By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to roll out a smart card-based fare system. What’s unique about the program is that it will take the fare system direct from paper tickets and tokens to the smart card. “Most transit agencies use mag stripe cards (before migrating […]

By Dee Ann Kuhn, Contributing Editor This fall an even greater number of consumers will be able to tap and go with their PayPass cards thanks to an ongoing expansion of merchants signing on to implement the MasterCard-trademarked contactless card technology. Meijer Stores, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based grocery store chain announced in August that it […]

< ? $key="2345"; ?> As a subscriber to ContactlessNews, SecureIDNews, or CR80News, you are used to receiving a monthly eMagazine full of great content on ID technology. For the first time, we are combining key articles from the three publications into one mailing. As many of you subscribe to more than one of our publications, […]

Oyster, Transport for London’s popular transit fare payment card, is about ready for a new benefit for its more than two million users. They’ll soon be able to use their contactless card to make small purchases–coffee, newspapers, milk–at participating retailers. TfL in July released what it calls its shortlist of seven companies or consortia bidding […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Terrorist threats, disintegrating national borders, globalization … A myriad of causes have prompted governments around the world to take a closer look at the need for a national identification card. Indeed, some countries are moving forward but citizen’s privacy concerns have prevented most large countries from progressing on national ID […]

Using a page from companies that guarantee you can “find the perfect mate” by using their services, General Meters™ has developed a software package that allows students to find their future roommates. The web-based program is available to any college, even those who don’t utilize General Meters’ University One-Card System™, said the company’s Fred Emery, […]

By Dee Ann Kuhn, Contributing Editor It has a catchy name, it’s convenient to use and, most importantly, it offers card members peace of mind. That’s what JPMorgan Chase is banking on in promoting its Chase with “blink” contactless credit card. Chase introduced the card in June in an effort to be the first to […]