The National Transport Authority of Ireland has combined the student travel card and the integrated transport Leap card to give up to 50,000 Irish students easy access to all forms of public transport. Leap is Dublin’s version of the London Oyster Card. The new student smart card will enable students to gain discounted Leap card […]
19 Sep, 2012New student smart card with Leap capabilities launched in Ireland
19 Sep, 2012Cubic open payments featured at Smart Card Alliance event in Philadelphia
Cubic’s open payment system run by the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) will be on display and featured at the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council Meeting, nearly one year after its launch. The PATCO Speedline is a rapid transit system that runs from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden County, New Jersey. The open payment system accepts […]
19 Sep, 2012Health Robotics intros RFID tracking, moves into the blood/plasma automation
Health Robotics announced an upgrade to its auto-labeling and scanning systems to automatically embed RFID for improved location and temperature control tracking for medications and blood/plasma bags Available now, the company’s upgraded Sterile Compounding Automation solutions – i.v.STATION, i.v.SOFT, and i.v.STATION ONCO – optionally offer the ability to embed and automatically affix an RFID tag […]
19 Sep, 2012Confidex acheives 300M shipped contactless tickets, launches new NFC offering
Confidex announced that it has exceeded the 300 million pieces delivered in limited use contactless tickets, compliant with NFC Forum Type 2. Confidex’s limited use contactless tickets enable mass transit passengers in more than 30 cities on all continents to conveniently and reliably commute while experiencing the benefits of contactless ecosystems. In addition, Confidex introduced […]
18 Sep, 2012Ukraine to implement European biometric ID standards
The Ukrainian parliament has passed the first reading of a bill to introduce biometric IDs to the country. The bill also would enable the creation of a unified state demographic database with basic personal information on all citizens and it would also call for the implementation of e-passports with contactless smart card chips. This bill […]
18 Sep, 2012Intel developing computer-embedded palm readers
As a way to end computer users’ reliance on password technology, Intel is developing technology to use palm prints for identity, reports the Telegraph. Intel Labs’ director of research Sridhar Iyengar presented the concept at the Intel Developer Forum held recently in San Francisco as a way for people to do away with the multiple, […]
18 Sep, 2012TSYS, CIBC partner for NFC payment solution
Payment solutions specialist TSYS has confirmed its North American NFC capabilities ahead of a joint launch with financial institution CIBC. The joint effort will enable real-time mobile account creation, mobile device identification and will support generation of necessary EMV data for provisioning a mobile device. TSYS’ NFC payment solution will support and account for life-cycle […]