At CARTES today, VeriFone announced their newest contactless peripheral, the QX120&#8212a contactless payment solution that supports all major contactless payment schemes, including those initiated from mobile phones using the emerging Near Field Communications standard. The ultra thin QX120 can be easily connected to a stand alone payment device or integrated POS system to provide contactless […]

Barclaycard secures major advantage via exclusive deal with transit’s Oyster Card By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor In London, MasterCard and Visa are in the midst of the world’s largest contactless card launch to date but a smaller roll-out may have Londoners more excited as it involves their popular Oyster card. The Oyster card, which they […]

GlobalPlatform has announced that its core device specification – also known as the GPD/STIP Specification – has been deployed in China through the Blue Bamboo H50 Terminal in the recent launch of the Beijing transit card contactless micro-payments scheme. Blue Bamboo uses the GPD/STIP Specification as the software platform for its H50 GPRS terminals, which […]

RBC and Visa Canada are teaming up to be the first in Canada to pilot a mobile payment service that uses cellphones rather than traditional credit cards for making Visa purchases. The Ontario-based pilot is expected to be completed in 2008. As part of the pilot, mobile devices will be embedded with Near Field Communication […]

The ViVOpay 5000 is now available for use in the new MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless programs throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Canada. The ViVOpay 5000 reader received the MasterCard PayPass-M/Chip Offline and Online Mag Stripe certifications. This certification expands the previous global certifications for PayPass MagStripe program in the United States […]

VASCO Data Security International will introduce its Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)-compliant Digipass smart card reader family to the London Banking Summit this month. Digipass 830 combines all VASCO’s smart card reader functionalities, such as e-signature calculation, with EMV-CAP compliance (Europay-Mastercard-Visa Chip Authentication Program), 3D Secure Internet Payment Authentication. The product meets the APACS […]

Sprint has joined the international smart card specification organization GlobalPlatform, signaling the company’s intention to become an active participant in the association’s efforts to develop interoperable card and device specifications for mobile payments. As a Participating Member of GlobalPlatform, Sprint will join 23 other member companies that currently have active representation on the GlobalPlatform Mobile […]

Sprint has joined the international smart card specification organization GlobalPlatform, signaling the company’s intention to become an active participant in the association’s efforts to develop interoperable card and device specifications for mobile payments. As a Participating Member of GlobalPlatform, Sprint will join 23 other member companies that currently have active representation on the GlobalPlatform Mobile […]

Gemalto is releasing a new Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal, MagIC³, that have been EMV certified both by the Association of Italian Banks (ABI), in compliance with its Progetto Microcircuito specification, and by American Express. This platform, which incorporates the MagIC Open&Sec technology running on Linux, is aimed at securing the open world. MagIC³ is powered by […]

A distribution arrangement between Blue Bamboo and EFT Networks will bring an all-in-one wireless handheld POS terminal that supports several communication modules, including GPRS, Bluetooth, and dial-up connectivity to markets in Australia and New Zealand. The EMV-certified terminal supports credit, debit, check, gift and loyalty payments, and enables mobile professionals to receive electronic payments in […]