The revised draft of FIPS 201-2 was released and includes quite a few changes. Additional contactless functionality, new biometrics and mobile abilities are all proposed to be included in future generations of the government credential. Neville Pattinson, senior vice president of Government Sales at Gemalto Inc., talks about these changes and some concerns he has […]

Consumers would choose mobile wallets provided by banks over other non-traditional mobile wallet providers, according to Auriemma Consulting Group’s (ACG) lastest Mobile Payments Report. ACG’s report found that 18.4% of consumers would choose a mobile wallets provided by a bank (American Express, Barclays, Lloyds TSB, etc.), while 11.6% of consumers would prefer mobile wallets from […]

UK-based test lab RFI Global has been accredited by Visa to perform tests on a number of products for the mobile financial services industry, including mobile handsets, Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICC), microSD and embedded secure element combinations. RFI Global will test these products in compliance with the Visa Mobile Contactless Payment Specification to ensure […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Coveros Inc., a developer of secure agile software, a research contract to create new approaches for actively authenticating computer system users. The goal of the project is to enable real-time detection of unauthorized use of computer accounts. These new systems will help combat attacks on computer […]

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) is updating their fare boxes to accept new smart transit cards for riders when boarding buses, according to a local news brief. The new fare boxes, funded by a federal grant, will enable residents to purchase a reloadable transit card, which allows riders to load as much […]

The Austrian city of Klagenfurt is building its first public library using nothing but NFC tags and QR codes, according to Engadget. The Project Ingebord initiative has placed 70 NFC and QR code stickers (pictured) around the city, each containing a link to a freely downloadable public domain work via Project Gutenberg and other free […]

Electronics.ca Publications reports that the market for smart cards will reach $7.3 billion globally in 2017. The report entitled “Smart Card Technologies and Global Markets,” revealed that the smart card values reached $4.7 billion in 2011. That figure is projected to reach $5.1 billion in 2012, with a compound five-year annual growth rate (CAGR) of […]