Vodafone has teamed up with Spanish railway operator Renfe to launch an NFC payment trial in Renfre’s Madrid train stations. Users will be able to access the trains by tapping their NFC-enabled mobile phones against readers installed on the platforms. The project aims to improve the passengers flow at Renfe stations, particularly during peak hours. […]

National Australia Bank (NAB) has begun issuing Visa cards equipped with contactless Visa payWave technology, according to zdnet.com. To support the new cards, NAB has also announced 2,500 contactless card readers will be delivered to merchants in Sydney and Melbourne. The new cards will allow customers to pay for purchases less than $100 by simply […]

In partnership with BMO Bank of Montreal and Research In Motion, MasterCard Canada is bringing its PayPass Tap & Go contactless payment technology to BlackBerry smart phones for a four-month trial. In this trial, participants will use PayPass Mobile Tag-equipped BlackBerry devices to make purchases at any of the 8,500 merchant locations in Canada that […]

Zetes Industries, a European provider of solutions for the automatic identification of goods, has cut a deal with ImageID, a provider in imaging-based traceability products and solutions. The deal includes ImageID’s company assets, along with patents and properties. This acquisition will also include ImageID’s Visidot Supply Chain Traceability solutions for the tracking and tracing of […]

By Philip Hudson, Chairman, International Hologram Manufacturers Association New technology continues to push the boundaries of holography as an effective ID anti-counterfeiting device. One of the most significant advances has been polycarbonate (PC) security laminates. In recent years we have seen polycarbonate-faced ID cards become increasingly widespread, aided by the use of smaller and lower […]

The schedule for the 2010 National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) Annual Conference is out and there are some significant changes from year’s past. April in the desert is a great time and the Hilton Tapatio Cliffs is a great resort so the time and place should be right, but how about the schedule? […]

GlobalPlatform launched the GlobalPlatform Card Networked Framework v1.0. The technical document – which can be downloaded here – introduces new concepts that will enable GlobalPlatform cards to support a sophisticated networked environment. The Card Networked Framework v1.0 enables administration of a new generation of GlobalPlatform cards, which can utilize TCP/IP communications and support Web applications […]