By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Campus card programs in Europe are starting to accelerate, thanks in part to creation in 2003 of the European Campus Card Association. While Europe is often in the forefront of card usage in areas such as transportation and secure payments, it has lagged behind the U.S. when it comes to […]

Recently, AVISIAN Publication’s Execuive Editor Chris Corum, spoke with Scott Rau, Senior VP of Payments, JPMorgan Chase Card Services Division, about the launch of the ‘blink’ contactless payment card. Mr. Rau has been involved in advanced payments for nearly two decades, from both the manufacturing and issuing side. He led the financial cards division within […]

Bike sharing programs at university campuses aren’t exactly new. And the one that students at MIT in Boston have been operating for two years isn’t high tech despite its university being synonymous with cutting edge developments. But the goal of these students is to take the program high tech, eventually linking it to MIT’s card […]

By Dee Ann Kuhn, Contributing Editor Drivers in Las Vegas no longer need to scrounge around for change to load parking meters thanks to a new system that enables drivers to pay their parking fees and avoid parking tickets using their mobile phones. Irvine, Calif.- based Reino Enforcement Technologies has deployed 15 multi-space parking meters, […]

The 2005 third quarter has been a good one for Israel-based On Track Innovations. In August the company received a new five-year contract renewal for its Easy Park program in Israel. Then, a month later came the announcement that it had been chosen by Frost & Sullivan as its Company of the Year. The award […]

“ADT Security Services Inc. has been contracted by the US-based generic drug maker Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals to provide an integrated RFID solution for the tracking of prescription drug products from the point of manufacture to the retail store. The initial RFID solution provided by ADT for Mallinckrodt is a pilot project that involves tagging bottles of […]

RF IDeas has introduced what it calls the first contactless smart card solution that is immediately deployable, without the need to develop applications or update existing back-end systems. Designed for HID’s iCLASS contactless smart card, the AIR ID eliminates software by storing keystrokes, user IDs, passwords and other credentials securely on the iCLASS card. ORLANDO, […]