The Pittsburgh Port Authority has selected Jones Worley Communications, an Atlanta-based marketing company, and Pittsburgh-based FSC Marketing Communications to help promote Pittsburgh’s new smart card-based transit system, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The two companies will work together to introduce smart card technology to the public and teach riders how to use the system. […]

GlobalPlatform, the international specification body for smart card infrastructure, has announced its Board of Directors for fiscal year 2009-2010, following annual elections for five of the eleven Board seats. Individual members to serve as Board Officers for a one-year term have also been confirmed. Sébastien Tormos, director of marketing at Datacard Group, retains his position […]

With most states slashing budgets, cash-strapped institutions have had to make tough choices. Some have chosen to freeze salaries, others have laid-off people and many have put construction and other campus projects on hold. Operating a campus card program is a significant expense so CR80News sought the assistance of campus card providers to build a […]

According to an article in the UC Berkeley student newspaper, some merchants participating in the Cal 1 Card’s off-campus debit card program are less than satisfied with the results. A representative from a local bookstore that accepts the card said it accounts for less than one-percent of total sales, yet half the customers are students. […]

Giesecke & Devrient is consolidating its payment division’s portfolio of products, systems and services under the umbrella brand name Convego. This transition to a consistent nomenclature, being unveiled at the CARTES international trade show in Paris, will give the company a more coherent market presence. Convego will consolidate all of G&D’s payment activities within a […]

By Scott Howell, Director of world wide marketing, Hirsch Electronics A number of critical market trends are aligning in an unprecedented manner leading to a market disruption that could dramatically change the logical and physical security arenas. These game-changing trends include many factors. Growing need for security Market demand continues to grow for more effective […]

VentureAxis and RFID n Print Pty. Ltd are joining forces to form Talisman, a new business focused on providing RFID-enabled solutions for secure access and sales promotions to amusement parks and attractions worldwide. Talisman’s system will use RFID-enabled wristbands to grant guests entrance to the park. The bands will feature detachable coupons that users can […]

Oberthur Technologies and Todos are joining forces to create services and products such as authentication devices and back-end servers to improve security, usability and trust for online e-shopping and e-banking users. This authentication service includes an authentication server for e-shopping and e-banking as well as a complete suite of devices: Card readers with associated EMV […]

TORO, a developer for NFC mobile platforms, has had its product AKAMI selected as a finalist for the Sesames Innovation Awards in the mobile category. Akami is a mobile software suite that provides a user management system for the distribution to end-users of NFC services, such as payment, transport, loyalty, tickets, and even marketing, CRM, […]

Austria’s Identec Solutions announced that two trucking terminals–the Tecon Santa Catarina terminal in Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil and the DPW Tarragona terminal in Spain–have chosen Identec’s active RFID technology for truck identification and automated job promotion. The active RFID based solution includes long-range tags, readers and integration software so that the system can leverage […]