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
31 Oct, 2012Canada releases new e-passport
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird unveiled Canada’s new e-passport, featuring new security elements. The passport will contain complex historical imagery on all of its pages that will be difficult for counterfeiters to duplicate, as reported on Before It’s News. The passports also feature digitally printed photos of the passport holder embedded into the passport […]
31 Oct, 2012FIME aiding Australian chip migration
FIME has been contracted to help eftpos Payments Australia Limited migrate from magnetic stripe cards to a contact and contactless chip card. eftpos started this project in early 2011 by developing its eftpos chip, which it piloted in October 2011. It continued enhancing the card, introducing Australia’s first contactless chip card in June 2012. This […]
30 Oct, 2012Cubic awarded contract to expand Clipper system in Warm Springs extension
As the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) takes its first steps to expand train service into Silicon Valley, it is also bringing its regionally interoperable Clipper Card payment system to its new customers. Warm Springs Constructors, the consortium that is building the BART Warm Springs Track Extension Project, has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a […]
30 Oct, 2012ICBC taps NXP for secure and fast banking card transactions
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has selected NXP Semiconductors for its SmartMX2 microcontroller to increase the security and performance of its banking cards. The new cards will have dual interface capabilities that enable both contact and contactless payments. NXP’s SmartMX2 delivers enhanced user convenience and speed of transactions that allow banks to offer […]
30 Oct, 2012Banca Monte Paschi Belgio, MasterCard delivers payment solutions to Belgium
Banca Monte Paschi Belgio and MasterCard will launch the PaschiCombo card in Belgium combing debit, credit, display screen and contactless funtionalities all into a single payment device. The PaschiCombo card is an all-in-one solution, offerings users a Maestro debit card on one side and MasterCard credit card on the other. The PaschiCombo cards also has […]
30 Oct, 2012OSPT Alliance approves first CIPURSE-certified products
The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance has certified the first two products to implement the CIPURS open security standard – a contactless security controller from Infineon Technologies and a CIPURSE smart card applet for NFC smart phones from INSIDE Secure. System integrators, transit systems operators and other transit ecosystem members can use these […]
25 Oct, 2012North Carolina university chooses Blackboard for contactless campus card system
Chowan University, Murfreesboro, N.C., has tapped Blackboard Transact to provide its campus-wide, one-card system that involves a contactless student identification card that can be used for both commerce and door access. The Hawks Card enables students a cashless way to make purchases, including dining hall meals, books and supplies and laundry services. The card also […]
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