On Track Innovations has announced the delivery of 7,000 contactless readers to support the growing contactless payments market in Poland. OTI’s wholly-owned Polish subsidiary, ASEC, has been working with several Polish channel partners and customers to deliver contactless payments to coffee shops, pharmacies, department stores and animal supply stores. OTI’s offerings in Poland include the […]

SmartGroup USA, a provider of card issuance and card payment solutions to the banking and card payment industry, announced the launch of SmartGroup USA. This follows a recent announcement by the company to open two new technical support centers in eastern Canada and the western United States. SmartGroup USA also announced key partnerships with a […]

It was 10-year ago this past October when the first U.S. Defense Department Common Access Card was issued. Since then the largest U.S. agency has issued 24 million of the smart card-based secure credentials. In that time the staff at the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), the group within DOD responsible for issuing the card, […]

MasterCard has announced the introduction of its five year plan, called “The MasterCard Roadmap,” for its payments systems in New Zealand. MasterCard’s New Zealand Country Manager Albert Naffah said the comprehensive plan will touch every point of the payment landscape with commitments to the roll out of new MasterCard products and services, further safeguards to […]

Aconite and Proxama have announced the launch of a mobile prepaid solution that will allow South African commuters to pay for fares with the tap of an NFC-enabled phone. This new mobile proposition, which integrates Proxama’s NFC wallet application, extends the capability of the solution Aconite recently implemented for the South African Transit project. Aconite […]

STMicroelectronics and Gemalto announced a partnership to develop digital security services for NFC applications. According to Gemalto, the partnership aims to address the industry’s need for a secure element, such as the widely adopted SIM-based NFC solution, for NFC products. The partners plan to develop a number of packaged solutions that include the ST33 EAL5+ […]

Oberthur Technologies has been selected by its long-term partner Sygma Bank Polska to support the migration to DDA EMV cards, as well as provide additional personalization services. Oberthur Technologies will provide Sygma with a VISA and MasterCard certified local service center to personalize magnetic stripe, SDA, DDA, CDA and many other form factors card such […]

The team of CARTES & IDentification and CARTES in ASIA has announced the launch of a new event: CARTES in North America, which will take place from March 5 to March 7, 2012, in Las Vegas. CARTES in North America has been designed to aid companies and organizations in the smart card, digital security and […]

The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council is holding a full day workshop on the importance of open bank card payments for public transportation operators and contractors. The event, slated for Sunday, March 27 at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel, will provide transit agencies with a detailed understanding of open bank card contactless payments technology and […]

State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) has announced the addition of EMV technology to its debit card portfolio, making it one of the first U.S. financial institutions to add the microchips for increased transaction security over traditional magnetic stripe cards. Oberthur Technologies will provide the cooperative with the technology to migrate its 1.7 million debit cardholder […]