The Delhi Metro is in the process of acquiring new automatic fare collection gates that will enable passengers to recharge their metro cards without paying cash, according to TruthDive.com. Under the current scheme, metro cards can be purchased or recharged only by paying cash at individual counters, machines or customer care centers located within the […]
18 Jan, 2012Delhi Metro plans for cashless recharge on metro cards
18 Jan, 2012Finger scanning utilized at two West Virginia high schools
High schools in Jefferson County, W.V. will be implementing biometric finger scanning in an effort to provide security for the students’ cafeteria accounts. Purpose of the program, according to school officials, is to eliminate clerical errors and to provide students with an easy way to identify themselves when using the cafeteria. Using the finger scanner […]
18 Jan, 2012Visa: U.S. EMV doesn’t mean chip and PIN
EMV in the U.S. won’t be chip and PIN but instead a new technology that takes advantage of the online infrastructure available in the U.S., according to Stephanie Ericksen, head of Authentication Product Integration at Visa USA. In the U.S. payment transactions are authorized in real time. In other countries this connectivity doesn’t exist which […]
18 Jan, 2012ORC is PIV-I certified for credential issuance
Operational Research Consultants Inc. (ORC), a subsidiary of WidePoint Corp., has been authorized to issue PIV-I as a certified non-federal issuer. As a non-federal issuer, ORCs identity credentials, issued to government contractors, state and local governments, first responders and health care providers, have additional interoperability for customers who wish to conduct e-government and e-commerce transactions […]
18 Jan, 2012Sparkasse issues 1.3 million contactless bank cards
German bank, Sparkasse will pilot contactless payments for its bank credit card users, reports Venture Village. Locations in Hannover, Braunschweig and Wolfsburg will be some of the first for the trial, which begins in April. More than 1.3 million customers will receive the new bank cards complete with contactless functionality. Using the new cards, bank […]
18 Jan, 2012Free NFC stack launched for Android 4.0
Inside Secure has launched a free, open-source NFC protocol stack for Google’s new Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” mobile operating system. According to Inside, Open NFC 4.3.3 is compliant with the Ice Cream Sandwich release Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) for NFC, and supports all the latest Android NFC features, including Android Beam and WiFi Direct […]
18 Jan, 2012ARTS and EPASOrg develop protocol to support new payment technologies
In Europe, the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) and EPASOrg has developed a new global standard to help accommodate changes in new payment technologies, according to SupermarketNews.com “The ‘ARTS-EPAS Retailer Payment Protocol’ standard was developed to help exchange data between payment terminals and support emerging payment forms such as mobile payments, EMV chips, contactless […]