Windward School, a college-preparatory school located in Los Angeles, has partnered with CardSmith to launch a new multi-function ID card for the school’s students, parents, staff and other stakeholders The new Windward OneCard ID card features a pre-paid spending account that students can use to make purchases at student store and food service locations, as […]

Canada and London are less than two years away from commercial deployments of NFC mobile payment technology, according to BBC News. Experts predict Canada is set for a mobile payments ‘revolution’ in late 2011, with the successful conclusion of pilots by both MasterCard and Visa in addition to Sage Payment Solutions and ROAM Data’s recently […]

The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s (MBTA) new Charlie Card payment system is up and running on MetroWest Regional Transit Authority’s buses, according to The Boston Herald. MetroWest bus customers using the Charlie Card will now be able to transfer seamlessly to the MBTA’s Green Line service, says MBTA General Manager Richard Davey. Transit Authorities see […]

Virgin Money has announced plans to roll out contactless payment technology on all of its credit cards, according to which.co.uk. The initiative will see all two million of Virgin’s credit cards replaced by contactless payment cards that will allow customers conduct transactions worth up to £15 without having to enter a PIN. According to which.co.uk, […]

Thirteen French cities are receiving government support to launch NFC-enabled mobile contactless payment and information services, according to scottrade.com. The initiative is backed by the Ministry of Industry, which will provide consultancy and engineering assistance for a number of NFC projects ranging from public transit mobile ticketing to m-payments for school lunches. Among the cities […]

Japan’s Toppan Printing is working on a sleek new NFC-enabled device that costs a mere $25, according to intomobile.com. The new device, which is only 3.9 mm thick and about the size of a business card, features a built in 2.2 inch 320 x 240 pixel screen and interactive button controls that allow users to […]

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) has released a report predicting that Cabcharge’s recent adoption of contactless technology for taxi-fare payments will put pressure on banks to offer contactless payment cards, according to Business Spectator. The Australian taxi company will soon outfit approximately 20,000 taxi cabs, limos and water taxis with contactless payment technology, pending regulatory […]

NBS Technologies, a provider of smart card personalization hardware and software solutions, today announced that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued the company a patent for the personalization of EMV cards in client/server based environments. Patent #2331494, entitled “Smart Card Personalization in a Multistation Environment,” details the personalization of ID or payment smart cards […]

Indian Railways (IR), the state-owned railway company of India, is looking to introduce an Oyster-style contactless transport ticketing card in Mumbai and Delhi, according to NDTV. IR has already started converting its railway ticketing smart card into a city transport card that can used for several modes of transportation. According to NDTV, IR has already […]

VeriFone announced a multi-million dollar order from Akbank for 41,000 VeriFone contactless payment devices for deployment throughout Turkey. The order comprises 26,000 VX 520 countertop systems, 10,000 of the newly introduced VX 680 wireless portable handheld payment devices, and 5,000 of the PIN-based and contactless payment-enabled PINpad 1000SE customer-activated systems. According to VeriFone, the VX […]