Singapore American School, providing American-based curriculum for pre-school through grade 12 to 3,800 expatriate students in Singapore, has selected the CS Gold one-card solution from CBORD to manage card-based purchasing, security operations and more. Singapore American School uses CS Gold to manage a variety of functions including dining purchases, printing, bookstore purchases, library privileges, and […]

Verayo, a security and authentication solutions provider has launched the newest product in its family of unclonable integrated circuits: the Vera M1HW. Verayo’s unclonable technology takes advantage of the unavoidable, unpredictable and random variations in the IC fabrication process to uniquely characterize each chip. The variations cannot be controlled, modeled or replicated, effectively rendering each […]

Slovenia has recently launched a new multi-function contactless smart card for tourists and residents, according to squidcard.com. The “Urbana” card allows visitors to the capital city Ljubljana to pay for a wide variety of goods and services, such as public transportation, admission to the city’s castle and zoo, as well as gain free internet access. […]

The Toronto Board of Trade (TBT) is urging the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to stick with its plan of implementing Presto’s smart cards instead of an open payment system for The Greater Toronto Area’s public transit, according to thestar.com. If implemented, Presto would allow commuters to tap on to all public transit systems in the […]

In Australia, Victoria the ill-fated myki smart card system is set to go live on buses and trams on Sunday, according to ABC News. The $1.3 billion system has already been active on Melbourne’s metro trains for months, but technical issues have kept it from being implemented across all public transportation in Victoria. Public Transport […]

Toronto mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi has promised to deliver Presto smart cards to the city’s “failing” transit system should he be elected, according to Inside Toronto. After threatening to implement a Presto system for some time, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) opted ultimately for an open payment system that will accept tap and go payment […]

Australian airline QANTAS is trailing new smart card-based check-in system designed to cut down on time spent in queues, according to The Australian. Qantas will also be testing personal electronic bag tags for upper-tier frequent fliers that can automatically store details of up to four flights. The trial, which involves QANTAS’ partners IBM, Fujitsu, Telstra, […]

EV-Box of the Netherlands has begun production on smart card-enabled electric vehicle charging stations, according to evworld.com. The new stations require drivers to identify themselves with a contactless ID card, dashboard tag or mobile phone in order to charge up their cars. The first EV-Box stations have already been installed in several locations in The […]

A Dubai school bus operator is planning the installation of a smart card system to improve the safety of some 40,000 students traveling to and from school every day. Approximately 800 of School Transport Services’ buses will be equipped with smart card readers, accompanied by GPS tracking software, to enable students to log on and […]

ASEC, a Polish subsidiary of On Track Innovations (OTI), has partnered with epay Polska to introduce a new service that lets customers load GSM prepaid cellular phone cards on ASEC’s Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs). ASEC’s TVMs are located throughout Warsaw’s metro, railway, bus and tram stations, and support multiple forms of payment including cash and […]