UK-based cards and gifts retailer Clinton Cards is introducing contactless payment technology in its stores this month, according to retailgazette.co.uk. Clinton Cards is working with RBS WorldPay for the roll out, which will involve 50 stores around London and Liverpool, with potential for wider adoption in the future. The new system will allow customers to […]

Interac Association has announced that Scotiabank and RBC will be the first banks to add Interac Flash, the new contactless enhancement of Interac’s debit cards, to its customers’ bank cards in summer 2011. The new solution gives Interac Debit cardholders the choice of paying for smaller value items by simply ‘flashing’ an Interac chip debit […]

Bell ID announced the deployment of a end-to-end EMV issuance solution for one of Saudi Arabia’s banks, one of the first in-Kingdom operational platforms for both central and instant issuance. In 2009 the bank had already deployed Bell ID’s software for its central issuance operations at its headquarters. Now, Bell ID’s instant issuance solution will […]

The Smart Card Alliance Payments Council has expanded its charter to include all chip-enabled payments and payment applications in the United States, including EMV, contactless payments, NFC-enabled payments and applications, mobile payments, and chip-enabled e-commerce. The Council has also announced its new officers and steering committee, including new co-chairs Simon Hurry from Visa and Oliver […]

In a recent survey conducted by ACI Worldwide, an international provider of payment systems, 76% of respondents do not currently issue payment cards with EMV technology, and of that group only 15% have plans to do so within the next 24 months. However, 94% of respondents believe that EMV will reduce fraud on card-based transactions, […]

Gemalto announced the rollout of its Ezio strong authentication server and one-time password tokens to enhance eBanking security for CI Banco’s customers in Mexico. The solution combines one-time password tokens with the software platform to create a time-based challenge-response mechanism, thereby adding a layer of security to ensure the authenticity of the Internet banking session […]

Bell ID announced a collaboration with EMV card personalization bureau PPC Card Systems to enable hosted provisioning and management services for secure NFC applications. The proposition enables mobile network operators, banks and service providers to deliver mobile applications and/or Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services to their client base through the use of hosted over the […]

NBS Technologies, a provider of smart card personalization hardware and software solutions, today announced that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued the company a patent for the personalization of EMV cards in client/server based environments. Patent #2331494, entitled “Smart Card Personalization in a Multistation Environment,” details the personalization of ID or payment smart cards […]

VeriFone and Gemalto have announced a partnership designed to accelerate EMV payment adoption, particularly among U.S. retailers and banks, allow VeriFone to buy Gemalto’s POS solutions business and make Gemalto VeriFone’s preferred wireless module supplier. According to the announcement released by the two, they will jointly pursue new chip card solutions based on the global […]

EMVCo, the EMV standards body collectively owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, reports that over one billion EMV cards and 15.4 million EMV terminals are active globally as of September 1. Furthermore, EMVCo says that 36% of total cards and 65% of total terminals in circulation are now based on the EMV standard. […]