MasterCard has announced plans to pilot Gemalto’s Upteq N-Flex mobile payment device in Singapore, according to Finextra. The two companies will team up with DBS Bank, local pre-paid card specialist Ez-Link and telco StarHub to conduct the trial, which will be available for EZ-Link Fevo MasterCard holders. The device is a wafer-thin chip that can […]

Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport, the seventh-busiest airport in North America, is now accepting MasterCard PayPass contactless payments in its major parking lots. Travelers can now pay for parking with a simple tap of their MasterCard PayPass contactless cards or devices at special terminals situated in exit lanes. The new system, which also accepts traditional […]

GlobalPlatform has announced that Riscure, an independent security test laboratory specializing in mobile and payment security, has become it latest member. As a member, Riscure will help GlobalPlatform develop a secure and standardized infrastructure to supports the progressive requirements of the mobile payments landscape. Riscure will join as a Participating Member, meaning they can actively […]

Visa and DeviceFidelity let slip plans to make an NFC-enabled case for the iPhone, according The Register and NFC World. The case, whose announcement came about via a premature press release, will come equipped with NFC hardware and a secure element from DeviceFidelity to allow users to make contactless payments with their 3G or 3GS […]

Atmel Corp., a microcontroller and touch solutions provider, announced that France’s INSIDE Contactless has offered to purchase its Secure Microcontroller Solutions (SMS) business based in Rousset, France and East Kilbride, UK. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the proposed transaction, Atmel would make a minority equity investment in INSIDE. In addition, […]

Smart card management software provider Bell ID announced that it has signed with one of Saudi Arabia’s leading banks to issue EMV cards. Bell ID’s software suite, ANDiS will provide the bank, which has no been disclosed, EMV data preparation, smart card and application management, central issuance and instant issuance of EMV cards. The solution […]

Students at Columbus State University will soon be able to swipe their smart phones like their student ID cards with the use of a new app developed by university programmers and Google. The new app, which uses bar code technology, will enable students to check out books from the library, pay for on-campus dining and […]

First Data and Visa have independently pushed ahead with developing NFC chips that can be inserted into the microSD slot of a mobile phone to make contactless payments, according to American Banker. The devices can serve as a temporary bridge to phones with built-in NFC payment apps, while providing more security than NFC stickers and […]

Australia’s ACTION bus fleet is initiating the roll out a new $8 million smart card ticketing system in Canberra, according to a GovMonitor report. The roll out comes ahead of a trial of the system in late August, which is expected to provide an flexible cashless method of paying for travel charges. The refillable, prepaid […]

The Summit School District in New Jersey is utilizing a combination of various technology to streamline accounting and speed up lunch lines, according to an Independent Press release. Elementary schools are utilizing biometric scanners, which read students’ fingertip to pay for meals. However, officials say at no time is a fingerprint image made or stored. […]