Next month Ho Chi Minh City will begin implementing smart card bus faring for all buses traveling between Ben Thanh Market to Binh Tay Market, according to Viet Nam News. The smart cards will be available to passengers for VND30,000. Passengers can re-up their cards for 30 rides (VND69,000) or 60 rides (VND90,000). Students will […]

Zetes have completed the pilot phase of an RFID project at Spain’s largest sugar refinery, Azucarera Ebro Guadalete in Jerez, Spain. Integrated with solutions for auto-id and item serialization, the system is to improve external product traceability by making it possible to control outgoing trucks loaded with the finished products, reducing errors and boosting productivity. […]

Victoria’s Transport Ticketing Authority has announced the recall of 30,000 myki cards, according to ZDnet. The cards, which were mainly recalled from stations and not people, were issued in an “inactive state,” according to Transport authorities. Only 25 inactive cards made it into the hands of customers, who will be provided with replacements. So far […]

The Philippine’s Supreme Court has ruled in petitioner’s favor, against the continuation of the RFID vehicle tagging project, according to local news reports. Issuing a status quo ante order, the Supreme Court ordered the Land Transportation Office and Department of Transportation and Communication to discontinue collecting fees for its vehicle identification project, which launched at […]

Victoria’s Transport Ticket Authority has announced that it will share myki customers’ information with police, raising privacy concerns among the state’s commuters, according to The Herald Sun. Information such as passengers’ names, phone numbers, ages and addresses may also be shared with VicRoads, Ambulance Victoria and Metropolitan Fire Brigade. In addition, authorized public transport officers […]

Orange and Barclaycard customers now have the option utilizing a new contactless credit card. The launch of the Orange Credit Card is the latest step in Orange and Barclaycard’s partnership aimed at introducing a range of mobile, financial and payment services to evolve the way consumers make payment transactions in the UK. The card features […]

TagMaster, producer of RFID solutions for rail applications, has received an order from Italian partner Generale Sistemi. Worth more than approximately $421,000, the order will be supplied to TagItalia, a division of Generale Sistemi, based in Prato, Italy. The RFID equipment will be used to automatically identify rail vehicles on a mainline vehicle condition monitoring […]

Contactless smart cards and NFC mobile payments in transit and retail will be the focus of the Smart Card Alliance 3rd Annual Payments Summit. The event is being held February 23rd – 25th at the Marriott City Center Hotel in Salt Lake City. The Payments Summit aims to bring together members of the Smart Card […]

Alternative form factors for contactless payments, near field communications, and the convergence of physical and logical access peaked reader interest in 2009. Read on to find out what our 30,000 readers around the world found most compelling during the year that was 2009. Stay tuned in 2010 as our editorial team continues to explore contactless […]

After winning the contract from Hungary’s Public Transportation, LaserCard announced that initial deliveries of the International Certification Card have begun. LaserCard is to supply Hungary professional drivers with a an optical security card containing facial imagery, biometrics and demographic information. The card will be issued by the Hungarian government to bus drivers, truck drivers, ship […]