NatWest and The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have teamed together with Visa for the anticipated roll out of more than 2 million contactless card starting from April and rolling out over the next year, according to Pocket-lint.com. NatWest and RBS will follow Barclays in allowing people to tap and go when it comes to […]

MasterCard Worldwide announced a record growth of its contactless payments technology, MasterCard PayPass, across the Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) region in 2012, citing a 28% year-over-year (YoY) increase in merchant locations. MasterCard’s PayPass contactless payment network now boasts nearly 700,000 merchant locations in 51 countries as of Q4 2012. Growth data reflects a […]

GE Money Bank in cooperation with Visa Europe has launched a contactless service to further extend its card portfolio and allow its clients to pay using contactless-enabled cards. The technology will enable clients to pay by simply waving their contactless-enabled card to the payment terminal. Once the card has been waved, an antenna reads the […]

Microsoft has verified that VoiceVault’s voice biometric identity verification product can conduct one billion authentication sessions annually. With that level of scalability, VoiceVault can manage authentication processes for high-volume call centers or smart device apps without slowing down the user session. VoiceVault manages this by incorporating Microsoft’s SQL Server 2012 into its architecture. VoiceVault says […]

Infineon, a manufacturer of semiconductor solutions for payment applications, introduced its Coil on Module chip package to support global distribution of dual interface bank and credit cards. The new Infineon chip package combines the security chip and antenna using a radio frequency (RF) link – rather than the common mechanical-electrical connection – which improves the […]

Peter Alterman,Chief Operating Officer, SAFE-BioPharma Association We’ll soon look back on 2012 as the year the future of electronic identity credentialing began to appear out of the cloud – pun intended. For years, the electronic identity credentialing space has been trying to climb out of the siloed user ID/password hole. Many initiatives and technologies have […]

Citi has launched a new banking machine in Asia that’s designed to eliminate the need for a branch visit for most types of transactions, including opening accounts and loan, card and cashier check applications. The machine, dubbed “Citibank Express,” comes with an online banking connection, video conferencing capabilities and biometric authentication. Customers can also integrate […]

Beur Central Model Jail is going to be the first prison to implement India’s new e-prisons program that registers all prisoners and issues them smart cards, reports The Times of India. Bihar state electronics development corporation has developed the cards, which will contain the prisoner’s name, father’s name, permanent address, fingerprints, phots, identity proof and […]

NXP Semiconductors announced that Canada’s South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) has adopted its MIFARE technology platform for Vancouver’s public transport system. Vancouver is introducing the Compass Card, which will enable passengers to enjoy convenient and secure transactions across buses, sky trains and ferries using just one contactless smart card. In addition, passengers can […]

Ingenico, a provider of payment solutions, has been selected by McDonald’s Ukraine to implement its contactless payment terminals equipped with NFC technology to provide multi-choice payment options at all McDonald’s restaurants in Ukraine. The Ingenico PIN Pad iPP350 will be used by McDonald’s Ukraine, enabling users to experiment with contactless and mobile phone (NFC) payments. […]