The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is going paperless, doing away with its disposable paper transit passes and replacing it with Clipper card, according to Mountain View Patch. Beginning July 1, all VTA customers will be required to pay for rides on VTA bus and light rail using the new reloadable, all-in-one transit smart […]

A new mobile app for NFC smart phones has been created that enables thieves to steal sensitive data from contactless payment cards, according to SC Magazine. Built by security researcher Thomas Skora, the “paycardreader” app skims payment card information, including card numbers, dates, transactions and merchant IDs. The app was built to reveal the dangers […]

Starting this summer, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will pilot a system that would enable riders to pay their transit fares with their mobile device or contactless credit and debit card, according to The Toronto Star. Metrolinx, who is under pressure to launch similar technology in Ottawa, will begin to test the new open payments […]

The Board of Directors of Cubic Corporation has reported the passing of Walter J. Zable, age 97, the corporation’s founder, chairman, president and CEO. Zable had guided Cubic since he founded the company in 1951, leading it to global prominence in providing defense systems, mission support services and transportation systems and services to customers worldwide. […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the summer 2012 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

The global card market reached $17 billion in 2011, jumping almost 14% from 2010, according to the 2011 International Card Manufacturers Association Global Card Market Statistics Report. Higher value chip-based cards used in mobile phones and other electronic transactions as well as expanded production in the Asia-Pacific region led market growth as more than 30 […]

Absa Group announced it plans to begin trials expanding its contactless payment network at the bank’s rugby fan park in Cape Town, according to ITWeb. The first trial of the new Springbok Supporters Club tap-and-go card will be piloted at the Absa Boktown fan park, where fans will be able to tap the card to […]

SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français), France’s national state-owned railway company, has chosen Ingenico solutions to supply 3,000 of its contactless point of sale terminals across all SNCF sales desks. Ingenico will provide the iCT250 contactless terminal and its associated PIN-pad, the iPP2xx developed with Telium technology. The new terminals will provide SNCF […]