NXP announced that its MIFARE DESFire EV1 smart card technology has received Common Criteria certification from the German Federal Office of Information Security. After successful evaluation regarding implementation of the security features and a series of penetration tests by an independent laboratory, NXP has achieved the Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+ rating for an automatic […]

Gemalto announced it has been selected by MTN Uganda for its national mobile payment program. Service rollout started in March and to date, around 180,000 m-payment transactions have already been performed. 
MTN Uganda is part of the MTN Group, a multinational telecommunications group operating in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East and serving […]

In a post-9/11 world getting through airport lines was a hassle. Removing shoes, laptops, coats all took time and often lead to lengthy lines. One solution was to set up a service where individuals would pay a fee, provide information, undergo a background check and receive expedited processing through those security lines. The idea was […]

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, N.J., and campus card solutions provider CardSmith, Doylestown, Penn., have agreed to a multi-year contract renewal of the company’s campus card-services, which includes managing the school’s multi-application Fairleigh 1Card at its Teaneck and Madison, N.J. campuses. The card features a prepaid flexible spending account, 1Card Cash, that students, faculty and staff […]

Barclaycard, a UK payments provider, has signed an agreement with French loyalty solutions supplier Welcome Real-time to develop the software that will enable the bank’s customers to benefit from a retailer rewards program. “This scheme will enable up to ten million of our card holders to be rewarded when using their Barclaycard to purchase goods […]

HSBC Bank A.S. based in Turkey is launching its new contactless MasterCard PayPass products based around On Track Innovations technology. Called Advantage Hizz (Fast in Turkish), initial orders for contactless payment devices such as key fobs and smart stickers have already been placed with OTI. On top of the traditional credit card form factor, HSBC […]

Heartland Payment Systems’ Campus Solutions division has integrated its POS software with FoodPro, a food production, planning and control system from software developer Aurora Information Systems, Cherry Hill, N.J., that will allow campuses to link their back-end menu management and nutritional information to customer purchasing data. This gives colleges’ foodservice operations more effective planning and […]