The Tripura State Cooperative Bank (TSCB), an institution in the North East Indian state of Tripura, has employed a program that enables more than 2,000 workers of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act to utilize biometric cards in lieu of standard bank cards to access their accounts via ATMs, according to a New Kerala article. The […]

Contactless smart cards and NFC mobile payments in transit and retail will be the focus of the Smart Card Alliance 3rd Annual Payments Summit. The event is being held February 23rd – 25th at the Marriott City Center Hotel in Salt Lake City. The Payments Summit aims to bring together members of the Smart Card […]

A nationwide cyber attack simulation exercise, planned by the Financial Services Sharing and Analysis Center, testing the security functions of online payments processes is scheduled to take place Feb. 9 -11. The center, responsible for sharing information on cyber threats and risks with financial institutions and businesses, wants to raise awareness on cyber payment attacks […]

Alternative form factors for contactless payments, near field communications, and the convergence of physical and logical access peaked reader interest in 2009. Read on to find out what our 30,000 readers around the world found most compelling during the year that was 2009. Stay tuned in 2010 as our editorial team continues to explore contactless […]

Some German cardholders have had issues conducting payment transactions since the new year, but Gemalto is working with officials to correct the programs. Gemalto supplies bank cards to many German banks and has been working on developing fixes so cardholders can conduct transaction at ATMs and the point-of-sale. At this stage, according to ZKA (Zentraler […]

INSIDE Contactless and TazTag announced a partnership to develop and bring to market a variety of contactless solutions based on near field communication technology. INSIDE’s third-generation MicroRead NFC solution has already been integrated into TazTag’s TazCard, the first NFC electronic wallet and open application platform, as well as the TazKiosk, an interactive NFC urban advertising […]

Advanced Card Systems Ltd., a supplier of smart card and reader technologies, launches its ACOS7 dual-interface smart card for the world automatic fare collection market. The all-in-one card is a single smart card used within a city for multiple applications, both for transit and for non-transit payment. ACOS7 supports both contact and contactless interfaces. Complaint […]

Aspen Skiing plans to expand its deployment of radio frequency identification technology by embedding RFID in all daily lift tickets on is four Colorado mountain resorts, according to Computer World. Last winter Aspen Skiing implemented RFID tags in its customers’ season passes and installed automated access gates at the resorts to streamline and enhance customers’ […]

Punjab National Bank (PNB), an India-based bank and lender, has announced its intentions to open 100,000 ATMs with embedded biometric scanners in the rural areas of India to better serve the illiterate and semi-literate populace, according to a Business Standard article. The bank expect to hit the target by 2013 and are also offering many […]

Below-Poverty-Line (BPL) families in Chandigarh, India will begin to receive smart cards in place of their ration cards in April of next year, according to indianexpress.com. BPL families will be able to use the cards to purchase subsidized food grains. To prevent theft, the cards will hold biometric data of each member of the family, […]