VeriFone Systems, Inc. has been selected provide merchant payment solutions as part of the initial phase in a major contactless payment rollout in Mexico City by the Mexican bank Banamex. In the first phase, several thousand VeriFone contactless-enabled card acceptance systems will be deployed to 1,900 merchants in the Mexico City metropolitan area. The bank […]

Metapay introduced an RFID-based wristband solution designed specifically for event planners and festival organizers. The RFID-based wristband is multifunctional with support for secure access control, in addition to cashless payments. In fact, the service has already processed nearly 1.1 million transactions at three festivals in Hungary this summer. Sziget Festival, one of the largest music […]

The Chicago Public Schools has awarded a fingerprinting services contract to Accurate Biometrics, making this its fourth consecutive award. The contract will last for two years, with an option to renew for a third year. Opting to go with a local company, the nation’s third largest school district will provide services that affect both students […]

The Electronic Transactions Association has launched a Mobile Payments Committee (MPC) that brings together Google, PayPal, the U.S.’s four main mobile carriers – AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon – and major financial institutions in the name of advancing the mobile payments industry. According to the ETA, the trade association of the global electronic payments industry, […]

When Wired writer Mat Honan had several of his cloud-connected online Mac, iPhone and iPad accounts hacked, the result led to a painful experience and has cloud-based software and service providers under fire for their levels of security. ZDNet blogger Jason Perlow writes that Honan’s passwords were compromised by hackers tricking Apple support reps into […]

The Palm Beach County, Fla., school district is considering implementing biometric fingerprint scanners for a variety of student functions, including bus service, library usage, attendance and lunches. As written on EdWeek’s Digital Education blog, the school district surveyed its principals and found that 60% wanted to add biometrics for a variety of student uses. Based […]

Animetrics has joined forces with forces with security and surveillance specialist View Systems Inc. to provide a new level of security screening. Animetrics’ 3D facial recognition technology will be incorporated into View Systems’ concealed weapons detection program for use in correctional facilities and public infrastructures like stadiums, courthouses and schools. The new 3D facial recognition […]

With Visa’s contactless payment trials under way at the 2012 Olympics, the Telegraph’s Matt Warman took to the Olympic Village to see firsthand how the new payment technology is catching on. The first thing Warman noticed is that every retailer in the Village supports Visa and Visa alone. However, despite Visa’s monopoly on Olympic retailers, […]

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has become the latest London retailer to introduce contactless payments in its stores, according to The Retail Bulletin. Working in partnership with Streamline and Visa Europe, the stores are expected to launch the new contactless payment system throughout the summer. The technology will play a key role in improving M&S shopper […]

Irish consumers carry roughly €78.2m in cash in their wallets everyday according to new research conducted by Visa Europe. The research was conducted as part of Visa Europe’s roll out of contactless payment technology in Ireland. The survey also reveals that due to the overwhelming amount of cash in circulation, the Irish population spends nearly […]