets, instead issuing fans with encrypted RFID wristbands, that, when activated, accessed ticket-holders’ information from a secure database. The RFID […]

Gemalto has acquired a controlling interest in Plastikkart Akıllı Kart İletişim Sistemleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (Plastkart), a Turkish-based producer of smart cards and provider of personalization services. Plastkart is listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange, so according to local regulations, Gemalto will apply to the Turkish Capital Market Board in order to fulfill its […]

Chase Paymentech, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, has launched its new “Future Proof” all in one terminal for EMV, contactless and NFC payments. The Future Proof terminal is available through Chase’s 5,300 bank branch network and on the company’s website. According to Chase, it is designed for a wide variety of merchants and offers support […]

The Isle of Wight Festival in England has partnered with MasterCard to offer festival goers the opportunity to be one of the first to experience the benefits of automatically topping up their contactless prepaid MasterCard PayPass wristbands and also using them to access the event. As part of a trial, 13,000 ticket holders will receive […]

The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council invites transportation agencies and council members to discuss directions and trends in fare payment at an in-person meeting in Philadelphia, Sept. 18-19, 2012 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel. The meeting is an invitation to small, medium and large transportation agencies to attend an interactive event with two days of […]