Customers of the Kuveyt Türk Bank can now receive their debit cards instantly, thanks to the Evolis Dualys card printers deployed in every branch of the financial institution. These Dualys printers are equipped with encoders for magnetic stripes, smart cards and contactless cards so that the card can be personalized and issued in just a […]

IMS Research has released a report entitled “Smart Contactless Credentials – World – 2012” that projects the number of shipped smart contactless credentials to reach 6.9 billion by 2017. The report indicates that the top four uses for smart contactless credentials are payments and banking, government IDs, transportation and physical access. The payments and banking […]

NFC mobile wallet and mobile technology specialist Proxama has announced a partnership with SMARTRAC that will showcase the potential that NFC can offer to mobile marketing campaigns. SMARTRAC — a developer, manufacturer and supplier of RFID transponders and inlays— will work alongside Proxama to consult with consumer-facing brands and agencies starting in early 2013. Both […]

A federal court is expected to rule this week on a mandate by the Northside Independent School District San Antonio, Texas requiring students to wear RFID-equipped name badges that enable school administrators to track a student’s whereabouts while on campus. But 15-year-old Andrea Hernandez is objecting to the mandate for religious reasons, calling the requirement […]

STMicroelectronics announced its latest chip, the LRiS64k, designed to speed up servicing and to simplify record keeping for OEMs and equipment operators in sectors such as health care, aviation, logistics, oil and chemicals, construction and manufacturing. The LRiS64K combines RFID circuitry with a 64-Kbit non-volatile EEPROM capable of storing data, such as initial manufacturer details […]

A partnership between Chicago-based Immersive Realms and NFC Data is giving people an opportunity to be immortalized in its latest Apple iOS game— as a zombie. The Chicago companies are enabling fans the chance to be immortalized with their own character, storyline and interactive game figure to be featured in the Box-O-Zombies iOS game. Those […]

Beginning Dec. 17, Australia will require visa applicants in Cambodia to provide biometrics along with their applications. Cambodians wishing to travel to Australia will need to submit their visa application in person at the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh and provide two forms of biometrics: a facial image and a 10-digit fingerprint scan. These biometrics […]

MasterCard cardholders are expected to quickly embrace MasterCard PayPass as some of New Zealand’s most popular retailers install ‘Tap & Go’ terminals in the lead-up to Christmas. Organizations including Air New Zealand, ASB, ANZ, BNZ, Kiwibank, Westpac and The Warehouse Financial Services have already recognized PayPass and are issuing MasterCardPayPass-enabled cards. As a result, there […]