The Telekom Austria Group announced that its mobile subsidiary mobilkom austria has launched along with Visa Europe and its wholly-owned A1 Bank a credit card for the Austrian market that includes mobile services. The A1 Visa Card combines the features of a conventional Visa Classic Card with special mobile services such as A1 loyalty points, […]

Barclaycard has launched a new cash back credit card paying 1% on all spending up to about $3,277 and 0.5% cash back after that. In addition, users of the contactless card can receive double cash back on purchases up to $16. “This card is an excellent choice for consumers who spend less than $3,277 a […]

Gemalto announced that InterSwitch is deploying its complete Ezio strong authentication solution to secure their e-payment services in Nigeria. InterSwitch is a provider of secure electronic payment solutions in Nigeria and comprises 25 member banks. Gemalto supplied its Ezio Strong Authentication Server and acted as server integration partner. The company also delivers EMV card readers […]

Singapore’s largest integrated resort and family destination, the $6.59 billion Resorts World Sentosa, has installed a wireless RF-online locking system, VISIONLINE from VingCard, a hospitality security provider and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group. The product will be installed in all six hotels at the family destination, which will also feature a casino, Southeast Asia’s […]

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute and GlobalPlatform have agreed to share industry and technical knowledge and synchronize specification development that will advance mobile services across a range of industries. GlobalPlatform, the international specification body for the smart card infrastructure, and ETSI’s Smart Card Platform committee, the standardization body which provided the core specifications for more […]

Chip maker INSIDE Contactless and Connecthings, a provider of tags and location and time-based content management systems, have announced a partnership to drive NFC deployments beyond payment and transit applications. The two companies intend to develop, promote and commercialize the Wave-Me NFC services platform, a solution carriers and third-party service providers can use to give […]

Gemalto announced that it has completed the acquisition of Trusted Logic from its founders and other shareholders. Gemalto, which already held 32% of the shares, aims with this transaction at accelerating the international development of Trusted Logic technologies. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

 Trusted Logic is an independent player in the digital […]