Company takes pride in its 155-year history, as well as its bright future By Andy Williams Contributing Editor G&D prides itself on being the world’s number two producer of smart cards. But G&D is about more than just smart cards. For one, its genealogy dates back to 1852 when two men first created the company. […]

Some 3,500 season ticket holders in the UK have had their Manchester City Football Club tickets replaced with reloadable pre-paid MasterCard PayPass cards. The pilot program, which is already in use at some National Football League stadiums in the U.S., is expected to reduce lines. The cards can also be used at concession stands in […]

Cashcard Australia will overhaul or replace 6000 ATMs to make the network compliant with Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) technology. Starting this month, ITS will handle the $250 million national upgrade and will ensure the ATM network accepts new microchip cards now being issued by banks and credit card companies. ITS will replace the majority of […]

VeriFone has been selected by Hang Seng Bank of Hong Kong to provide contactless payment solutions in support of the enJoy Card roll out. The Hang Seng enJoy Card is a co-branded credit card with retailer Jardine Matheson and the first credit card in Hong Kong to use the Visa payWave contactless payment technology, enabling […]

Cryptomathic has announced its membership in the MULTOS consortium. It becomes the first and only Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) vendor to join the consortium’s membership ranks. Joining at the Business/Systems Membership Level, Cryptomathic’s marketing and technical experts will participate in the MAOSCO Business Advisory Group and the Systems Forum meetings. Cryptomathic’s intention is to ensure […]

Gemalto’s personalization center in Tczew, Poland has been certified by Visa and MasterCard for the issuance of EMV smart banking cards. The plant in Tczew has been personalizing SIM cards for six years and is now expanding into personalization services of banking cards to address the EMV market. It provides data processing, card personalization and […]

While contactless technology in ticketing and payments grew 15 percent last year, ABI Research says NFC didn’t fare so well due to the difficulties in bringing NFC-compliant phones to market. The NFC market will remain limited for the first half of 2008 but its “long-term forecasts (of healthy growth) remain unchanged,” says ABI. Near Field […]

While contactless technology in ticketing and payments grew 15 percent last year, ABI Research says NFC didn’t fare so well due to the difficulties in bringing NFC-compliant phones to market. The NFC market will remain limited for the first half of 2008 but its “long-term forecasts (of healthy growth) remain unchanged,” says ABI. Near Field […]

Gemalto’s Desineo banking card has been certified by the Zentraler Kreditausschuss (ZKA) in compliance with the Secure Chip Card Operating System (SECCOS) version 6.1 specifications. The Gemalto Desineo banking card product incorporates both banking applications such as the electronic purse Geldkarte and the electronic cash access offline, the Girocard EMV (Europay-MasterCard-Visa) application and the EMV […]

Bell ID announces the release of a stand-alone EMV scripting product. The ANDiS Script Delivery System was designed to work with the ANDiS card management system, but it is also fully integrated with other systems. The new ANDiS SDS offers a cheaper, more cost effective, and more simplistic delivery system for EMV issuers. The system […]