Starting this summer, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will pilot a system that would enable riders to pay their transit fares with their mobile device or contactless credit and debit card, according to The Toronto Star. Metrolinx, who is under pressure to launch similar technology in Ottawa, will begin to test the new open payments […]

The Board of Directors of Cubic Corporation has reported the passing of Walter J. Zable, age 97, the corporation’s founder, chairman, president and CEO. Zable had guided Cubic since he founded the company in 1951, leading it to global prominence in providing defense systems, mission support services and transportation systems and services to customers worldwide. […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the summer 2012 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

Canada-based advertising company Astral Out-of-Home has announced that it will deploy NFC-enabled ads in transit shelters across Toronto. Over the summer months, some 80 NFC-enabled Scotiabank Scene posters will be displayed in Astral transit shelters located near movie theaters in downtown Toronto. Users can tap their NFC phones against the posters to enter a Facebook […]

China Mobile and China UnionPay have signed an agreement to jointly develop an array of mobile payments products and services, according to Marbridge Consulting. Under the details of the agreement, the partners will collaborate on SIM-based payments for online shopping, bill payments and long distance mobile payments as well as NFC payments at the point […]

Lumidigm is expanding yet again in the Brazilian market with a deployment of fingerprint sensors in ATMs in one of Brazil’s largest state-owned banks through its partners Diebold Brazil and Griaule. Diebold will supply the ATMs and Griaule will provide the supporting software. The initial order encompasses more than 3,500 units. With the fingerprint readers, […]

The Newport News Public Library System (NNPLS) in Virginia has commissioned Bibliotheca for the installation of library RFID equipment and automated materials handling solutions. The completed project will fully equip the System’s four community public libraries and a Public Law Library to improve the efficiency of staff, increase the level of customer service offered within […]

Clothing retailer The Gap has completed an NFC-based marketing campaign at its two flagship stores in Tokyo’s Harajuku and Ginza districts, reports Floost.com. The week-long “High Touch” campaign pitted the two stores against each other in a competition to see who could create the best outfits. Customers could vote on their favorite outfits, modeled in-store […]

Samsung announced its involvement in the roll out of ticketless RFID technology at live music events in the United Kingdom (UK). Working together with Kilimanjaro Live and Intellitix, Samsung will bring the new technology to festival goers in the form of special RFID wristbands which will be read on arrival to validate visitors’ entry – […]

The global card market reached $17 billion in 2011, jumping almost 14% from 2010, according to the 2011 International Card Manufacturers Association Global Card Market Statistics Report. Higher value chip-based cards used in mobile phones and other electronic transactions as well as expanded production in the Asia-Pacific region led market growth as more than 30 […]