Bay Area transportation officials say they are not planning on changing the Clipper contactless fare card in spite of recent fare dodging problems, according to mercurynews.com. A number of riders have been avoiding paying full fares on Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) trains, exploiting Clipper cards’ negative balance feature. However, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) officials […]

The Smart Card Alliance announced its 2010-2011 board and seven-member executive committee. Elections were held during the 9th Annual Smart Cards in Government: Identity, Security & Health care Conference in Washington DC. The Smart Card Alliance elected executive committee is made up of the following board members: Chair – Neville Pattinson, Gemalto Vice chair – […]

Tyfone has been awarded a new patent for its mobile wallet platform. The patented technology, Mobile phone with electronic transaction card, enables the use of a mobile phone to transmit transaction data to a reader device via an NFC-enabled memory card. The memory card includes circuitry used to produce a time-varying magnetic field that enables […]

Celent has released a new report stating that China will soon lead the worldwide mobile payments market with 410 million users by 2013, according to finextra.com. China already boasts more than 740 million mobile phone users as of 2009, making it easily the world’s largest mobile market. However, mobile payment has so far penetrated this […]

UK-based cards and gifts retailer Clinton Cards is introducing contactless payment technology in its stores this month, according to retailgazette.co.uk. Clinton Cards is working with RBS WorldPay for the roll out, which will involve 50 stores around London and Liverpool, with potential for wider adoption in the future. The new system will allow customers to […]

Research In Motion (RIM) is reportedly planning to equip next year’s BlackBerry smart phones with NFC chips, effectively turning them into mobile payment devices, according to berryreview.com. The news coincides with both Google’s announcement that its new OS ‘Gingerbread’ will support NFC, and with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile’s recently revealed joint venture into mobile payments, […]

Australia-based ANZ Bank is launching New Zealand’s first contactless “tap and go” credit cards, according to stuff.co.nz. The new ANZ Rugby World Cup MasterCards will allow customers to make tap and go payments for transactions of less than $80 wherever contactless payments are accepted, without the need to sign or enter a PIN. According to […]

Coulomb Technologies has unveiled the first ChargePoint Network charging station for electric vehicles (EV) that accepts MasterCard PayPass contactless payments. The two ChargePoint stations, located at Pier 27 on the Embarcadero in San Francisco, is a part of the ChargePoint America program and allows EV drivers in the Bay Area to pay for parking and […]

Blackboard announced a new partnership with PE Systems to help higher education institutions lower processing costs for credit and debit card payments. The partnership will pair PE System’s analytic process with that of the Blackboard Payment Gateway, an IP-based processing system which provides a flexible and secure payment processing and fraud management service for campus […]

The new near field communication (NFC) effort from the three major mobile operators wants to make one thing clear: “This is not a science experiment,” Jaymee Johnson, spokesperson for ISIS tells NFCNews.com. “What has been done so far were trials but this is a business.” While there have been many NFC pilots, ISIS aims to […]