Southern California’s Kinecta Federal Credit Union today announced it will provide its members with MasterCard PayPass-enabled credit cards. Kinecta members can now simply tap their credit cards on specially equipped merchant terminals to pay for items, without needing to sign or enter a PIN if the total is less than $50. PayPass cards also include […]

Nokia’s Senior Vice President Jo Harlow has revealed that the company’s future Symbian smart phones will be equipped with NFC technology, according to bloomberg.com. Nokia’s C7 phone, now in stores, is already NFC-enabled, and can be used by customers for contactless payments and identification at the point of sale, says Harlow. Harlow added that Nokia […]

The Smart Card Alliance Payments Council has expanded its charter to include all chip-enabled payments and payment applications in the United States, including EMV, contactless payments, NFC-enabled payments and applications, mobile payments, and chip-enabled e-commerce. The Council has also announced its new officers and steering committee, including new co-chairs Simon Hurry from Visa and Oliver […]

Portugal is introducing a smart card-based program that will enable drivers to recharge their electric vehicles at numerous public charging stations throughout the country, according to businessgreen.com. Charging network developer Mobi:E will pilot the project, which so far encompasses 1,380 standard charging stations and 50 express stations in 25 of Portugal’s 300 municipalities. Mobi:E spokesman […]

In a recent survey conducted by ACI Worldwide, an international provider of payment systems, 76% of respondents do not currently issue payment cards with EMV technology, and of that group only 15% have plans to do so within the next 24 months. However, 94% of respondents believe that EMV will reduce fraud on card-based transactions, […]

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven is adopting MasterCard’s PayPass contactless payment technology in over 400 of its stores across Australia, according to franchise.net. The new payment option will allow 7-Eleven customers to tap-and-pay for items up to $100 without having to sign or enter a PIN. According to franchise.net, 7-Eleven is the first convenience store chain […]

West Midlands County, England is launching a £14m smart card system for its public transit network, according to BBC News. Modeled after London’s Oyster Card and funded by Centro regional transport authority, the system will first be installed on 2,500 buses in the region before making its way to the Midland Metro. Read more here.  […]

Shop24, an automated convenience store concept company, has installed and opened a Shop24 on the campus of Cal State Fullerton in Fullerton, California, reports the CSP Daily News. With the ability to accept cash as well as debit and credit cards, the Shop24 dispenses a variety of products from fresh foods to packaged goods. The […]

Payment solutions provider Ingenico has signed an agreement with McDonald’s for the provision of a PCI DSS compliant payments infrastructure across McDonald’s restaurants in Australia and New Zealand. The end-to-end, PCI DSS compliant solution encompasses the i3070 contactless EFT PIN pad, the AXIS global transaction processing management system, reporting capability via the Ingenico e-Portal, and […]

SNCF, France’s national state-owned railway company, has chosen XIRING to provide its mobile teams with contactless card terminals as part of a greater initiative to develop e-ticketing in the Ile-de-France region. SNCF has ordered 1,400 of XIRING’ Xi-Check handheld terminals, allowing ticket agents to check and validate contact and contactless travel cards on the fly. […]