Technology may be a solution to domestic payment card fraud By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications Like a massive tidal wave, EMV continues to roll across the world, changing the global payments landscape. Since UK banks first committed to EMV five-years ago, more than 100 countries have taken the plunge in efforts to stem […]

Two financial institutions see double-digit increases By Chris Corum & Andy Williams, AVISIAN Publications College Banking partnerships are alive and well despite a lousy economy. Last year was actually a pretty good one for banks doing business with college campuses in the U.S. In fact, according to CR80News’ annual College Bank Survey, two reported hefty […]

New credit card technology, such as contactless cards, while attracting more young people, won’t lead to a cashless society, says a representative from APACS, the UK payments association. Despite the success of these technologies, says Sandra Quinn, communications director, people will continue to use cash despite the marketing of contactless cards as the answer to […]

UK-based Innovision Research and Technology and NXP Semiconductors have announced a joint marketing and licensing agreement relating to NFC. The deal brings together Innovision intellectual property, known as Gem, with NXP’s firmware, software and secure elements, such as the SmartMX. NXP’s endorsement and licensing of Innovision’s property is expected to expand the company’s addressable market […]

China’s Daily RFID has released a new low-cost plug-and-play contactless smart card reader designed for use in industrial and outdoor environments. The reader will hit the market this month at a planned $48 per unit. In addition to its low price point, Daily RFID expects users to find the device’s low consumption of power appealing. […]

ITN International aims to make conference and exhibit hall lead tracking easy, all with near field communication Ivan Lazarev, president of ITN International, sees great potential for the bCard business and the way it works with NFC. The bCard – for business Card – was originally launched in 1999. Since then ITN International has grown […]

Art Channel Galleries, a direct-marketing firm specializing in the collectible art and sports memorabilia markets, has announced plans to deploy RFID technology for authenticating its products. The company has completed the purchase of an RFID software and hardware package, and plans to begin integrating new RFID tracking and authentication software into its enterprise software system. […]

How a small subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft became a global leader in identity management By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications HID Global enables workers to get in the front door of offices around the world. Many people see the three letters, either on their cards or access control readers, but odds are they don’t really […]

Alberta, Canada is thinking about issuing smart cards to gamblers in order to help those who may have gambling problems, according to a Casino Gambling Web report. The cards would be loaded with a playing amount of money from the gambler and would shut down once the money is lost, or, when a certain amount […]

RFID technology provider Alien Technology has announced the availability of a software kit which enables users to implement custom applications on Alien readers for the first time. The Alien RFID Custom Application (ARCA) kit gives Alien’s channel partners more distribution options by delivering more effective and better integrated RFID solutions to end users. As the […]