In an effort to encourage dynamic data authentication through merchant deployment of EMV-compatible chip terminals capable of processing contact or both contact and contactless payments, Visa announced a new Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance program. Under the program, Visa’s Technology Innovation Program will eliminate merchant’s requirement to validate their compliance with […]

A new white paper has been released from the Smart Card Alliance Payments Council outlines possible EMV roadmap options for the United States payments industry. The paper, “Card Payments Roadmap in the United States: How Will EMV Impact the Future Payments Infrastructure?” explains the current status of the United States and examines actions stakeholders would […]

Clear2Pay has been selected by the South African National Department of Transport to develop functional test solutions for EMV contactless cards and payment terminals. According to Clear2Pay, the rapidly expanding number of public transport users in South Africa has prompted the government to introduce an Automatic Fare Collection system in an effort to modernize the […]

CreditCall has announced the addition of Contactless.LIB, a contactless payment capability, to its EMV Level 2 range of software Kernels. According to CreditCall, the upgrade enables terminal manufacturers and payment software developers to integrate Contactless Kernel technology into their solutions without the high cost of development and maintenance. The Contactless Kernel, which enables retailers to […]

A new report released from the Mercator Advisory Group attempts to examine shortcomings in payment card security, as well as answer the questions of “why not” and “when” for EMV in the United States. While the UN Federal Credit Union is the first financial institutionin the U.S. to issue EMV cards, Mercator forecasts at least […]

Australasia payment services provider ABnote has been successfully certified by Visa and MasterCard to produce Multos and Java EMV dual-interface smart banking cards in its Christchurch, New Zealand facility. According to the company, the site is the first in Australasia to be certified by both payment schemes to manufacture and personalize dual-interface smart banking cards […]

RNCOS has launched a new research report, “Smart Card Market Forecast to 2012,” predicting that the global smart card industry will post a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 12% during 2011-2013. According to the report, the major driver for the global smart card industry remains its application in the financial services, where smart […]

Trüb AG has expanded its portfolio of EMV smart card solutions with CombOS CPA. This new product complies with the SEPA specifications and is aimed at private label cards. The CombOS portfolio of operating systems developed by Trüb for EMV-compliant smart card solutions is being expanded with CombOS CPA (Common Payment Application). CombOS CPA implements […]

The latest market data from ABI Research shows that the market for smart cards and secure ICs grew to record levels in 2010, and is forecast to grow even further in 2011. According to ABI, the milestone of 6 billion ICs was passed for the first time last year as manufacturers bounced back from a […]

IMS Research has released a new report projecting that 2.5 billion high-frequency contactless credentials will be shipped in 2015. In the report, entitled “RFID – Smart & Secure Contactless Applications – World – 2011,” IMS finds that the three leading application sectors for contactless credentials are Government ID, Transportation/Mass Transit and Payment & Banking, accounting […]