Secure ID and card personalization provider Datacard Group will hold an educational seminar for U.S. bank executives about incorporating EMV and NFC technologies into financial card portfolios. The seminar will take place on Oct. 10 at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago. Datacard’s seminar leaders will give a high level overview of the different […]

An EMV Training Academy has been established in Pasadena, Calif. to facilitate the adoption of EMV chip and pin technology in the U.S. and Canadian banking industries. Led by a group of veteran payment industry professionals and technology partners, the EMV Training Academy offers training courses, test tools and consultancy services covering the North American […]

Although Visa Inc. has created an incentive plan to get merchants and acquirers to accept EMV chip cards by a certain deadline, ATM makers will also soon have to get into the chip card game and build machines that accept EMV cards, reports the American Banker. As EMV chip cards slowly make their way into […]

The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) chapter has released a white paper designed to help Latin American and Caribbean countries migrate to EMV. The paper, entitled “Card Payments Roadmap in Latin America: How Does EMV Impact the Payments Infrastructure?” is an effort of SCALA to educate its constituents on the considerations surrounding the migration […]

Visa Inc. unveiled plans and incentives for U.S. merchants to deploy EMV with an eye toward near field communication, the company announced in August. EMV via contact chip, contactless or NFC all use dynamic authentication to reduce a fraudsters ability to use stolen credit card data. The U.S. is one of the only industrialized countries […]

Citi announced the launch of the Citi Corporate Chip and PIN card, a compliant smart card designed for U.S. corporate cardholders traveling abroad. The cards, which include an embedded microprocessor, were developed in direct response to clients’ needs to use their U.S. commercial cards while traveling to regions where merchants are more familiar with chip […]

PSCU Financial Services, one of the nation’s largest credit union service organizations (CUSO), has announced a partnership with Andrews Federal Credit Union to launch a new EMV credit card geared toward international travelers. According to PSCU, the roll out is targeted towards credit unions with large overseas membership like Andrews FCU, which is based in […]

Collis has announced that its CPV version 4.2 module in the Collis EMV Personalization Validation Tool has achieved MasterCard qualification. Collis’ CPV module is now authorized to check if MasterCard EMV/PayPass cards are correctly personalized according to the latest MasterCard specifications. According to Collis, the module ensures compliance with the following MasterCard WorldWide standards: M/Chip […]

STMicroelectronics has unveiled a new secure IC chip for the latest version the Calypso ticketing open standard. With the support of ST’s CD21-Rev3 solution, the Calypso Revision 3 standard enables operators to offer contactless transit cards with extra services such as an e-purse, loyalty rewards or USB key. According to ST, the EMV-compliant solution is […]

GE Capital has announced the launch of new contactless-enabled Visa credit cards in New Zealand. Dubbed ‘Gem,’ the new cards are the first in New Zealand to offer Visa’s payWave technology, enabling consumers to tap and pay at the point of sale for purchases up to 80NZD (about $70) without having to sign or enter […]