EMV chip migration is alive and well, according to Visa Asia Pacific, which announced a 43% growth rate in compliant chip cards and a 105% increase in numbers of chip terminals. Visa’s EMV chip cards are in use in 18 markets, with four–Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia–currently in the middle of a national migration […]

Automated fare collections system provider Cubic, which maintains London’s Oyster card, has installed 491 unattended terminal payment devices in the United Kingdom, allowing Transport For London customers to use debit or credit cards to purchase transit tickets. SAN DIEGO, Calif.–Cubic, the designer, provider and maintainer of the PRESTIGE/Oyster smart card fare collection system for London, […]

Electronic payment technology provider MagTek, addressing the need for contactless support, has released its newest hybrid mag stripe/contactless/smart card reader designed for kiosks, vending machines and fuel pumps. San Francisco, CA–MagTek Inc, a global leader in electronic payment technology, announced at the 2006 annual CardTechSecurTech conference the IntelliStripe 65 hybrid reader, designed for self-service applications […]

Netherlands-based Collis, specializing in e-business strategies, introduced at CardTech/SecurTech a set of e-passport testing tools to determine if the passports meet ICAO standards. One tool can test a passport chip’s functionality while another can validate the personalization of the chips. Leiden (NL)- Collis announces the launch of e-Passport testing tools to check compliance of e-Passports […]

U.S. banks can now provide their customers with a strengthened security solution for on-line banking services thanks to a new security solution announced by MasterCard that includes FFIEC-compliant two-factor authentication provided by security provider XIRING. SURESNES, France–MasterCard International unveiled a new online security solution for the US banking market, at the CardTech-SecurTech trade show in […]

Hitachi’s finger vein authentication technology was named the Breakthrough Innovation of the Year by a national trade journal during the CardTech/SecurTech conference this week. Powered by the StepNexus MULTOS smart card platform, the finger vein system relies on a clearly identifiable and unique pattern of veins in a finger. Without actually touching a scanner, a […]

Combining Visa Wave contactless payment technology and Near Field Communication, Visa International has launched a pilot program in Malaysia that will allow its 200 participants to pay for transactions via a cell phone. Visa takes contactless payment technologies to greater heights SINGAPORE–Visa International, in collaboration with Maybank, Maxis Communications Berhad (Maxis) and Nokia, has launched […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Global systems operator Thales is more than just a transit/transport integrator utilizing smart cards. Lots more. Try aircraft carriers, global positioning systems, air traffic control, contactless payments, passports, unmanned aircraft, and … well, the list goes on. Even Louvre security has a spot on Thales’ menu of services. […]

Asian payment card leader, JCB, will join MasterCard and Visa using a common protocol for contactless payment transactions. The PayPass protocol, developed by MasterCard, supports ISO 14443 standard contactless technology. According to the announcement, “the use of a common communications protocol … will enable vendors to streamline product development, leading to reduced implementation costs and […]

A Turkish bank has chosen a “one-stop” solution from Axalto, using the Netherlands-based company to provide not only its EMV-compliant credit cards, but also its employee badges that will regulate physical and logical access to the bank and its network. Delivers EMV technology to top-tier Turkish bank and secures access to its corporate assets Amsterdam, […]