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
02 Sep, 2010Cimbal launches software-based mobile payment network
Silicon Valley-based Cimbal has announced the public launch of its software-based NFC payment network. The network, which the company claims is the first of its kind in the world, enables secure payment and peer-to-peer transactions using a smart phone instead of a plastic card. For transactions, a Cimbal user creates a payment request on his […]
02 Sep, 2010Welsh city rolls out contactless car rental system
The city of Cardiff, Wales is launching City Car Club’s contactless smart card-based car rental program. In the £120,000 project, members will be issued smart cards to unlock ten low-emission vehicles located in the city center. Once inside the car, the member can retrieve the keys from a storage box using a special pin number […]
01 Sep, 2010Energy Harvesting & Storage USA and WSN & RTLS Summit 2010
Dates: November 16-17, 2010 Location: Boston, MA Venue: Hyatt Regency Cambridge, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA URL: http://www.IDTechEx.com/Boston Description: Energy harvesting is the creation of electricity from ambient energy to make small electrical and electronic devices self-sufficient, often for decades. It is part of the green revolution and a huge new industry in the making. […]
01 Sep, 2010GPS tracks Chicago area school bus riders
The Palos Heights School District 128 in Chicago is using GPS technology to track its students allowing the district to keep up with the student–when he or she first entered the school bus and when the student exited the district’s care. The contactless luggage type tag affixed to the student’s book bag is scanned as […]
01 Sep, 2010UPM Raflatac to use HID Global’s contactless label sealing technology
HID Global and UPM Raflatac announced a worldwide technology license agreement that enables UPM Raflatac to incorporate HID Global’s tamper-proof and secure RFID sealing label technology and IP into their contactless product family. The deal makes UPM Raflatac is the first company to offer HID’s secure RFID sealing solution worldwide, according to HID. In the […]
01 Sep, 2010AIBMS launches contactless loyalty program for small businesses
Dublin-based AIB Merchant Services (AIBMS) has announced the launch of its new customizable loyalty program for small to medium-sized businesses, according to siliconrepublic.com. The new solution, AIBMS loyaltyplus, uses contactless tags from ZapaTechnology that combine multiple loyalty cards onto one single device accepted at AIBMS point of sale terminals. Loyaltyplus also allows retailers to send […]
31 Aug, 2010Dublin expects 2011 rollout of smart ticketing system
Dublin will see a new integrated smart card ticketing system by early next year, according to The Irish Times. The the €55 million project will start with a smart card rollout for the Luas and Dublin Bus services, to be joined later by Irish Rail, private bus operators and Bus Éireann. Annual ticket holders will […]
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