By Robert M Fee, General Manager BU North America, LEGIC Identsystems Establishing a corporate contactless smart card program can be a daunting task when considered in its entirety. While the physical security team might drive the project, the end result can easily turn into a corporate-wide, all-in-one credential that provides many departments with a tool […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Providing campuses with the ability to instantly notify their students in the event of a disaster or emergency was on most campus card vendor’s to-do lists. But the Virginia Tech incident quickly moved what had been a mid-tier suggestion all the way to the top. The deadliest shooting in U.S. […]

Harvard University Employees Credit Union has begun issuing Debit MasterCard cards enabled with the MasterCard® PayPass™ payment functionality, allowing Harvard University employees, faculty, students, alumni and Harvard teaching hospitals and affiliated organizations the speed and convenience of contactless payments. Harvard University Employees Credit Union is the first credit union to announce that it is issuing […]

Proximity mobile payments, because they’re based on Near Field Communication technology, are gaining greater acceptance and could become the mobile payment system of choice for cell phone-carrying consumers, according to a new Smart Card Alliance white paper. Princeton Junction, NJ – In a newly-released white paper, the Smart Card Alliance concludes that proximity mobile payment […]

Proximity mobile payments, because they’re based on Near Field Communication technology, are gaining greater acceptance and could become the mobile payment system of choice for cell phone-carrying consumers, according to a new Smart Card Alliance white paper. Princeton Junction, NJ – In a newly-released white paper, the Smart Card Alliance concludes that proximity mobile payment […]

MasterCard, in marking the national rollout of PayPass™ and Maestro® PayPass as well as celebrating the arrival of ‘Tap & Go™’ payments in the UK, transformed the Millennium Bridge by carpeting the London landmark with millions of pounds of cash and coins. All cash and coins are merely reproductions and not actual legal tender, but […]

Telekom Austria Group is launching one of the largest commercial roll-outs so far of near field communication. Powered by NXP Semiconductors, the NFC-enabled Nokia 6131 phone, that can be used like a contactless credit card, will be available for purchase throughout Austria. Vienna–The Telekom Austria Group announced that its mobile subsidiary, mobilkom austria, has launched […]

Telekom Austria Group is launching one of the largest commercial roll-outs so far of near field communication. Powered by NXP Semiconductors, the NFC-enabled Nokia 6131 phone, that can be used like a contactless credit card, will be available for purchase throughout Austria. Vienna–The Telekom Austria Group announced that its mobile subsidiary, mobilkom austria, has launched […]

Affiliated Computer Services in Texas has been awarded a $21 million contract to provide a contactless ticketing solution for buses and water buses serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project will replace the paper-based ticketing system currently in use. DALLAS–Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. announced it will provide a contactless ticketing system for the public buses […]

Leading payments processor, Heartland Payment Systems, joins the ranks of campus card providers By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Contactless technology is coming to the 8,600-student strong Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. But it won’t be a card. It’s coming via cell phone, thanks to a small tag not much bigger than a postage stamp. When […]