The Smart Card Alliance Latin American will host a series of webinars discussing a report on EMV deployments in Brazil and Mexico. The Alliance and Visa Inc. commissioned a report on why Mexico and Brazil are deploying EMV systems. Reducing payments fraud is the top driver for issuers and acquirers to adopt EMV/chip in Brazil […]

In an effort to promote recycling habits, the City of Atlanta has partnered with RecycleBank and started a pilot program, properly called ReCART (Rewards for Collecting All Recyclables), which rewards participants who do their part in ensuring recyclables do not end up in city landfills. The metro area will monitor trends in recycling through the […]

By May 2010, Londoners will be using contactless smart cards to access a new public bicycle sharing program, according to squidcard.com. The project will include 431 bicycle docking stations installed in nine of London’s boroughs and parks. Mayor Boris Johnson hopes the system will encourage bicycle use in lieu of cars and buses–a switch that […]

GlobalPlatform plans to issue test suites to enable its members to develop the appropriate tools to test a card manufacturer’s compliance to its Card Specification v2.2 market configurations. The first test suite will focus on the UICC Configuration for the mobile services sector, and the Mapping Guidelines v2.1.1 Configuration which applies to financial and government […]

Merchants around Westfield State College (Westfield, Ma.) seem to have taken to the campus card Owl Bucks program in a very positive way. The program launched two years ago enabling spending at both on campus at places like Subway, Dunkin’ Donuts and the campus bookstore as well as off campus at about 20 retailers including […]

Options Tavern in Helensvale, Australia has implemented new security protocols that require patrons to submit a fingerprint sample in addition to their driver’s license and having a photo taken in order to enter the bar, according to a Goldcoast article. The system would tie the individual to the ID they used to enter the bar. […]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced its plans to implement mandatory digital fingerprint collection from foreigners applying for temporary citizenship, work visas and student visas, according to a University World News article. The program for Canada is nothing new to various other world governments. The U.S. has had a similar program for five years […]