Oberthur Technologies has choosen Collis as its preferred provider for EMV card personalization validation software. The aim is to standardise a common EMV card personalization validation software across Oberthur’s network. Collis’ EMV Personalization Validation Tool and Collis Personalization Validation for Production are examples of tools that will be implemented across Oberthur’s production facilities. The Collis […]

TranZfinity, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based company that provides NFC-enabled devices, has launched a mobile POS solution using NFC phones for merchants who require mobility in their transactions with consumers, such as street vendors or restaurant delivery services. Using an existing mobile phone along with TranZfinity’s Myztro, a smartcard reader that can attach to a cell phone […]

Collis has announced that Sagem Orga has selected Collis as its supplier for test tools in the areas of banking, e-ID, telecom and health. Collis’ test tools offer a means for testing products and applications. Whether it is in the area of banking–smart cards, contactless, NFC, ATM, Host, MasterCard, Visa– e-ID, telecom or health care, […]

Oslo’s NFC research team Touch has once again teamed up with London design firm BERG to create visual representations of RFID fields using LED lights. The project was created and carried out by Jack Schulze and Timo Arnall, who made specially designed LED probes that light up in the presence of an RFID field. The […]

INSIDE Contactless, a French manufacturer of contactless chip technologies, has launched a partnership with Adelya, a software-as-a-service company specializing in contactless and mobile loyalty and relationship programs, to enable consumers to conduct retail loyalty, ticketing, ID and other transactions using the phones they already have. INSIDE is providing Adelya with the technology to transform mobile […]

Etisalat, a UAE-based telecommunications services provider, Emirates NBD, a UAE bank, Gemalto and Visa have unveiled plans to offer mobile contactless technology in the region that will enable NBD Visa cardholders to purchase goods and services with their NFC-enabled mobile phones. Purchases will be charged directly to the customer’s Emirates NBD Visa credit card account. […]

The National Bank of Kuwait and Visa Inc. have partnered with Zain a telecommunications operator across the Middle East and Africa to launch a Near Field Communication mobile payment trial in the GCC, using NFC enabled Nokia 6212 devices. The six-month pilot will take place from October 2009 to April 2010. The trial will enable […]