As we approach the one-year anniversary of the creation of ContactlessNews, allow me to update you on the progress and plans we have for the remainder of the calendar year. First, our staff has been working diligently to take your recommendations and incorporate them into the publication and web site. Our circulation numbers have grown […]

Washington D.C.’s SmarTrip® contactless fare collection project is interesting for a lot of reasons. It is large and extremely successful. It is expanding regionally. It is advancing much of its initial technology. And it has positioned two companies as project partners that more often find themselves as competitors. SmarTrip® is large and extremely successful … […]

The use of biometrics in conjunction with contactless smart cards is certainly high on many lists of security goals–but it has been a goal that is costly, time consuming, and technology-intensive to attain. With the development of the bioCLASS product line, Irvine, California-based HID is taking steps to change all that. “The bioCLASS reader is […]

With many transit systems in the process of updating their aging automatic fare collection systems and these same entities investigating or moving towards contactless technology, a new white paper from the Smart Card Alliance investigates the potential for fare collection cards to be utilized for additional payment functions outside the transit arena. The white paper […]

First let me thank you for making our success possible. As we begin our second year of publication, we now are distributing this ‘e-magazine’ to at least one executive on nearly every campus in the country. On many campuses, CR80News is received by the auxiliary service director, the business officer, and the card program manager! […]

Elements of an advanced card production system BY JOSEPH DIDIER CONTRIBUTING EDITOR “Across the board, advanced card production systems are more durable, quicker, smaller, more modular in design and can be purchased for less than ever before.” Kevin Gillick, Head of Corporate Marketing, Datacard Group It’s been more than a decade since the “one card” […]

The EmoryCard program began in August 1991 with the distribution of the initial 10,000 cards. Since then the database has grown to 50,000 cards and the system includes more than 300 card readers with a new initiative to incorporate biometric technology underway. Emory is a liberal arts college located in Atlanta with a second campus, […]