Ingenico has delivered contactless payment technology in the Ukraine. PrivatBank, the Ukraine’s largest commercial bank, is now issuing MasterCard PayPass contactless payment cards, which can be to make tap and go payments at retailers equipped with Ingenico’s iCT220 and iPP220 terminals (pictured). According to Ingenico, the first live contactless transaction was performed on Nov. 1 […]

Datacard Group has added new features to its Datacard MXD Lite card delivery system that enables one-step card affixing on the lower panel of personalized card carriers. That means issuers can now affix up to two cards per form on either the lower and/or middle panels of the card carriers, enabling increased template and design […]

Absa, South Africa’s largest consumer bank, has announced that it will launch a contactless payments network in South Africa by the end of the year, according to Tech Central. As part of a long-term strategy to add “mobility and convenience,” Absa customers will soon be provided with contactless bank cards that can be used to […]

The November meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

In an effort to protect laser-engraved polycarbonate documents, Swiss-based Trueb Group has released a new security feature called tru/window LOCK. This technology can protect travel and identity documents like passports and national ID cards. The technology uses a laser ablation personalization process that puts a ghost image onto a metallic foil that’s integrated into a […]

BPC Banking Technologies and Alfa-Bank have teamed up to complete the first certified Visa PayWave launch in Russia, according to RFP Connect. Alfa-Bank, which boasts some 200 branches throughout Russia, will distribute contactless PayWave Visa cards to its customers to enable low-value contactless payments at the point of sale. To pay, customers need only tap […]

Charity organization SOS Children’s Villages is teaming up with Paystream to provide a contactless payment solution to improve food distribution in drought-stricken Northern Kenya. The service, developed in part by sQuid, will provide the people of Marsabit, Kenya with contactless cards that can be used to purchase food supplies and other aid at several local […]

Eftops, Australia’s system for processing payment card transactions at the point of sale, has announced plans to introduce contactless payment technology via card and mobile phone, as well as online purchases, according to the Herald Sun. Eftops will pilot the new technology this week with a specially branded eftops card equipped with a contactess chip. […]

Payment systems provider ACI Worldwide has launched ACI Issuer 4.2, a new solution geared toward meeting card issuing requirements around the world. ACI Issuer 4.2 is built on ACI’s BASE24–eps and BASE24 payments engines and features support for EMV, NFC, contactless and mobile rollouts, as well as traditional magnetic stripe. ACI Issuer, which has been […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the fall 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]