The Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pa. has expanded the distribution of the ConnectCard electronic fare collection system to now include riders who purchase weekly passes, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Riders who buy weekly passes at the Downtown Service Center, the Giant Eagle Market District store in Shadyside and the Giant Eagle at […]

Identification and access control reader manufacturer RF IDeas Inc. has announced that its pcProx line of card readers now enables users to be compliant with the new Criminal Justice Information Service (CJIS) Security Policy. The new CJIS policy requires agencies and individuals who need access to the CJIS information network to have an Advanced Authentication […]

NXP Semiconductors implemented Identive Group’s Cashless Betalen mobile payment system in the employee cafeteria at its production facility’s in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Cashless Betalen works with Rabobank’s digital wallet to accept micro-payments when employees tap their mobile phones at payment terminals in the cafeteria. Identive produces the user interface and account management software platform for […]

German-based test equipment manufacturer COMPRION GmbH has launched Spectro TP, a smart card conformance test that supports GlobalPlatform’s requirements for ETSI SWP/HCI test case execution. The Spectro TP platform is a one-box product that covers ISO 7816, SWP/HCI, IC-USB contact-based cards and ISO 14443/NFC contactless cards. It will run tests for ETSI, 3GPP, 3GPP2 and […]

Smart Card Alliance’s Payments Summit will feature credit giants AmEx, Discover, MasterCard and Visa as well as Isis and the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) to outline U.S. EMV migration and global payments trends. The 6th annual installment of the Summit will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah Feb. 5-7 with pre-conference workshops to be […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the winter 2012 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 […]

McDonald’s Ireland is working alongside Visa Europe for the anticipated roll out of contactless payments in its 83 hamburger fast food restaurants dispersed across the country, according to Business and Leadership. Customers with contactless-enabled Visa credit and debit cards will be able to pay for transactions of €15 or less in all McDonald’s Ireland restaurants […]