U.S. Bank has announced the launch of its new contactless VITAband, a light-weight wristband that combines contactless payment technology with emergency contact and medical information. Equipped with MasterCard’s PayPass technology, the VITAband enables customers to make purchases by simply tapping their wrist against any point of sale that accepts contactless payments. The device also provides […]

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has announced that it will begin providing customers with contactless Visa debit cards in the second half of 2012. Intended to replace the current Laser/Maestro cards, the new Visa cards will enable customers to make contactless payments of up to €15 by simply tapping their card against a reader. AIB says […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the summer 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

Fremont Bank, one of the largest full-service community bank in Northern California, has announced that it will begin issuing contactless debit cards. According to Fremont Bank, the new debit cards will use STAR CertiFlash, a chip application developed by First Data’s STAR Network that uses one-time card number technology to advance security at the point […]

LEGIC has announced a new partnership with contactless credentials provider and systems integrator D&K Deutschland. LEGIC says the partners will combine their expertise in contactess ID technology to provide solutions for access control, time & attendance and visitor management systems. According to LEGIC, D&K Deutschland performs all steps involved in the integration of an electronic […]

Irish convenience store chain Centra says it will become the country’s first retailer to accept contactless payments, according to Businessandleadership.com. Expected to launch in select Centra stores later this year, the technology will allow customers to pay for items costing €15 or under with a tap of a Visa payWave-enabled debit card. Centra says they […]

LEGIC has announced that the K&N Kenanga International building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has installed a new physical access control using LEGIC’s contactless technology. Located in Kuala Lumpur’s central business district, the Kenanga building is a 22-story commercial structure with a three-and-a-half-story annexed podium block. According to LEGIC, the system includes six lanes of Argus […]