INSIDE Contactless’s new microread, what the company calls “breakthrough technology,” will facilitate the sending and receiving of NFC data between two devices. microread-enabled mobile devices are able to complete transactions with other mobile phones, or with millions of contactless reader terminals already installed worldwide. It also supports NFC standards, which allows it to behave as […]

Amid the barrage of Frost & Sullivan awards comes MasterCard’s announcement of their recognition as Company of the Year for their performance in the contactless payment market. The award is “given to a company that has demonstrated excellence within its industry.” MasterCard® Wins 2006 Company of the Year Award PURCHASE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MasterCard Worldwide has been […]

Smart card and identification technologies on display for the world to see at the industry’s biggest and best event What’s in a card? Well, apparently plenty, judging from what’s ahead at this year’s CARTES scheduled for Nov. 7-9 in Paris at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. “An ‘Innovative Card Design’ Exposition will disclose the latest […]

The Royal Bank of Scotland is piloting dual interface EMV-compliant debit cards supplied by smart card manufacturer Giesecke & Devrient. Purpose of the trial is to test convenience as well as user and retailer acceptance. This summer, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) began conducting a trial using dual interface EMV debit cards, the first […]

Gemalto’s combination contact/contactless, EMV-compliant card utilizing PayPass has won MasterCard’s Best Vendor Partner award. presented at the company’s Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa product forum. The card is being issued by two Taiwan banks and is useable on Taiwan’s metro systems and for small payment transactions. MasterCard OneSmart PayPass EMV Contactless Combi Cards Provided by […]

Hong Kong smart card developer Advanced Card Systems has launched a cryptographic card supporting numerous ISO standards and specifically designed for public key-based applications. ACOS5 is an advanced cryptographic smart card that fully complies with ISO 7816-1/2/3/4/8/9 and is specially designed for public-key based applications. It is specially designed for enhancing security and performance for […]

Starting next week, the Royal Bank of Scotland and MasterCard will begin trials of an RFID-based contactless debit card, which will replace cash for low-value payments. Trials start at RBS’ head office campus in Edinburgh, which contains a number of retail outlets for its 3,000 staff members based there, according to an article posted at […]

Japanese credit card giant JCB has launched an NFC pilot in The Netherlands with seven partners, including Gemplus, Nokia, Philips, and ViVOtech. Using NFC-enabled Nokia phones, some 100 JCB card members will, come autumn, be able to use their phones as contactless payment vehicles at selected merchants. Amsterdam, Netherlands–JCB, the Asia-based global payment brand, together […]

ActivIdentity has launched two new products, including a mini-token, that support OATH’s one-time-password technology. The company’s strong authentication platform is designed to support current and future releases of the OATH HOTP algorithm, and aligns with OATH’s concept of delivering royalty-free open authentication technologies which help resolve security threats such as identity theft, phishing and internal […]

The commercially-available ViVOpay 5000 reader from contactless payment solution provider ViVOtech has received MasterCard certification for both the PayPass mag stripe program in the U.S. and the OneSmart PayPass being used in EMV countries. It’s the latest of several ViVOtech teachers that have been certified by the credit card company. Payment Leader Achieves Product Approval […]