Vanderbilt University’s Student Government unveiled a new taxi payment system that enables students to swipe their Commodore Cards to pay for cab rides. The new program arose from a partnership between the Vanderbilt Student Government, the Commodore Card office and Taxi USA. Approximately 200 taxis will be equipped with Commodore Card readers to allow students […]

NZSki, operators of New Zealand’s Coronet Peak, Mount Hutt and The Remarkables ski fields, is launching a new smart card system that will grant visitors access to lifts and equipment, as well as book lessons and buy concessions at the lodge, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. In addition to making a day on the […]

Visa has bought e-commerce company CyberSource Corp. for $2 billion, indicating a significant shift in focus to mobile payment, according to americanbanker.com. “Mobile is clearly a growing and important channel for us,” affirms Gerry Sweeney, Visa’s head of global e-commerce and authentication. Cali-based CyberSource boasts more than 295,000 merchant clients and, according to the company, […]

INSIDE Contactless, Sagem Orga (Safran Group) and TazTag today announced the joint development of a new method of delivering NFC payment functionality. Based on TazTag’s TazCard, the new device, which is currently in pre-alpha testing, provides full NFC functionality for contactless payment and other applications. About the size of an ordinary credit card, the TazCard […]

Motorola is looking for mobile operators in India to trial its new iSIM (intelligent SIM) solution, says Telecom Yatra. The iSIM is a flexible 0.4mm thick device that attaches to a phone’s existing SIM card to turn the phone into an NFC-enabled payment tool. The device, which is compatible with all SIM cards, also allows […]

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the launch of a new Combi card, which would function dually as a fare card for public transportation and credit or debit card, according to Khaleej Times. The card will feature two micro-chips, one of which will hold the functions of the existing Nol smart transit pass, […]

GlobalPlatform, the international specification body for smart card infrastructure, has released a report analyzing the implications of managing multiple secure chips in a single mobile handset to deliver NFC services. The white paper, titled “GlobalPlatform’s Requirements for NFC Mobile: Management of Multiple Secure Elements,” identifies two different business models and details the functional requirements needed […]

NXP and Trusted Logic today announced the release of an open source NFC Android application programming interface (API). The new API will enable mobile phone users to access a new range of contactless applications such as mobile payments, transport and event ticketing as well as data sharing directly from their Android phones. The API will […]

Ottawa’s stagnant O-Card project is catching second wind from the government’s Information Technology branch, according to cfra.com. The IT sub-committee is taking over development of the project, which would provide Ottawans with smart cards for transit, library and parking services. Although optimistic, IT staff say there are a number of issues that must be addressed […]

Nottingham Gateway Hotel has become the first hotel in the UK to introduce a loyalty scheme using sQuid’s contactless smart card solution. The hotels new ‘We Love to Reward You’ loyalty program offers guests contactless smart cards that can be used to make purchases in the hotel and rack up rewards points redeemable in the […]