UPM Raflatac, CDA, Brooks Automation and Stora Enso Digital Solutions have launched a new CD/DVD solution featuring an integrated RFID tag. Discs from CDA come with a uniquely identifiable UPM Raflatac HF RFID tag, while Brooks manufactures RFID readers and integrates them into end-users’ processes. Stora Enso Digital Solutions offers digitally printed and personalized DBS […]

Tracient Technologies this week announced the release of its new UHF Reader with longer read ranges, faster read rates and lower tag costs. These are the promise of UHF RFID. Calling its new release “stylish and ergonomic,” Tracient says the Padl-R UF can be connected quickly to any Bluetooth-enabled device (PDAs, cell phones, smart phones, […]

The ViVOpay 5000 is now available for use in the new MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless programs throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Canada. The ViVOpay 5000 reader received the MasterCard PayPass-M/Chip Offline and Online Mag Stripe certifications. This certification expands the previous global certifications for PayPass MagStripe program in the United States […]

Just six weeks after announcing a partnership trial of Near Field Communication services in Singapore, EZ-Link and StarHub have completed a series of internal trials and have begun the first public trial. They have distributed handsets for a 6-month trial to a group of pre-selected customers who were selected from over 2,600 applicants. The phones […]

Just six weeks after announcing a partnership trial of Near Field Communication services in Singapore, EZ-Link and StarHub have completed a series of internal trials and have begun the first public trial. They have distributed handsets for a 6-month trial to a group of pre-selected customers who were selected from over 2,600 applicants. The phones […]

It was just announced that one of the longest standing, leading campus card providers – General Meters Corp. – has been sold to Heartland Payment Systems, a leading merchant payment processor. Heartland is a newcomer to the campus card world launching its first installation of a campus card offering early this fall at Slippery Rock […]

The Dutch company Payter connected the 500th consumer to one of the largest pilots using mobile payment technolgy in Europe. On August 27th in the city of Rotterdam, Payter started a six month pilot. In the coming weeks, another 500 consumers will join the pilot, bringing the total number of participants to 1000. More than […]

The Dutch company Payter connected the 500th consumer to one of the largest pilots using mobile payment technolgy in Europe. On August 27th in the city of Rotterdam, Payter started a six month pilot. In the coming weeks, another 500 consumers will join the pilot, bringing the total number of participants to 1000. More than […]

One year into their “strategic” relationship, biz partners Fijitsu Transaction Solutinos and AbsoluteSKY are reporting success. “Our intelliTRACKER system is now performing the tasks and delivering the sizeable benefits that everyone had hoped for when RFID technology first made its big splash in the retail market a few years ago,” stated John Frabasile, president and […]

Privaris announces a new version of its plusID identity verification token, plusID 90, that enables personal biometrics to be used for gate and vehicle security. The plusID 90 identity verification fob supports wireless communication with the transceiver at distances of up to 300 feet. Vehicles can proceed through gates with full biometric identity verification at […]