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
25 Oct, 2012French banks pilot biometric, mid-range contactless payments
Natural Security in a partnership with Banque Accord, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, Groupe Auchan, Ingenico and Leroy Merlin, announced a pilot that combines a smart payment card, biometrics and mid-range contactless communication. The pilot will be open to customers of Auchan, Leroy Merlin and other participating retailers in the Lille and Bordeaux […]
23 Oct, 2012HID Global completes Chinese office deployment
HID Global announced that its networked access controllers, contactless smart cards and readers have been deployed at the Anhui Wantong Expressway Building to provide multi-layered security with advanced access control level settings and centralized, real-time monitoring for every access point. The new access control system also enables area control and safety management for emergency evacuations. […]
23 Oct, 2012Contactless ticketing catching on at festivals
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival sold more than 80,000 passes to the four-day event in Manchester, Tenn. Bonnaroo is different from other multi-day concert events because attendees camp out at the site. Instead of issuing tickets and scanning bar codes, Bonnaroo tickets were wristbands containing 13.56 MHz contactless chips that concertgoers used to gain […]
23 Oct, 2012ConnectCard program officially starts next month
The Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pa. plans to begin the next phase of its conversion to the ConnectCard electronic fare collection system next month, when the transit starts issuing the new smart cards to some monthly pass purchasers, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Starting November, riders who buy monthly passes at the Downtown […]
23 Oct, 2012Dubai, ASK renews agreement for city’s multimodal ticketing system
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai has selected ASK contactless smart cards, through its client ABBA, for 4.5 million ASK contactless smart cards in support of the city’s advanced multimodal ticketing system. Nol Card is a smart card, based on NXP’s MIFARE DESFire chip, that enables commuters to pay for the use of […]
22 Oct, 2012Madrid metro upgrades to contactless transit cards
The Community of Madrid is extending the new public transport card to all users of the Standard Zone A Transport Season Ticket, replacing the magnetic strip season ticket with contactless technology for the over 350,000 users of this pass. This new contactless payment technology offers commuters convenient and fast access to the means of transport, […]
22 Oct, 2012Citi is first to bring contactless PayPass stickers to Hungary
Citibank Hungary is offering its credit card customers a MasterCard PayPass-enabled sticker, allowing them to make payments in excess of HUF 5,000 at PayPass terminals. The goal for the new PayPass initiative is to provide customers with innovative technologies that enhance payment speed and convenience. The sticker can be placed on the back of a […]
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