CIM USA has launched its new high-speed MultiEncoder, a device capable of encoding 3,000 smart cards per hour. A typical EMV chip profile can take up to 30 seconds to encode on a commonly used device. The MultiEncoder will execute and complete the encoding process in approximately two seconds, according to CIM. The MultiEncoder can […]

The Smart Card Alliance Latin American will host a series of webinars discussing a report on EMV deployments in Brazil and Mexico. The Alliance and Visa Inc. commissioned a report on why Mexico and Brazil are deploying EMV systems. Reducing payments fraud is the top driver for issuers and acquirers to adopt EMV/chip in Brazil […]

On Track Innovations Ltd., a provider of contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions, announced that Yapi Kredi of Turkey has placed an additional order to expand its MasterCard PayPass contactless payment program, bringing the total number of readers to be delivered to Yapi Kredi this year to 2,500 of OTI’s Saturn 6000 contactless readers. Yapi Kredi […]

Gemalto is in talks with XIRING, a provider of smart card-based authentication solutions for e-banking and e-commerce, announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations with the objective to complete the acquisition by Gemalto of the XIRING banking activity.
 The proposed transaction concerns all of the current activities of the banking business unit of XIRING, […]

BNP Paribas has selected Oberthur Technologies to supply the NFC Services Management Solution for an NFC project in Nice, France. Oberthur will manage the mobile payment service on behalf of BNP Paribas via an OTA (Over the Air) Platform. Starting in the spring of 2010 more than 3,000 residents in the French city of Nice […]

If you think that campus ID programs aren’t using smart cards, think again. More than 200 universities have signed on to work with Banco Santander’s University Smart Card program. The massive financial institution based in Spain has issued more than 4 million smart cards to the university ID cardholders for secure contactless access to facilities, […]

HID Global announced that it received EMVCo CL 2.0 Level 1 type approvalfor its OMNIKEY 5321 PAY USB Reader that is designed for contactless payment applications. The reader, which will be introduced at the CARTES & IDentification exhibition in Paris, joins the range of contactless solutions from HID that serve customers in Automatic Fare Collection, […]

EMVCo, GlobalPlatform and the GSM Association have announced plans to develop a common, cross-industry certification model for secure elements with post-issuance capabilities. The aim is to simplify and speed up testing processes for pre-certified applications and certified UICC platforms, when they are redeployed. The EMV standards body, EMVCo, the international smart card infrastructure body GlobalPlatform, […]

Atmel Corporation announced a new micrcontroller for the smart card reader market, a security module and a crpto radio frequency starter kit. The Atmel AVR microcontroller is designed for the smart card reader market, targeting the low-cost, high volume market. The AT90SCR050 includes an Atmel AVR microcontroller, 16 KB of ROM, USB FS2.0 and smart […]

VeriFone Holdings Inc. announced that its VeriShield Protect end-to-end encryption solution for card payment security will be available for use with the EMV smart card standard and will also support contactless payments. First introduced in the U.S. to help merchants and acquirers secure cardholder information and comply with PCI data security requirements, VeriShield Protect is […]