When you’re chasing down international criminals, the last thing you need is a passport inspection slowing you down at the border. That’s the idea behind the new travel documents issued to officers of the International Criminal Police Organization, or INTERPOL. With the new secure IDs, they can assist in transnational investigations or urgent deployments without […]

Identive Group and NXP have signed a reseller agreement to enhance products offered by the companies. The initial agreement is a 3-year term that will leverage NFC and RFID technologies to further the reach of the companies. The companies hope to focus on NFC in new emerging markets. The agreement builds on the existing business […]

Woolworths, Australia’s largest supermarket chain, has announced a partnership with Visa to enable PayWave contactless payments across its entire retail empire, according to ITNews.com. The company is looking for a vendor to supply some 30,000 contactless payment terminals, which will be installed in Woolworths supermarkets, Big W department stores, Caltex petrol stations, Dick Smith technology […]

MasterCard has teamed up with Overwaitea Food Stores to introduce its PayPass contactless payment technology at all OFG grocery stores, including Save-On-Foods, PriceSmart Foods, Overwaitea Foods, Cooper’s Foods and Urban Fare throughout Canada. Shoppers can now tap their credit card near the scanner to check out at their favorite store, reports Finchannel.com. The new technology […]

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is doing away with the old MetroCard ticketing system in favor of a new open fare contactless system, according to Yahoo! News. Expected to launch in 2015, the new system will allow subway riders to pay for fares by passing their contactless credit cards in front of a […]

The BCR Romanian Commercial Bank, and the Bucharest Autonomous Transportation Administration have joined forces to introduce the BCR Zambet card. The Zambet card is a debit card which includes contactless payment, so it may be used to pay for transit fares in and around the city of Bucharest. One major benefit of the card is […]

UK drivers using the M6 Toll Road will be able to pay for their journeys using contactless credit and debit cards from as early as February 2012, says Barclaycard. The M6 Toll is working with Barclaycard to install contactless payment terminals at toll booths, allowing customers to pay by simply passing their card over a […]