SMARTRAC N.V. , a manufacturer and supplier of RFID transponders, and On Track Innovations Ltd , a provider in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions, announced that they have signed binding agreements by which SMARTRAC acquires the assets of OTI’s subsidiary Millennium Card’s Technology Ltd. and the machinery and inlay production intellectual property from OTI for […]

MasterCard Worldwide, Credicard, Citibank’s credit card administrator for the Brazilian market, and Redecard, Brazilian acquiring company, announced the launch of MasterCard PayPass, contactless payment technology, in Rio de Janeiro for public transportation and other quick service merchants. MasterCard PayPass is the first contactless payment product to be introduced for public transportation in Latin America. Thousands […]

Atmel Corporation announced a new family of secure microcontrollers targeting the highest security level for smart objects and systems. The new AT90SO family offers a range of interfaces to bring security to various applications including USB e-tokens, femtocells, smart meters, secure data storage, telehealth and gaming platforms. Built around Atmel’s secureAVR microcontroller technology, this new […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is providing a completely new form factor for debit cards. Convego Air Mobile is a sticker which enables the user to pay contactlessly. The sticker contains the full functionality of a credit or debit card. Once the foil has been affixed to a cellphone or PDA the device can be used […]

Cubic Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp., has been awarded a contract valued at close to $20 million to deliver new smart card-capable fare gates and ticket vending machines in nine subway stations in San Francisco. Cubic will supply the gates to long-time customer San Francisco Municipal Railway, which is partially funding […]

INSIDE Contactless announced it is providing infrastructure components to Taggo, a membership card aggregator and storefront, for a service Taggo will launch in Singapore and other parts of South East Asia early next year. Using ID stickers based on INSIDE’s PicoPass 2KS contactless memory chip, contactless readers based on INSIDE’s M210-2G proximity coupler and INSIDE’s […]

Gemalto announced that Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM), the Portuguese Mint and National Printing Office, has started issuing its Sealys Resident cards, compliant with the electronic European Residence Permit (eERP) specifications and the latest ICAO Extended Access Control standards. Gemalto is delivering 150,000 cards per year as of 2009 and over the next two years […]