Visa Europe launched its second quarterly Contactless Barometer benchmark, studying consumer attitudes and perceptions on contactless technologies across the UK, Poland and Turkey. Research is based on the surveys of 1,700 banked individuals and in-depth panel sessions with around 500 contactless card owners per market. Results show that contactless owners value the convenience and ease […]

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has officially launched its Kaching mobile payments app for the iPhone, reports ZD Net. Kaching enables Commbank customers to make contactless payments powered by MasterCard PayPass, as well as transfer funds to friends via Facebook and perform a number of mobile banking tasks. The app works in tandem with Wireless Dynamics’ iCarte […]

IBM released its five in five, a list of five innovations that are going to change the way people work and live, with passwords going the way of the Dodo. The tech giant states that an individual’s biological makeup will be the key to their individual identity and safeguarding it. Individuals won’t have to remember […]

Javelin Strategy & Research has released a report detailing the latest trends that are expected to transform the banking, payments, mobile and security sector for 2012. Javelin’s “The Top Ten Trends for 2012” discusses the factors guiding these changes which are tools including mobile and social media, events such as social protest, and even actions […]

Gemalto announced that 10 million Financial Inclusion Network & Operations (FINO) customers in India now benefit and take part in micro-banking, using Gemalto smart cards, as part of FINO’s broader branchless banking program. FINO’s transactions are validated using biometric authentication. End-user card transactions are approved after fingerprint information is verified through payment terminal readings and […]

Reportlinker.com expects the global smart card market to grow 12 percent through 2014, it says in a new forecast report, according to ATM Marketplace. “Smart Card Market Forecast to 2014” is a global look at the shipment of smart cards. Reportlinker.com estimates that shipments will be around 6.1 billion units in 2011, an 11% increase […]

Banca Monte Paschi Belgio, the Belgian branch of this banking group, has opted to implement Oberthur Technologies’ end-to-end smart authentication product. Certified by MasterCard, the solution includes smart display cards, an authentication server and an access control server that will secure e-commerce services and provide a unique and innovative payment solution to Banca Monte Paschi […]

Lake Superior College (LSC) in Duluth, Minn. has launched a new official campus ID dubbed the LSCPlus Card, an all-in-one swipeable card for students. The LSCPlus Card will work similar to a debit card, storing any remaining student loan balances and work study, student employment payments. The new cards will also be used for access […]

Etisalat Afghanistan, the country’s fastest growing cellular operator, has announced the launch of its “mHawala” mobile financial services. Etisalat Afghanistan customers can use mHawala to make contactless mobile transactions at the point of sale, as well as purchase air time, pay bills and transfer funds to family and friends directly from their mobile phone. Users […]

Shipments of hardware-based secure password solutions, including one-time-password (OTP) generators, portable smart card readers and USB tokens will equal 1.8 billion units by the end of 2016, according to ABI Research’s latest study. ABI’s “On-line ID & Authentication” provides regional forecasts for biometric sensors in mobile devices, browser-based and mobile device software, OTP generators, portable […]