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Gemplus has been working hard to capture a bigger share of the EMV migration card market and the efforts are paying off. In just four years, the company has gone from a 9% market share to 22%. It recently further shored up those statistics when it gained nine new customers in Asia Pacific, South America, […]

Gemplus International says its five-year EMV drive has led to expansion of its customer base in the Asian Pacific, South American, and European markets, making it one of the fastest-growing providers of smart card-based solutions to the financial services industry. Luxembourg, July 12, 2004 – Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 – GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), […]

Verifone has raised the stakes for contactless payment support with a new module for the Omni 7000MPD family of POS terminals. The new module, offering support the ISO 14443 standard protocol, can be added to the base Omni 7000MPD and 7100MPD terminals prior to shipping or as a field upgrade after deployment. This announcement comes […]

Largest Single Order in Malaysia Sets New Record – Malaysia’s Largest MasterCard Merchant Acquirer Chooses Hypercom Terminal Technology Global payment technology leader Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced another major win for its highly popular EMV-certified T7Plus card payment terminal and operating software as MBF Cards, the largest MasterCard merchant acquirer in Malaysia, agreed to […]

At more than 150 merchant locations in Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur, consumers are testing a new contactless payment card from Visa. Called Visa Wave, the trial is Visa’s first foray into contactless consumer payments. It is significant because it is brings the world’s largest card association into the contactless payments landscape and it marks […]

Washington, D.C. – CardTech/SecurTech Conference and Exhibition – April 26th, 2004 – ActivCard Corp. (NASDAQ: ACTI), a global provider of authentication and digital identity solutions, today announced it will support MasterCard International’s Chip Authentication Program to offer its customers chip-based cardholder authentication solutions for non face-to-face transactions. As part of its global MasterCard SecureCode(tm) initiative, […]

JCB Co. Ltd., Japan’s largest credit card company, is continuing its slow, but consistent expansion into the Pacific Rim area and the rest of Asia. A year ago, it had begun its initial forays into Taiwan and Korea. Today, JCB cards are starting to turn up in Thailand, Singapore, and China. “We now have significant […]

3rd February 2004 – GlobalPlatform, the global leader in smart card infrastructure development, has scheduled two educational seminars in Asia which will take place in Tokyo and Taipei on 10 and 12 February 2004, respectively. The aim of the seminars is to provide leading Asian smart card players with detailed information on GlobalPlatform implementations within […]