Ireland’s very first contactless transaction just took place at the staff canteen at Ulster Bank’s Dublin office, ushering in a new era of contactless payment in Ireland, according to siliconrepublic.com. Soon shops all over Ireland will be accepting Visa’s contactless payment cards for purchases of €15 or less. The cards will also come with a […]

Hypercom Corp. announced that Carrefour, a global retailer, will deploy Hypercom’s Wynid server-based payment solution and more than 12,000 PIN Pads with EMV contactless readers at 210 of its French hypermarkets, as well as at all of Carrefour’s petrol stations in France. The multi-million dollar agreement is believed to represent one of the world’s largest […]

eAccess LLC, a subsidiary of Cubic Corp., announced that it has produced several thousand Super Bowl Commemorative EASY Cards for Miami-Dade Transit. The NFL-sanctioned commemorative cards went on sale Feb. 1 and are being sold while supplies last from now until game day on Feb. 7. The commemorative cards, which sport the official NFL and […]

Gemalto announced that it has acquired Finnish mobile authentication systems provider Valimo Wireless Oy. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Valimo’s technology enables mobile phone users to digitally sign documents and confirm legally binding transactions by entering a self-chosen passphrase or a PIN code. Valimo Mobile ID solution provides secure online banking, mobile […]

ARM and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) announced plans to develop a mobile electronic payment system combining ARM’s TrustZone technology and G&D’s Mobicore operating system. “We will be working with ARM to develop the security architecture for the next generation of mobile phones. This will enable people to access highly valuable services with convenience and security,” […]

The Welsh Assembly has called for reconsideration of a smart card transit system that would connect the towns and cities of Wales, according to squidcard.com. The proposed ULTtra (Urban Light Transport) project calls for a contactless smart card system to grant passengers access to driverless pods that run on a track similar to that of […]

BNP Paribas of France and Gemalto have signed a two-year contract to supply EMV banking cards and personalization services to fifteen countries. Through the contract, Gemalto will become BNP Paribas’ first EMV card supplier in France, as well as establish itself Belgium through BNP Paribas Fortis. Gemalto will provide banking cards compliant to EMV Dynamic […]

FIME announced membership into GlobalPlatform to contribute to the infrastructure development of smart card solutions. FIME is a global supplier of test solutions for smart cards, RFID and NFC. FIME ‘s contribution will include participating on GlobalPlatform’s CardCommittee in charge of developing technology neutral applications for cards. They will also play a role on Mobile […]

Some agencies holding out but vast majority are online By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, AVISIAN Publications TransLink appears poised to finally live up to the scenario first imagined 16-years ago of providing San Francisco Bay transit riders one card that would be good on all 24 agencies serving the area. The one card is now […]

Atlantic Zeiser, a German payment card personalization provider, announced that it will present its new drop on demand printing technology at the PrePaid Expo in Las Vegas later this month. According to Atlantic Zeiser, its new two-sided drop on demand CARDLINE VERSA solution enables increased prepaid card volumes and lower card costs, eliminating the need […]