Keeping cards secured, both against fraud as well as securing the supply chain, is a constant fight, said Benoit Guez, director of smart cards and new technologies for CPI Card Group. “It’s always a fight with the bad guys. You try to be one step ahead of them, so you have a lot of new […]

Starbucks is rolling out a new mobile payment service that allows customers to load credit onto their smart phones to pay for drinks, according to FoneHome.co.uk. Available to iPhone, iPod Touch and Blackberry users in the U.S., the Starbucks Mobile app requires customers to enter their Starbucks Card number, which can be loaded with credit […]

First Data Corp. announced that it will provide card issuing and payment processing services for Getin Noble Bank’s new contactless card program. First Data will help the bank roll out MasterCard PayPass debit cards that will allow Getin’s customers to make tap and go payments of 50 zloty (about $17.50) at thousands of retailers across […]

Visa Europe is planning to bring contactless debit cards to Ireland this summer, according to the Irish Independent. Visa Europe, which already has 1.3 million debit cards in circulation in Ireland, will begin rolling out the new cards to customers with Bank of Ireland later this year. Visa is expected to eventually phase out contact […]

Tianjin Polytechnic University (TJPU) is partnering with Switzerland’s LEGIC Identsystems to expand its contactless ID system. TJPU has already been using LEGIC’s technology to manage payment processes and access control on its campus, but now the new agreement allows the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering to upgrade more than 3,000 POS terminals to […]

Acculynk has announced that it is bringing its PaySecure Internet PIN debit system to smart phones early this year. The Atlanta-based company says PaySecure Mobile will enable consumers to authenticate their mobile transactions by entering their bank-issued PIN on Acculynk’s graphical, scrambling PIN-pad, which has been specially designed for mobile smart phone platforms. Acculynk first […]

Florida State University has started the process of phasing out its old FSUCard to prepare students for a new online cashless payment system called FSUCash, reports FSU News. Student can still currently use the old card for gaining access into buildings and libraries on campus, but if students want to pay to use the library […]

Australasia payment services provider ABnote has been successfully certified by Visa and MasterCard to produce Multos and Java EMV dual-interface smart banking cards in its Christchurch, New Zealand facility. According to the company, the site is the first in Australasia to be certified by both payment schemes to manufacture and personalize dual-interface smart banking cards […]

By Taran Lent, Vice President of Product Development and Co-Founder, CardSmith Campus card programs continue to grow in scale and scope. Once just simple systems used to administer meal plans, campus card programs are becoming more and more complex financial instruments accepted for payments everywhere on and around campus, and even online. Correspondingly, the cost […]

MasterCard announced a new, multi-million pound partnership with Transport for London (TfL) for the exclusive branding of TfL’s Oyster card wallet for 2011. The Oyster card wallet is distributed with all newly issued cards and is available from tube and rail stations and Travel Information Centers. The initiative is part of MasterCard’s greater strategy to […]