By Ryan Kline, Contributing Editor The use of biometrics for identification and authentication is taking hold throughout the country and in our schools. Way back in 1972, far before many people were even thinking of using biometrics in conjunction with daily authentication, the University of Georgia began using biometrics in their dining halls. The campus […]

Support for the iCLASS® contactless technology from HID is expected to be available (Q2 2007) in the SmartCity® smart card offering from SmartCentric Technologies. According to SmartCentric, this will include cashless purchases at POS, vending machines, laundry, printers, and dining as well as both logical access and physical access. The SmartCity platform is used by […]

Sweet Briar College near Lynchburg, VA, has extended its CardSmith’s transaction management contract through the 2011-2012 academic year. The college’s campus card allows students, staff and faculty to access pre-paid dining and flexible spending accounts and serves as a library and identification card. In addition, the card is also accepted off-campus at area CVS pharmacies. […]

The SmartCity® multi-application smart card system that drives campus card programs, corporate sites, military installations and other programs now includes a contactless option. Previously based on contact chip cards only, the newest version supports both types and thus, according to CEO Kieran Timmins, “means greater card choices, less hardware and simpler and hence cheaper card […]

Change could open floodgates for contactless and other payment cards in vending, transit, unattended locations By Chris Corum, Editor Regulation E, the rule outlining consumer rights with regard to electronic financial transactions, can make things tough on new payment offerings – but many argue that is its mission. Electronic payment providers have to make a […]

The pay-for-print solution stands alone or integrates with Blackboard, CBORD, Nuvision, more By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Forty years ago, a new automobile cost about $3,500 and a printed page–at that time using a daisy wheel, dot matrix, or copying machine–cost about 10 to 15 cents. Today, the price of cars has more than quadrupled, […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor When PricewaterhouseCoopers went from 13 different buildings down to one at its Zurich, Switzerland office, many of its 1,200 employees were using different ID cards providing only limited uses. So why not switch to one multi-function card? That’s what the company went searching for. “We’ve always tried to look for […]

Here is Cubic’s take on the new functionality for London’s Oyster transit card. Of note, the announcement mentions: “The new card will see Oyster included for the first time on a dual interface card. The contact interface will manage Barclaycard payments while the contactless interface will have two separate and distinct functions: Oyster for transit, […]

The PicoRead contactless chips from INSIDE Contactless are being used in the first payment terminals in China to be compliant with the new People’s Bank of China IC Card 2.0 spec. CHONGQING UC INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CERTIFIES INSIDE’S PICOREAD PLATFORM FOR CONTACTLESS PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS INSIDE’s PicoRead Becomes the Standard Contactless Reader Chip in China’s POS Payment […]

The U.K.’s biggest credit card issuer, Barclaycard, has signed an exclusive agreement with the operators of London’s Oyster contactless transit system. The three year deal will bring Barclaycard-issued Visa EMV and contactless payment cards containing the Oyster functionality to London commuters. Barclaycard and TranSys sign agreement to put Oyster on credit cards New technology will […]