MasterCard M/Chip, Version 4, Designed to Address Range of IndustryNeeds Purchase, NY, and Waterloo, Belgium, October 3, 2002 Responding to feedback received from its member financial institutions around the world, MasterCard today announced the release of MasterCard M/Chip, version 4 (M/Chip 4), a highly flexible smart card application for credit and debit cards. The new […]

Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 25, 2002 – (JCN Newswire) – JCB International Co., Ltd., the international arm of major Japanese credit card company JCB Co. Ltd., has successfully started issuing EMV smart cards in Taiwan. Taipei Bank, which is one of 30 JCB card issuers in Taiwan, has begun issuing the smart cards to about 3,000 […]

PHOENIX, September 24, 2002 – National Processing Company (NPCR), aleading provider of merchant credit card processing and a wholly owned subsidiary of National Processing, Inc. (NYSE: NAP), has signed a multi-year agreement with Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC), a leading global provider of electronic payment solutions, to provide Hypercom’s fast, secure and easy-to-use ICE? 5500Plus and […]

Worldwide Marketing Expert Brings Proven Track Record, Experience,Talent To Global Electronic Payment Leader Hypercom PHOENIX, August 29, 2002 ? Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced the appointment of Eric Duprat to vice president, Marketing and Business Development for the company’s Transaction System Group (TSG). Mr. Duprat will be directly responsible for the division’s global marketing […]

DynCom Licenses Smart Chip Technologies’ Loyalty Patent and Software For Multi-Application Smart ID Card IRVINE, Calif., SALT LAKE CITY, and FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Smart Chip Technologies (OTC: SCTN) is pleased to announce that DynCom, Inc., an innovator in the animal identification market, has contracted to license the SCTN loyalty patent (US […]

Now More Than 6 Million MasterCard Branded Smart Cards in the Region Singapore, August 26, 2002 – MasterCard International today announced that it has issued more than 6 million MasterCard branded smart cards in Asia/Pacific to date. This is a 65 percent increase in smart card issuance within a span of six months. At the […]

Princeton Junction, NJ, August 23, 2002 – Speakers from U.S. government agencies, financial services firms, and retail organizations will address the common opportunities and challenges before them in moving to smart cards at the 10th Annual Conference of the Smart Card Alliance October 7th to 9th at the Marriott Camelback Inn Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. […]

Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 07, 2002 – (JCN Newswire) – JCB, Japan’s largest credit card company and an international brand, announced that the total number of JCB-brand EMV IC cards issued in Japan since December 2001 exceeded 3 million in July 2002. CLICK TO READ MORE Source: JCN Newswire

Concord EFS, Inc, a leading electronic commerce provider, has awarded Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) a contract valued at an estimated $13 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Concord will deploy tens of thousands of Hypercom® card payment terminals and peripherals, including the ICE™ 5700 with integrated motorized check reader, along with Hypercom’s value-added electronic […]

Gemplus Tops Analyst’s Smart Card Analysis For Fourth Time in Five YearsLONDON, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Frost & Sullivan, the international marketing consulting company, today announced that Gemplus (Nasdaq: GEMP; Euronext: Sicovam 5768) has been awarded Frost & Sullivan’s Market Value Leadership Award for its exceptional performance in the smart card market . The year […]