Gemalto announced it is providing Setefi (Intesa Sanpaolo), with its Optelio solution for the first rollout of EMV PayPass contactless payment cards in Italy. Intesa Sanpaolo offers its services to more than 11 million customers. Gemalto supplied technical support during the launching phase and assisted the bank in upgrading its personalization infrastructure. The project, developed […]

Dubai will play host to the inaugural Mobile Money Middle East 2010, a conference aimed at creating GTM mobile money strategies for developing markets. Attendees will include telecommunication, banking and regulatory experts from organizations including Etisalat, Barclays Bank, du, Bahrain Islamic Bank, Mashreq Bank, Zain, National Bank of Cambodia and Dubai Islamic Bank. Topics that […]

New Yorkers could be using E-ZPass style smart cards at turnstiles within the next two years, according to gothamist.com. At an exit interview, outgoing MTA CEO Elliot Sander promised commuters new card or key fob style passes that would be read by sensors installed at turnstiles throughout the city. Unlike the current MetroCards, which must […]

The earthquake in Haiti last week has spurred conscientious mobile users to donate in droves, according to digitaltransactions.net. As of Monday morning, more than 2 million donors had given $21 million in $10 increments to the American Red Cross’s Haitian earthquake-relief effort through mobile payment. According to Digital Transactions, the disaster has revealed mobile payment […]

In an effort to conserve water, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched a smart card-based water tanker-filling system in two filling stations in the city, according to indianexpress.com. The system, installed in the Yerwada and Chatuhshringi stations, enables tanker drivers and contractors to use pre-paid cards to automatically receive the exact amount of alloted […]

A new joint venture between Napa Technology Partners and Vintry Wine and Whiskey employs the use of a smart card for wine tasters. Napa Technology Partners “WineStations,” a wine tasting technology that can hold up to four bottles of wine, operates with a smart card system. After inserting a smart card, with a touch of […]

2010 will be the key year in deciding whether mobile Internet or NFC-based applications will emerge as the preferred form of mobile contactless payment, according to a report on FierceFinanceIT. Although leading global mobile network operators, banks, retailers, transport operators and others are expected to finalize their NFC business plans in the next year–according to […]

The Hull Trinity House School in Yorkshire, UK has become the first Hull school in its area to utilize a biometric system in replacement of school lunch payment programs, according to a Yorkshire Post article. As has been common at other schools where such a system has been implemented, the new system is raising concerns […]

Swedish banks First Card and SEB, have shown an interest in security solutions from Todos AB. First Card has ordered 30,000 Todos C200 card readers for its corporate customers, while SEB placed an order of 10,000 for its clients. This influx of orders shows that corporate credit cards have become vulnerable to fraud, identity theft, […]

Next month Ho Chi Minh City will begin implementing smart card bus faring for all buses traveling between Ben Thanh Market to Binh Tay Market, according to Viet Nam News. The smart cards will be available to passengers for VND30,000. Passengers can re-up their cards for 30 rides (VND69,000) or 60 rides (VND90,000). Students will […]