Gemalto is providing Banco Santander, a Spain-based financial institution, with cards that offer EMV payment and multiple applications for identity, including digital signature, authentication and secure contactless access to facilities for the bank’s university identity card program. Gemalto is supplying the institution with its Optelio cards. The systems will implemented and supported by Acotec, a […]

EMVCo, the EMV standards body owned by American Express, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc., has launched its Web site subscription program that, for $750 annually, will enable interested stakeholders an opportunity to monitor and participate in the document creation and review processes of the organization. The service offers access to advance information regarding […]

Smart Technology Solutions Limited (STS), a provider of smart card solutions, announced its partnership with Tailwind Solutions to provide contactless payment technology to retailers. Tailwind Solutions and Smart Technology Solutions along with Secure Retail are offering retailers a solution to roll out contactless card readers that enables them to capitalize on existing Chip and PIN […]

The final webinar in the joint Smart Card Alliance and Electronic Transactions Association series about smart card and mobile payments, this one addressing security, will be held Feb. 17 from 1 to 2 pm ET. The free webinar in the organizations’ Smart Card Payments Application Series, “Smart Cards and Payment Security,” will include presentations from […]

EMVCo, the EMV standards body jointly owned by JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc., has announced a fourth owner-member, American Express. The addition of this latest international payment organization aligns with EMVCo’s intent to attract further industry participation in the development of the EMV Specifications. As a supporter and end-user of EMV technology, American […]

The United Arab Emirate Central Bank issues a statement that banks in the country will be moving to chip and PIN technology to replace mag-stripe cards, according to AME Info. The switch to smart cards lowers the risk of fraud. The UAE Central Bank operates the UAESWITCH service that links the ATM networks of all […]

Digital security provider Gemalto is teaming up with Corporación Cardtech, Venezuela’s largest supplier of magnetic stripe bank cards, and Newtech Solutions, a consulting and technical support organization that specializes in EMV to help banks in Venezuela move to the new, smart credit card that will better protect their customers from fraud and identity theft. Under […]

By Angela Tweedie, Contributing Editor Imagine the stresses credit cards, ID cards and debit cards go through on a daily basis. Between constantly being taken in and out of wallets and purses, subjected to heat, and even run through the washer and dryer, the durability of plastic cards are put to the test every day. […]

Card personalization provider Prime Factors, Eugene, Ore. has renewed its partnership with Thales that includes product information exchange, joint marketing and a reseller agreement enabling Prime Factors to sell Thales Host Security Modules (HSMs). The agreement also includes joint marketing activities that target secure personalization bureaus and companies that create secure credit, debit, prepaid and […]

VASCO Data Security International Inc., a software security company specializing in authentication products, launched the DIGIPASS 855, a smart card reader offering multiple authentication functions. The DIGIPASS 855 is an upgraded version of DIGIPASS 850. DIGIPASS 855 can be used for PKI-based authentication, digital signature, and access to corporate networks. It offers strong authentication for […]