EMVCo, GlobalPlatform and the GSM Association have announced plans to develop a common, cross-industry certification model for secure elements with post-issuance capabilities. The aim is to simplify and speed up testing processes for pre-certified applications and certified UICC platforms, when they are redeployed. The EMV standards body, EMVCo, the international smart card infrastructure body GlobalPlatform, […]

Visonic Technologies, an RFID solutions provider for the health care industry, has released its enhanced Elpas Active RFID/RTLS Reusable Tag for tracking newborns in maternity wards and neonatal care departments. The tag’s dual technology transmitter emits both UHF RF and infra-red (IR) messages that can be used to determine the location of the infant to […]

INSIDE Contactless and Mobile Distillery have announced a partnership to create a new NFC mobile application development platform. This partnership is designed to boost the development of NFC applications for the Wave-Me NFC services platform by making it easier for software makers to write applications once and deploy them across a broad range of NFC-enabled […]

Atmel Corporation announced a new micrcontroller for the smart card reader market, a security module and a crpto radio frequency starter kit. The Atmel AVR microcontroller is designed for the smart card reader market, targeting the low-cost, high volume market. The AT90SCR050 includes an Atmel AVR microcontroller, 16 KB of ROM, USB FS2.0 and smart […]

Visa Europe has made an investment in authentication company, Emue Technologies. Emue has been working with Visa Europe over the past 18 months to develop the Visa CodeSure solution which provides authentication and transaction security through a unique payment card with an embedded display, microprocessor and numeric keypad. Multiple banks are piloting Visa CodeSure in […]

Trustwave, a provider of on-demand data security and payment card industry compliance management solutions to businesses and organizations, has unveiled a token-less two-factor authentication solution. Trustwave’s on-demand two-factor authentication solution couples digital certificates, representing user’s identities, with an existing Virtual Private Network. Trustwave’s on-demand two-factor authentication solution reduces the typical costs associated with token-based authentication, […]

GlobalPlatform, the international specification body for smart card infrastructure, has published a white paper to explain how its existing technology can add value to the subscription and management of e-ticketing solutions. The document is free to download here. The white paper, is aimed at public transport operators, transportation authorities, fare management system integrators, equipment providers […]