In partnership with BMO Bank of Montreal and Research In Motion, MasterCard Canada is bringing its PayPass Tap & Go contactless payment technology to BlackBerry smart phones for a four-month trial. In this trial, participants will use PayPass Mobile Tag-equipped BlackBerry devices to make purchases at any of the 8,500 merchant locations in Canada that […]

The Smart Card Alliance Latin American will host a series of webinars discussing a report on EMV deployments in Brazil and Mexico. The Alliance and Visa Inc. commissioned a report on why Mexico and Brazil are deploying EMV systems. Reducing payments fraud is the top driver for issuers and acquirers to adopt EMV/chip in Brazil […]

Merchants around Westfield State College (Westfield, Ma.) seem to have taken to the campus card Owl Bucks program in a very positive way. The program launched two years ago enabling spending at both on campus at places like Subway, Dunkin’ Donuts and the campus bookstore as well as off campus at about 20 retailers including […]

On Track Innovations Ltd., a provider of contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions, announced that Yapi Kredi of Turkey has placed an additional order to expand its MasterCard PayPass contactless payment program, bringing the total number of readers to be delivered to Yapi Kredi this year to 2,500 of OTI’s Saturn 6000 contactless readers. Yapi Kredi […]

Affiliated Computer Services has announced that Miami International Airport will accept MasterCard PayPass contactless payments in its parking lots starting in December. The Miami International Airport PayPass implementation is being managed by Affiliated Computer Services. PayPass will be installed in more than 50 entry and exit lanes, including parking lots and the central collection plaza. […]

Gemalto is in talks with XIRING, a provider of smart card-based authentication solutions for e-banking and e-commerce, announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations with the objective to complete the acquisition by Gemalto of the XIRING banking activity.
 The proposed transaction concerns all of the current activities of the banking business unit of XIRING, […]

With most states slashing budgets, cash-strapped institutions have had to make tough choices. Some have chosen to freeze salaries, others have laid-off people and many have put construction and other campus projects on hold. Operating a campus card program is a significant expense so CR80News sought the assistance of campus card providers to build a […]

HID Global announced that its Multi-ISO reader technology is available as a snap-on, secure contactless, high-frequency module option for buyers of the new Psion Teklogix Ikôn handheld computer. The read/write device integrates data capture and voice and data communications using wireless capability tools, including Wi-Fi, cellular 3G HSDPA, Bluetooth and assisted GPS connectivity. Multi-ISO reader […]

BNP Paribas has selected Oberthur Technologies to supply the NFC Services Management Solution for an NFC project in Nice, France. Oberthur will manage the mobile payment service on behalf of BNP Paribas via an OTA (Over the Air) Platform. Starting in the spring of 2010 more than 3,000 residents in the French city of Nice […]

According to an article in the UC Berkeley student newspaper, some merchants participating in the Cal 1 Card’s off-campus debit card program are less than satisfied with the results. A representative from a local bookstore that accepts the card said it accounts for less than one-percent of total sales, yet half the customers are students. […]