SMARTCON, an EMV product specialist based in Brazil, and SCIL, a New York-based EMV products provider, have announced a partnership that will provide EMV products and services to U.S. and Canadian financial services companies. The partnership will be able to assist companies with their EMV migration projects and act as a distributor to the North […]

U.S. Bank has officially launched its global EMV commercial card, designed to offer U.S.-based corporate travelers greater convenience when traveling abroad. The U.S. Bank global EMV card contains the magnetic stripe technology used in the United States, in addition to the EMV chip technology – with full chip-and-PIN capability – widely used in Canada, Europe […]

There have been a lot of questions circulating around regarding the recent news of Barclays contactless cards and how customers could have their data potentially stolen without even knowing it, according to SC Magazine UK. Barclays answered, reassuring customers that “the only information which can be obtained from a contactless chip is the same which […]

Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS) announced it is ready to deliver its to smart card products to manufacturers in China. This, following the Chinese Government, along with People’s Bank of China (PBOC) confirmation that all banking cards in China would use smart card technologies by 2015. PBOC has already published the specification for these cards, called […]

Mobey Forum, a bank-led organization for the advancement of mobile commerce, has welcomed its first non-banking Full Member – northern European payment solutions provider Nets. Mobey Forum has also announced that it has opened full membership to all supervised payment institutions. “In order to effectively drive the evolution of the mobile financial services ecosystem Mobey […]

The finalists for the 2012 Contactless & Mobile Awards, this year sponsored by Visa Europe and Telefonica O2, have now been announced. Honoring achievements across a wide range of sectors and countries throughout Europe and abroad, the finalists reflect the growing spectrum of uses and implementations of contactless and NFC technology. The finalists include: Competitive […]

OP-Pohjola Group, a Finland-based provider of financial and banking services, announced it will introduce payment cards utilizing contactless technology, making it possible for customers to pay for small purchases without entering the PIN. Payment cards utilizing contactless technology are currently being tested both in Finland and abroad. OP-Pohjola Group hopes to have OP-Visa Debit cards […]

Emirates NBD, the largest bank in the UAE, has announced the launch of the “MoneyMobile,” a contactless payment solution that will enable customers to pay for purchases with a single tap of an NFC-enabled device. Developed in partnership with local teleco Etisalat and trusted service manager Gemalto, the service will be accepted at Visa payWave […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the spring 2012 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

Blaze Mobile has been awarded a new patent for mobile banking and payment transactions, covering any transactions that comprise bill payment, peer-to-peer (P2P) funds transfer and funds transfer between bank accounts and credit cards. In all cases, the patent covers the funding of the banking transactions using NFC technology. “After the deciding to perform the […]