A series of bugs in the Calgary Transit’s new “Connect” electronic fare payment system is continuing to delay its launch, according to the Calgary Herald. The agency began testing the Connect card payment system for public transit last spring, allowing passengers to pay for their bus and CTrain rides electronically in lieu of cash, tickets […]

GO Transit, the regional public transit service for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, has announced that it is discontinuing its monthly pass to make way for the new reloadable smart transit card, the Presto card. According to a spokesperson for GO Transit, the monthly pass will no longer be available after Jan. 1, 2013. […]

Intercede announced the availability of its MyID CardChecker App for Apple iOS. This app enables government agencies and enterprises to read and display electronic information from PIV, PIV-I, commercial identity verification (CIV) or TWIC smart cards on an iPhone or iPad. Intercede has developed a downloadable mobile app – available in the Apple app store […]

The Imprimerie Nationale, the official supplier and printer to the French government, has chosen Datacard Group to provide systems for France’s e-passport program. Datacard will install Datacard PB6500 passport issuance systems. These automated, inline high-volume passport production systems will be able to issue up to 25,000 passports a day. The system’s configuration includes automated leafing, […]

Identive Group Inc. has launched a smart card reader to authenticate Apple mobile devices. The reader enables iPad, iPhone and Apple computer users to authenticate themselves to secure networks, web sites and payment systems with smart chip-based IDs or credit cards. The iAuthenticate reader is aimed for use by the U.S. government and worldwide enterprise […]

The wait for the ISIS Mobile Wallet is over for T-Mobile customers, as the app has been released on Google’s Play Store. In a report from The Verge, the mobile wallet app is backed by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, and was originally scheduled for a September launch until the release was pushed back to October. […]

As new technologies in mobile phones emerge, Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC seeks to implement them with user customization in mind. According to a Focus Taiwan report, HTC executives have placed a premium on producing more customizable smart phones that utilize different features — namely NFC. While NFC is seeing implementations across the mobile phone landscape, […]

The European Commission approved a mobile wallet joint venture called Project Oscar. The project, let by Everything Everywhere, O2 and Vodafone, will enable consumers to pay for goods through contactless payment with their NFC-enabled mobile phones. Simon Robinson writes in The Guardian that mobile wallets could help to end “voucher stigma” that comes from carrying […]