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
17 Dec, 2013Transport for London celebrates 6.5 million contactless journeys in its first year
Transport for London (TfL) has celebrated its first successful year of accepting contactless payments cards on all of the Capital’s 8,500 buses. Since it was launched in December 2012, more than 6.5 million journeys have now been made using an American Express, MasterCard or Visa Europe contactless payment card. Usage continues to rise, as an […]
10 Dec, 2013Cubic receives e-ticketing certification from German transport companies
Cubic Transportation Systems has received certification from the Association of German Transport Companies, under new standards for an Internet-based sales office system, for the issue and administration of contactless smart card-based e-tickets. Cubic’s sales office solution for the issue and administration of smart cards is part of the system called “vHGS,” developed for the German […]
06 Dec, 2013EZ-Link debuts mobile NFC transit app
EZ-Link, the company behind the contactless stored value ticket for use on MRT, LRT and buses in Singapore, announced “My EZ-Link Mobile”, the company’s first mobile application allowing top up services to a physical stored value card using NFC technology. The new service is an extension of the current EZ-Online service to a mobile platform […]
06 Dec, 2013Time and attendance solution, Saudi Arabia taps Aware
Bytes using biometrics to cut overtime claims Bytes Universal Systems has released a new biometrics solution for its SAMRASplus enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite. The new NAVAJO Exception Reporting solution is designed to help organizations combat excessive overtime, invalid sick leave, and other time or attendance-related fraud. NAVAJO Exception Reporting, part of Bytes’ NAVAJO biometrics […]
05 Dec, 2013TransLink delays Compass card timeline
TransLink has pushed back the schedule for the roll out Compass, the transport’s electronic fare card that would eventually replace all current passes and tickets, including West Coast Express products, according to missioncityrecord.com. Mike Madill, the TransLink vice-president in charge of the $194-million project, said the decision to delay stems from what he called “areas […]
03 Dec, 2013Deutsche Telekom supports CIPURSE standard in the mobile ecosystem
Deutsche Telekom, one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies with 140 million mobile customers, has joined the OSPT Alliance as an Associate Member. The Group is the first mobile network operator to join the alliance, and will work with the other members to help broaden support for the CIPURSE open security standard by the […]
27 Nov, 2013SALTO integrates with XProtect software
Northern Ireland-based Ambar Systems, a SALTO Certified Partner, has developed a plug-in integration that combines SALTO Systems access control with XProtect software. It is estimated that more than 10 million people rely on SALTO each day to provide access control. Ambar’s plug-in integrates SALTO Systems directly into XProtect Smart Client, enabling users to control access and monitor video surveillance […]
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