VeriFone Systems has revealed a new counter top payment terminal that accepts magnetic stripe, EMV chip, contactless card and NFC mobile transactions. According to VeriFone, the “H5000” is designed to succeed the Artema Hybrid terminal from Hypercom, which Verifone acquired in August. The device features one card reader slot that accommodates all card types – […]

Datacard Group has announced that it will host a seminar to educate bank executives, financial card issuers, acquirers, service bureaus and retailers on EMV technology and NFC adoption in the U.S. marketplace. This three-hour seminar is part of Datacard Group’s EMV technology educational series led by industry expert Guy Berg. According to Datacard, seminar attendees […]

On Oct. 26 Oberthur Technologies will host a webinar geared toward U.S. banking executives entitled “Next Gen Secure Payment Solutions.” The one-hour webinar will take place at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST and will cover three issues in the banking payments industry surrounding migration from mag-stripe cards to EMV; the value of NFC and how […]

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 […]

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) expects to award a contract for its long-awaited contactless fare payments system this month, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The $100 million system will enable some 3.9 million people in and around Philadelphia to use contactless credit or debit cards, as well as SEPTA smart cards and mobile phones, […]

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 […]

CIM USA and SmartSoft announced a partnership to provide EMV-based payment solutions to financial card issuers and bureaus in the United States. The move is intended to support the U.S. banking and card payment industries’ transition to EMV and NFC based payment technologies outlined by VISA. CIM is a U.S. based provider of central and […]

Vodafone Italia has teamed up with CartaSi to offer customers a prepaid card that can be used to purchase goods via NFC technology. Launched with the support of MasterCard and l’Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane, Vodafone’s Smart Pass card can be used for both contactless payments at PayPass-enabled points of sale, as well as […]

With the CARTES 2011 show around the corner, the conference has announced the SESAMES finalists. Among 317 submissions, the finalists for the 10 categories of the SESAMES Award competition have been selected. The SESAMES Awards Finalists will be presented at CARTES & IDentification on the SESAMES Area, hall 4. The winners will be announced during […]

IMS Research has released a new report projecting that the number of payment and banking smart cards in Brazil will reach 450 million by the end of 2016. According to the report, Brazil is easily the largest market for payment and banking cards in South America, and second largest in the Americas. The country is […]