OC Transpo, Canada is planning a new smart card system to roll out this year that will help reduce lost revenues due to malfunctions with the transit’s electronic fare boxes, according to CBC News. The union representing OC Transpo drivers has been continually warning managers for years that the company is losing revenue because of […]
24 Apr, 2012OC Transpo smart card system helps reduce lost revenue
24 Apr, 2012Facebook buys NFC start-up Tagtile
Facebook has acquired Tagtile, a San Francisco based start-up that offers an NFC-enabled mobile marketing and loyalty rewards service for small businesses and merchants. Purchased for an undisclosed sum, Tagtile provides merchants with POS hardware, i.e. the Tagtile Cube, that customers can tap with their NFC phone to earn rewards points. Merchants can also use […]
24 Apr, 2012Data center better secured by biometrics
ScaleMatrix integrated biometrics into various levels of access in its San Diego-based cloud data center, reports Security Info Watch, giving it added security for its clients. The company installed many security features into the protection of its data center, including a networked fingerprint-biometric access control system. This system controls physical entry into the building with […]
24 Apr, 2012Smart ticketing comes to bus services in Bedford Borough
Bedford Borough, UK will launch a smart card-based ticketing scheme to improve bus services for local residents, after receiving more than £200,000 in government funding. The Bedford Borough Council has been awarded £218,170 to introduce smart ticketing, install real time information displays, as well as to provide subsidized tickets to encourage more people to travel […]
23 Apr, 2012Aavin’s smart card drive gets off to rocky start
The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd., Aavin, in Chennai, India has gotten off to a rough start, with many participants complaining about incorrect data stored on government-issued smart cards, reports The Hindu. This past Saturday, consumers and milk suppliers were able to verify information for issuing smart cards, but Aavin supplied incorrect or […]
23 Apr, 2012Vantiv certifies VeriFone VX Evolution platform for EMV payments
VeriFone Systems has received certification of its EMV/NFC-enabled payment processing solution from Vantiv, a provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for U.S. merchants and financial institutions. The two companies have cooperated on certification of the VeriFone Evolution payment platform for EMV payments. According to VeriFone, each device in the VX Evolution family […]
23 Apr, 2012Buffalo libraries deploy RFID self-checkout system
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, New York has started using a self-checkout system that makes use of RFID technology, according to a local news report. In the past, if patrons wanted to check out a book or CD, they had to wait for a librarian to do it for them. With the RFID […]