Two readers from On Track Innovations, Fort Lee, N.J., have been approved for MasterCard PayPass and Visa payWave usage. The Saturn 6000 counter top and the 6500 outdoor reader support the global contactless EMV applications published by MasterCard and Visa, as well as MiFare technology, and non-EMV contactless payment programs from other major financial institutions, […]

A German vocational school, BFB Bildung Formation Biel has turned to Océ (Switzerland), a manufacturer of high-tech printing and copying systems, and LEGIC Identsystems Ltd. for a new printer and copier system as well as a multi-functional credentialing system that allows controls building access, payments in the restaurant and at vending machines. As part of […]

Carleton University made headlines last month because a student hacked the campus card system and was able to collect some students’ personal information. But this wasn’t the whole story, says Kathleen Kelly, campus card coordinator at the Ottawa, Ontario university. “I would use the term ‘hacked’ loosely,” says Kelly, also president and chair of the […]

VeriFone has rolled out a small-footprint electronic payments module that’s ideal for vending machines or outdoor kiosks, ticketing devices and other unattended systems. The San Jose, Calif.-based company’s Vx 700 is designed to meet EMV security standards and integrates with the company’s secure card reader and external contactless payments interface to provide a multiple payments […]

Villanova University, using a Web-based content management system from a Canadian-based Rise Vision, has created a fully-networked, campus-wide information system currently consisting of 15 LCD screens placed around campus that can display information about campus events, schedules and emergency notifications. Villanova also sells advertising to local merchants that accept the school’s Wildcard debit card. Pennsylvania-based […]

An NFC pilot project by contactless smart card producer LEGIC, telecommunications provider Swisscom and vending machine operator Selecta is providing customers an easier way to pay for refreshments with their NFC-enabled phones. The phones are being tested in Swisscom’s buildings in Bern, Switzerland. Swisscom staff use the mobile phones to get chilled drinks and snacks […]

Contactless payment technology is continuing to gain merchant acceptance. The latest convert is drugstore chain Rite Aid’s 3,800 of its 5,000 U.S. stores which are now accepting MasterCard PayPass cards. “Our number one priority is our customers, and we are committed to providing them with unparalleled service and convenience,” said Don Davis, Rite Aid senior […]

The eventual goal is interoperability, but issuing the card and adding functionality is first By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor In the past 18 months, two companies have issued more than one million dual-interface smart card IDs to students of 450 universities, colleges and high schools. Interoperability of the applications between the different institutions hasn’t happened […]

Students from 48 Chicago, Ill. high schools will be receiving a combined school ID and Chicago transit reduced-fare card this year. The agreement is aimed at increasing transit use among students and cutting CTA’s administrative costs in the existing reduced-fare program and is expected to be expanded to all Chicago public high schools within 18 […]

New gates to prevent fare evasion and upgrading ticket vending machines to distribute limited-use paper smart cards are two primary goals of $68 million in contacts awarded to Cubic Transportation Systems by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The first contract, a $46 million lease agreement, is for Cubic to install more than 420 […]