The latest research from the Smart Card Alliance’s Contactless and Mobile Payments Council has identified issuer and merchant best practices for driving consumer use of contactless payments. The council studied the effectiveness of certain issuer and merchant activities in marketing, promotion and consumer and employee awareness to determine the best way to make consumers more […]

By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications From managing the comings and goings at an event like the Academy Awards to making sure high school students are where they’re supposed to be, ID management systems have come a long way this decade. ID systems now are being used to monitor individuals at events, attendance at […]

Medford, Ore.-based Mobifyer, an enabler of contactless, RFID, and NFC solutions, has teamed with suppliers TranZfinity, eGrips and SCM to jointly launch a series of developers contests to increase the adoption and acceptance of contactless, RFID, and NFC technologies with existing in-market mobile phones. Submissions to the “Ideas That Mobify” contests will be judged for […]

Scott Marquardt, formerly with SVTC Technologies, a California technology foundry, will assume the presidency of Giesecke & Devrient’s U.S. subsidiary in Dulles, Va. beginning Sept. 1. His role will be to help G&D grow its business in both banknote processing and mobile security solutions. Marquardt’s career spans industries from paper and printing to cell phones, […]

Fluensee, a provider of RFID-enabled asset management and supply chain solutions, has announced that their Fluensee Yard solution will be picked up by Penske Logistics to provide real-time visibility to company trucks and trailers. The Fluensee Yard solution combines RFID and GPS technology to provide Penske with real-time updates about the location, status and condition […]

A new white paper from UK-based telecoms management consultant The Human Chain looks at whether NFC technologies can gain market share and how they could potentially impact development of integrated NFC handsets. Essentially, the report reviews the business case for new NFC form factors and challenges the industry to address the barriers to market. “We’ve […]

Hitachi, a technology development company, has unveiled a new version of their finger-vein readers already embedded in ATMs, according to a Wireless Watch Japan article. The new hardware has been reduced to three millimeters in thickness and is designed for use in consumer mobile devices such as PDAs and mobile phones. The new version is […]

The UK government, working in partnership with the mobile and banking industries, has released measures designed to prevent criminals targeting technology that allows consumers to use their mobile phones as debit, credit and pre-pay cards. These guidelines include: Contactless payment functions, SIM cards and phones will be disabled as soon as they are reported lost […]

Fujitsu announced the launch of Secure Print Solution as part of an update to its SafetyValue security lineup released last year. The new solution is available in Japan. Secure Print Solution uses smart card technology to prevent paper-based information leaks and reduce printing costs. The solution is made up of Fujitsu’s Interstage Print Manager, the […]

Nokia has announced a new mobile solution called Nokia Money that will enable consumers with mobile phones to access basic financial services, such as financial management and payments systems. Nokia Money enables consumers to send money to another person just by using the person’s mobile phone number, as well as to pay merchants for goods […]