The Association Française du Sans Contact Mobile (AFSCM), a non-profit organization aimed at advancing interoperable NFC applications, has determined that Nice’s city-wide NFC trial “cityzi” is a success, and will pave the way for future NFC roll outs across France. According to AFSCM, there has been a “quick and enthusiastic” adoption of cityzi-branded contactless services […]

The December meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

London black cabs are introducing a new payment scheme that allows passengers to pay for fares up to £15 with a tap of their Visa contactless debit or credit cards, according to uk.autoblog.com. Customers will also be able to pay for fares with EMV cards at terminals located in the back of the cab, meaning […]

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance made its debut today at CARTES & IDentification 2010, introducing an open security standard to foster the next generation of transit fare collection systems. Now open to new members, the alliance will work to establish an ecosystem of transit operators, technology suppliers, consultants and integrators, government agencies […]

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance, a global initiative for open standard security in public transportation, announced the addition of two new members: Watchdata Technologies Ltd. and the Open Ticketing Institute of the Netherlands. Together with the four founding members, they will work to establish and advance new interoperable transit fare collection solutions […]

Dates: February 15-17, 2011 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Venue: Marriott City Center Hotel URL: http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/activities-next-conference Description: The Smart Card Alliance will hold the 2011 Mobile & Transit Payments Summit on February 15-17, 2011, at the Marriott City Center Hotel in Salt Lake City, UT. This important industry gathering will focus on exciting new trends […]

INSIDE Contactless announced it has changed its name to INSIDE Secure to better reflect its business strategy after the acquisition of Atmel Corporation’s Secure Microcontroller Solutions. According to INSIDE, the new name represents the company’s “100%” focus on secure semiconductors for transactions and digital identity. INSIDE Secure’s portfolio of secure semiconductors serve mobile phones, passports […]

NXP Semiconductors announced that its MIFARE DESFire EV1 contactless microcontroller IC has been chosen to power Madrid’s new contactless Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) scheme for the city’s public transit network. Operated by the Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (CRTM), the public transportation system covers the city’s urban metro, bus and suburban rail networks, which […]

Turkish motorists will soon be able to pay for tolls via mobile phone thanks to Bank Asya and Turkcell, according to todayszaman.com. The partners plan to publicly launch the system by February 2011. Anyone interested in participating can go to Turkcell Communication Centers to obtain a specially designed SIM card that lets motorists pay for […]

Some 1, 000 DBS customers with StarHub mobile plans will be the first in Singapore to use the near field communications for mobile payments. The trial will begin in December 2010 and will last for eight months. The project, which was collaboratively organized by DBS Bank, EZ-Link, Gemalto, MasterCard and StarHub, will involve adding an […]