By Kamran Yazdanjoo, Director of Open Payments, Cubic Transportation Systems Diversity, accessibility and convenience are the watchwords of transport ticketing in 2012, with the momentum building for bank cards and mobile phones to offer options to traditional transit-issued fare media. Recent developments in mobile technologies such as mobile banking, near field communications (NFC), Bluetooth and […]

Global apparel brand GUESS Inc. has implemented the VeriFone GlobalBay retailing solution inside a dozen or more of its U.S. outlets, engaging in-store shoppers with interactive kiosks to enhance the overall shopping experience and generate additional sales. GUESS is using the VeriFone solution to enable consumer interaction through iPads mounted on rolling stands which serve […]

The government of India’s Planning Commission has announced that for electronic transfer of benefits to the rural poor, a unique identification number scheme is a more practical option than issuing smart cards, reports The Telegraph. The Planning Commission and India’s Home Ministry have competing plans for the Unique Identification Authority of India’s (UIDAI) benefits transfer […]

Boston-based Revosys has announced that it will implement NFC payment processing in its upcoming “Interactive V5 In-Taxi” advertising system. According to Revosys, the upgraded Interactive V5 will allow passengers to pay for fares with NFC-enabled mobile phones, contactless credit and debit cards, and traditional magnetic stripe cards. The solution also features a touch screen for […]

The Jacksonville Transit Authority (JTA) experienced an overwhelmingly large amount of people signing up for the region’s new STAR smart payment card system, according to a local news brief. The new STAR, “Simply Tap and Ride,” card and ticket is a contactless smart card that will enable JTA riders to pay their bus, trolley and […]

The 2011 contactless payment card shipments in the United States have taken a dramatic drop, according to ABI Research. The number of shipments has fallen considerably when comparing against quarterly shipments achieved in 2010, explains Phil Sealy, research analyst, security and ID. And the drop in shipments has primarily been driven by some overriding factors […]

Cheshire Integrated Transport Services teamed up with Applied Card Technologies (ACT) and sQuid to expand a UK smart card offering to the West Cheshire College and Chester College campuses. According to thepaypers.com, the card combines cashless transactions, pay-as-you-go Cheshire Travelcard ITSO ticketing, ID card and retail and leisure discounts through Cheshire’s loyalty scheme. Students can […]

Safety science company UL has acquired Melbourne, Australia-based Witham Laboratories, a global provider of payment software and hardware security reviews. The acquisition expands UL’s reach into the payment card security assessment field and will enable it to provide security reviews of payment terminal, software and infrastructure. Witham’s capabilities extend into testing PIN devices, encryption processes […]

By Sarah Ledwith, Marketing Manager, Colleges & Universities, The CBORD Group Inc. 2012 will be a year for re-examining our definition of a card office. As credentials expand from cards to phones, increased adoption of mobile features and near field communications will change the way we think of credential management on college campuses and beyond. […]

Research and Markets announced the addition of a report concerning the latest state of the Polish contactless payment market. Entitled “Polish Contactless Payments Market 2011: Issuance, Transactions and Innovations” the report presents detailed analysis based on surveys carried out among all banks issuing contactless payment instruments and acquirers that operated contactless payments on the Polish […]