Denizbank, a private bank with 588 branches in Turkey, has joined Turkcell’s Cep-T Cuzdan platform, enabling its customers to make contactless payments with their NFC-enabled handsets. Customers can now apply for the service via SMS, and Denizbank will provision them a prepaid mobile account that can be used wherever MasterCard PayPass contactless payments are accepted. […]

Nationals Parks, home for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball, has initiated a pilot program where season ticket holders will each have their tickets delivered in the form of a smart card embedded with an RFID chip, according to Sports Business Daily. The ballpark has been equipped with twenty four RFID-enabled turnstiles, which allow […]

GAO RFID Asset Tracking announced an ultra-high frequency Gen 2 RFID reader with 4-port read and 4-port listen. This RFID reader, operating at the frequency range of 902 to 928 MHz, reads Gen 2 compatible transponders at a maximum distance of up to 7 meters or more. It also offers communication interfaces including Ethernet TCP/ […]

Kaba announced that Les Hôtels JARO in Quebec City, Canada has equipped five of its properties with its contactless RFID locking systems. The hotel management company implemented ILCO 790 locks at three of its hotels – Hotel Quebec Inn, Hotel Quebec, and Hotel Must. The Hotel Palace Royal and its sister property, the Hotel Plaza […]

The South Africa Department of Home Affairs announced a new plan for its smart card-based national identity system that will eventually replace the current civic and immigration systems, according to Business Day. The national ID cards will replace the country’s green ID book, which is easy to counterfeit and tamper with. Each smart card will […]

Two Texas police departments have successfully used live fingerprint scans to serve a warrant in conjunction with a 15-year-old murder case. The Carrollton and Lewisville, Tex. police departments used Plano-based Mentalix Inc.’s Submit live scan system to nab the suspect, Danny Elenilson Osorio. Lewisville police officers stopped Osorio in March on suspicion of driving while […]

PayByPhone has announced that the city of Ottawa is now offering an NFC payments option on parking meters. According to PayByPhone, every Pay & Display machine in Ottawa has been outfitted with an NFC-enabled PayByPhone sticker, which users can tap with an NFC phone to set up and pay for parking time. Once tapped, the […]

UK mobile operator O2 has announced the launch of its O2 Wallet mobile money service. O2 Wallet enables users transfer funds up to £500 to any UK mobile phone number, compare the prices of goods via bar code scan, receive coupons and offers, link credit and debit cards to their accounts, and shop online with […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has been awarded a $65 million deal, through its Australian division, to provide for passenger rail operations in Sydney. The three-year contract includes expanded operations, maintenance of ticketing equipment, infrastructure and delivery of associated services by Cubic to RailCorp (Rail Corporation New South Wales). The contract includes provisions to be extended within […]

Canadians may be paying for items with the tap of an NFC-enabled phone by the end of 2012. According to Reuters, Canadian banks, credit card companies and telecoms are reaching an agreement on an NFC payment service that will capitalize on Canada’s robust contactless infrastructure. “In Canada, we are more ready than probably any country […]