NXP Semiconductors’ contactless banking chip with the SmartMX P5CD012 that’s embedded in Austria Card’s bank card, has received the blessings of MasterCard PayPass. The card, which features a half antenna, clocked in at a speed of 385 milliseconds, meaning shorter payment processing times. NXP’s SmartMX IC family is meant to address the needs of banking […]

Florida-based SmartMetric has adopted the MULTOS operating system for its biometric fingerprint activated contactless payment and banking cards. The company is selling contactless cards that have embedded fingerprint scanners. In order to activate the contactless portion of the card the registered fingerprint has to be scanned. SmartMetric’s president, Colin Hendrick, said the adoption of the […]

Giesecke & Devrient was awarded a contract to deliver several million debit and credit cards to Commerzbank customers up to 2011. As well as issuing cards under its own name, Commerzbank also issues co-branded cards in partnership with firms such as Steigenberger, TUI, Robinson and Advocard. The new debit cards will be based on the […]

Global Payments, a provider of electronic transaction processing services, announced that it has selected Collis/B2 Processing Solutions Inc. to provide EMV Chip testing and certification tools for its Point-of-Sale payment solutions in Canada. Collis’ testing platform provides Global Payments with the ability to validate the functionality and performance of Canadian card payment networks’ contact and […]

“Fundamentals of Smart Cards for Payment” will take place from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET. Registration is available here. It is the second of four webinars in the organizations’ Smart Card Payments Application Series addressing the use of smart card technology within the payments industry. The Webinar will provide a foundation on the basics […]

HID Global and Dynamic Card Solutions (DCS), announced a partnership to deliver an EMV instant issuance solution that enables financial institutions to issue highly personalized non-embossed credit and debit cards. Multiple issuers of Visa branded cards are already using this solution. By combining DCS’ CardWizard software and FCP 20/20 flat card printer, powered by HID […]

Oberthur Technologies was the only two-category winner in this year’s Sesames Awards, repeating its successes from 2007 when it also gathered in two honors. The awards, which represent innovations in the smart card and ID industry, were presented during the opening of the CARTES and IDentification show in Paris. There were 35 finalists in the […]

Digital security provider Gemalto says it has equipped more than 300 shopping malls worldwide with its Dexxis Instant Issuance solution, enabling on-the-spot delivery of some one million credit cards per year. Some banks using the system personalize and issue up to 200 cards per week, per branch. It also translates into higher sales volumes for […]

Gemalto has introduced the Ezio Thin Reader, a new small authentication device for online authentication. The credit card-sized reader fits in a wallet, so that users can carry it with them wherever they go. The new device enables customers to carry an authentication device and their banking card together at any time. In addition, Ezio […]

INTERAC, Canada’s national debit network and payment brand, announced the start of the national deployment of smart card technology, a generation of payment card technology that will combat debit card fraud and the production of counterfeit cards. Starting this fall, members of the Interac Association will begin distributing chip debit cards to their customers while […]