Dual-interface cards deliver on promise of flexibility
With both contact and contactless on board, the cards are finding favor with a host of global issuers
Contactless 2.0: Latest generation chips are bigger, faster
Biometrics, new apps require more memory and faster data transfer
Episode 154: John McAfee backs authentication key
Evaluating card durability
Industry standard test procedures help issuers achieve the ultimate ’10-year credential'
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
08 Sep, 2011Cashless payments to take off at 2012 festivals
2012 will be a break out year for cashless music festivals, thanks to the success of contactless wristbands at the 2011 Isle of Wight Festival in June, reports NFC World. Intelligent Venue Solutions (IVS) partnered with MasterCard to provide Isle of Wight attendees with PayPass-enabled wristbands pre-loaded with £30. Fans participating in the pilot could […]
08 Sep, 2011TfL guarantees fraud-proof contactless payments
Will Judge, head of future ticketing at Transport for London, has promised that confidential information stored on a user’s contactless bank card will be “100 percent safe” from fraud, according to ZDNet UK. TfL, which announced plans last year to adopt contactless credit card payments on top of its existing Oyster card system, maintains that […]
07 Sep, 2011D.C. transit card encounters some bumps along the way
Washington D.C.’s School District’s new program to shift all of its student transit passes to the new D.C. One Card has become bogged with problems, including technical glitches in Metro’s fare system, according to the Washington Examiner. City officials spent the Labor Day weekend processing a backlog of 2,500 cards, and then hand-delivered them around […]
07 Sep, 2011Report: 90% of passports chip-enabled by 2016
IMS Research has launched a new report predicting that within five years 90% of passport holders will be using e-passports with integrated smart card IC chips. According to the report, “Electronic Government and Health Care ID Cards – World – 2011,” nearly half of all current passports issued today use smart chip technology, thanks to […]
06 Sep, 2011FirstGroup delivers contactless payments to entire bus fleet
FirstGroup, the UK’s largest bus and rail operator, has announced it will invest £27 million in contactless ticketing technology for its 5,000 plus bus fleet throughout England. The company says they intend to be the first bus operator outside of London to accept contactless credit and debit card payments, which will be introduced across England […]
02 Sep, 2011DAILY launches luggage tracking tag
DAILY RFID has announced a new 13.56 MHz HF Smart Label-11 tag tailored specifically for tracking luggage or other valuables at the airport. The contacltess paper tag supports ISO/IEC 14443A or ISO/IEC 14443B or ISO/IEC 15693 protocols and functions within a temperature range of -10 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius, making it ideal for […]
01 Sep, 2011Toronto goes contactless in city parking lots
Visa has announced that 43 Toronto Parking Authority (TPA) Green Parking lots have adopted Visa payWave contactless payments. The new system enables drivers to pay for parking by simply passing their payWave card near the contactless terminal to ‘check in’ to the parking lot, and once again when exiting to complete the transaction. Once the […]
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