As the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) takes its first steps to expand train service into Silicon Valley, it is also bringing its regionally interoperable Clipper Card payment system to its new customers. Warm Springs Constructors, the consortium that is building the BART Warm Springs Track Extension Project, has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a […]

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has selected NXP Semiconductors for its SmartMX2 microcontroller to increase the security and performance of its banking cards. The new cards will have dual interface capabilities that enable both contact and contactless payments. NXP’s SmartMX2 delivers enhanced user convenience and speed of transactions that allow banks to offer […]

The Himalayan Times reports that the government of Nepal is going to pilot a biometric national ID card. The program, which will involve 100,000 people, will give citizens smart cards with personal data, thumbprints and a unique ID number. The pilot project is conducted with assistance from the Asian Development Bank and with approval from […]

While some may have seen Apple’s exclusion of NFC from the lastest iPhone as a slight, Miami-based Flomio saw an opportunity. As reported by BetaKit.com, the FloJack could be the solution that will enable iPhone users to have their cake and eat it too. The solution works much like the Square mobile reader— which allows […]

DigitalPersona, Inc. has released its latest generation of biometric fingerprint sensors designed for mobile identification devices. The DigitalPersona U.are.U 5100 family of fingerprint modules and readers are designed to give handheld terminals used in applications like voting the ability to read fingerprints efficiently while complying with biometric standards. This enables users to implement affordable, power […]

Banca Monte Paschi Belgio and MasterCard will launch the PaschiCombo card in Belgium combing debit, credit, display screen and contactless funtionalities all into a single payment device. The PaschiCombo card is an all-in-one solution, offerings users a Maestro debit card on one side and MasterCard credit card on the other. The PaschiCombo cards also has […]

GlobalPlatform announced a compliance program that will standardize the trusted execution environment (TEE) and promote assurance in the mobile secure services sector by forging an approved industry framework. GlobalPlatform states that the new compliance program will cut the cost of progress for industry players— application developers, hardware manufacturers, software developers, etc.— by eliminating barriers caused […]

Research and Markets has added a new Javelin Strategy & Research report to its catalog entitled “Banking Authentication And The FFIEC: Business Customers Crave Biometrics.” The report gives financial institutions insight into different types of authentication technology and how to find the balance between security and customer satisfaction. It looks at the regulatory expectations around […]