Canada’s Nephsystem has announced the release of its new 13.56 MHz contactles reader/writer, which the company claims is one of the smallest stand-alone contactless smart card devices in the world. Weighing in at only 15 grams, the N330 also features wireless communication capabilities via Bluetooth, USB interface and is compatible with all the 13.56MHz protocols, […]

Sweden’s The Handheld Group has released its new Nautiz eTicket Pro rugged PDA with an integrated Mifare-compliant smart card reader for transport ticketing applications. Developed and designed by Arcontia, the ISO 14443 A/B, ISO 18092-compliant reader also supports NFC mobile applications, such as smart posters and tickets, and features both passive reader mode and active […]

India-based library chain JustBooks is using RFID technology to automate its inventory management processes. JustBooks’ more than 160,000 library items are all tagged with UPM Raflatac ShortDipole RFID tags converted into custom book labels by India’s systems integrator Great Eastern Impex. JustBooks embeds RFID tags into each member card and every library item. Customers use […]

HID Global and UPM Raflatac announced a worldwide technology license agreement that enables UPM Raflatac to incorporate HID Global’s tamper-proof and secure RFID sealing label technology and IP into their contactless product family. The deal makes UPM Raflatac is the first company to offer HID’s secure RFID sealing solution worldwide, according to HID. In the […]

Dublin-based AIB Merchant Services (AIBMS) has announced the launch of its new customizable loyalty program for small to medium-sized businesses, according to siliconrepublic.com. The new solution, AIBMS loyaltyplus, uses contactless tags from ZapaTechnology that combine multiple loyalty cards onto one single device accepted at AIBMS point of sale terminals. Loyaltyplus also allows retailers to send […]

American National Bank and Guaranty Bond Bank in Mt. Pleasant, Texas are now offering tap and go mobile payment to their customers and the community through Bling Nation. Customers with a checking account at either bank can sign up for a BlingTag, a quarter-sized microchip sticker that adheres to the back of their mobile phone […]

NFC enables artists to add rich media to exhibits By Ryan Clary, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Le Centre Pompidou, Paris’s goliath, industrial-chic contemporary art gallery, is looking to shake up the museum experience for Generation Z. By next year, visitors to Pompidou’s planned Teen Gallery, as well as the old city center of Nice, will […]

GAO RFID has released a new 13.56MHz contactless disc tag designed for asset tracking, anti-counterfeiting applications, factory automation systems, item identification and security systems. The clear, thin tag features a max contactless read/write distance of 12 cm, is ISO 14443 compliant and comes equipped a 1k Mifare chip. The new tag, model 113415, also features […]

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd has entered into a new licensed partnership with Shenzhen Card Intelligent Science & Technology, a Chinese manufacturer of IC cards and electronic tags. Shenzhen will now be able to offer its customers contactless IC cards for public transport and university services based on LEGIC’s advant technology. Shenzhen’s’s product portfolio covers all aspects […]

Oberthur Technologies has reported an increase in demand for its FlyBuy contactless stickers with banks and issuers throughout the United States, including Citi, as well as internationally in Switzerland, Poland, England and Korea. Developed in cooperation with MasterCard Worldwide over a year ago, Oberthur’s FlyBuy Sticker is a contactless payment tag that can be attached […]