The MULTOS Consortium announced that UBnics, a provider of smart card operating systems, applications and solutions in South Korea, released its first implementation of MULTOS step/one on the NXP P5SD009 dual interface chip. The UBnics / NXP MULTOS step/one chip comes with 12K of E2PROM programmable memory, sufficient to support a range of applications including […]

Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc. has been awarded the National Switch and Smart Card Payment System tender by the Central Bank of Ghana. The award was issued based on the vision of the Central Bank of Ghana to provide the Ghanaian financial services industry a new biometrically protected smart card designed to deliver affordable financial […]

Datacard Group and Aconite Technology have joined forces to offer customers complete EMV migration and smart pre-paid card solutions, including transaction processing, scripting, key generation, key storage and clearing data validation. Together Datacard Group and Aconite will deliver solutions and expertise in the following three areas: EMV Migration, Smart Pre-Paid and Enterprise card management. The […]

Athena Smartcard Solutions is introducing the ASEDrive IIIe USB Bio KB, a combined biometric smart card keyboard which incorporates the UPEK® TouchChip® TCS2 fingerprint sensor, enabling strong user authentication and password-free logon to PCs. The USB keyboard also incorporates an ASEDrive Smart Card reader for multi-factor authentication. The keyboard and smart card reader comply with […]

The most recent report from Mercator’s International Payments Advisory Service discusses the shift from relatively vulnerable magnetic stripe payment cards to more secure microprocessor-based smart cards in the Canadian market. The report provides an overview of the state of the payment card market in Canada, an analysis of the business case for Canada’s EMV migration […]

INSIDE Contactless released a new software development kit that makes it easy for card manufacturers and other developers to incorporate MicroLoyalty and other value-added applications such as transit, access, and ID within MicroPass® enabled contactless bank cards. The SDK is available to card manufacturers, terminal manufacturers, personalization bureaus, systems integrators and issuers with in-house application […]

INSIDE Contactless released a new software development kit that makes it easy for card manufacturers and other developers to incorporate MicroLoyalty and other value-added applications such as transit, access, and ID within MicroPass® enabled contactless bank cards. The SDK is available to card manufacturers, terminal manufacturers, personalization bureaus, systems integrators and issuers with in-house application […]

By Nigel Reavley, Director, Banking Unit, XIRING Consumer confidence in online banking has grown rapidly in recent years. Once limited to their local branches, customers are now embracing new technologies for their banking needs. A recent study by Lloyds TSB showed that over two-thirds of Britons conduct the majority of their banking over the Internet, […]

With trials occurring at a fevered pace, NFC is being tested for real world use USA: Cellular South and Kyocera Wireless conduct NFC payment trial of “Wireless Wallet” with consumers in Memphis, TN and Jackson, MS. End date: August 2007. The Netherlands: Roda Stadium trials NFC phones for football ticketing and payment with KPN, Philips, […]

With trials occurring at a fevered pace, NFC is being tested for real world use USA: Cellular South and Kyocera Wireless conduct NFC payment trial of “Wireless Wallet” with consumers in Memphis, TN and Jackson, MS. End date: August 2007. The Netherlands: Roda Stadium trials NFC phones for football ticketing and payment with KPN, Philips, […]