Despite countless delays and numerous technical glitches, OC Transpo has decided and is moving forward with the roll out its Presto contactless smart card fare payment system, according to The Ottawa Citizen. Set to start on Jan. 18, OC Transpo will provide as many as 10,000 Presto transit cards at its sales and information centers […]
31 Dec, 2012OC Transpo pushes through the pain, releases 10,000 Presto cards into the wild
31 Dec, 2012Pennsylvania launches statewide animal ID program
The Pennsylvania Center for Beef Excellence (CBE) soon will offer a statewide RFID animal identification program that enables consumers the ability to know more about the food they eat, how it is raised and where it comes from. In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, this program will give producers a competitive advantage in […]
31 Dec, 2012Tapit raises $2.4m to globally expand its NFC ecosystem
Tapit has announced the completion of a $2.4 million Series A round led by MPC Ventures Pty Limited, a subsidiary of Sydney-based Monash Private Capital. Tapit has developed an NFC ecosystem that simplifies the way people receive content and information when they are on the go. Users simply tap one of the Tapit symbols with […]
27 Dec, 2012Millions of Pakistani women not captured in national biometrics database
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) does not contain biometric records of as many as 3.72 million women voters. As reported by Dawn.com, the database records fingerprints and photographs of voters. Due to social values of the country around women being photographed, Nadra does allow for the rules to be relaxed in terms of […]
27 Dec, 2012PayPal looks to the year ahead, makes m-payments predictions
Dave Marcus, president of PayPal, takes a look into his crystal ball and makes his predictions for the 2013 mobile payments landscape. Marcus is adamant that the payments revolution that has begun this past year with NFC-enabled transactions and mobile wallet apps will continue into the new year. It is clear that the public is […]
27 Dec, 2012Frost & Sullivan: Mobile, contactless big in 2013
With mobile banking solutions seeing increased adoption and the presence of mobile devices permeating virtually every facet of contemporary society, Frost & Sullivan have predicted that four topics will dominate the financial services market in 2013: contactless payments, commercial mobile payment offerings, cloud-based solutions and data analytics. In a release from Frost & Sullivan, the […]
27 Dec, 2012MasterCard PayPass leaps into Azerbaijan marketplace
MasterCard announced it will soon release PayPass bank cards using contactless payment technology to the Azerbaijani market, according to Trend. The technology is = used in 48 countries and will be new to the Azerbaijani market when it is introduced in the first half of 2013. PayPass enables MasterCard cardholders to “Tap & Go,” paying […]