The Metropolitan Transportation Commission announced that beginning Sept. 1 the transport will charge a $3 acquisition fee for new Adult Clipper cards. Clipper cards have been free since the transit card program launched in June 2010. Clipper provided the cards free of charge over the past two years as an incentive for the hundreds of […]
04 Sep, 2012MTA imposes fee for new Clipper cards
04 Sep, 2012Oberthur provides TSM for Westpac NFC trial
Oberthur Technologies has announced that its trusted service manager (TSM) platform has been adopted by Australian bank Westpac for its new NFC payments pilot. Using Oberthur’s solution, Westpac will be able to securely issue personalized MasterCard debit cards to the SIM card of pilot participants’ Android handsets. Once the debit card has been issued, customers […]
04 Sep, 2012Fujitsu offers versatility in commercial linen and laundry processing systems
Fujitsu announced its newest series of ultra-high frequency RFID tags designed to offer greater versatility in commercial linen and laundry processing systems. Fujitsu’s washable WT-A521 and WT-A522 UHF RFID tags incorporate the latest materials and an antenna design made to withstand 60 bar of extraction pressure while improving reading range 30 to 70 percent over […]
31 Aug, 2012Texas students fight mandatory RFID name tags
The battle over students being required to wear RFID-equipped name tags at two San Antonio schools is escalating. As one news report put it, students and parents “are in revolt” over the proposed program that forces kids to wear the tracking name tags which can be used to pinpoint their location on campus as well […]
31 Aug, 2012Coles expands contactless payments with MasterCard
MasterCard has installed an additional 14,000 contactless payments in Australian-based Coles Supermarkets and have more than 100,000 terminals nationwide, according to The Daily Telegraph. Contactless payments will help speed up checkout by enabling customers with either a MasterCard PayPass or a Visa payWave debit or credit card to simply tap and go against contactless terminals […]
31 Aug, 2012Sofia Airport automates border clearance with e-gates
Sofia Airport in Bulgaria has installed four immigration e-gates in its Terminal 2 to speed up the the border clearance process, reports Future Travel Experience. The e-gates use e-passports and facial recognition software to complete the immigration process. Adults arriving from the EU, European Economic Area and Switzerland will be able to take advantage of […]
31 Aug, 2012Nokia, JBL to launch NFC-enabled audio products.
Audio electronics maker Harman is partnering with Nokia to develop a line of wireless consumer audio products under its JBL brand, starting with an NFC-enabled portable speaker – the JBL PlayUp. Announced just a day after Sony’s own portable NFC speaker, the JBL PlayUp Portable Wireless Speaker connects wirelessly to any existing Nokia Lumia phone […]