By Mohammad Khan, President and Founder, ViVOtech Inc. With the current credit-crunch situation in worldwide financial markets, 2009 will be a challenging year for many different industries, including ours. However, I see contactless payment rollouts to see positive growth in 2009 across all major continents. The good news is that we already have more than […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association advocating the use of Near Field Communication technology, announced that INSIDE Contactless has become a sponsor member and joined its board of directors. Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. also joined as Principal Member. In addition, organizations from across all segments of the NFC global ecosystem have joined as […]

By Randy Vanderhoof, executive director, Smart Card Alliance Looking into the future of the North American smart card market in 2009 and 2010, I see no signs for concern, with the possible exception that the current recession could be far worse than previous economic downturns. Having been professionally engaged in the smart card industry since […]

By Jeff Zander, Vice President, Heartland Campus Solutions Here is what Heartland believes it’ll be seeing more of in 2009 within campus card programs: Automated Web-based services, such as deposits, reports and purchases that require little or no staff, will see an increase next year. These automated programs are attractive for a number of reasons, […]

By Joseph Pearson, marketing manager for government identification, Texas Instruments Electronic credentials ranging from passports to national ID cards are making next generation debuts in many parts of the world. The European Union is moving forward with electronic passports containing biometric fingerprint data for extended access control. Many countries are developing multi-purpose national ID cards […]

By Tom Bell, vice president of Commerce Industry Relations at Blackboard During my time working on campuses and in discussions with campus executives it has become apparent that some interesting and non-traditional problems are being resolved through the effective use of the campus transaction solution. Today’s campus card program, like any enterprise system, does not […]

The Smart Card Alliance Contactless and Mobile Payments Council has rolled out a model that can help merchants involved with contactless and mobile payments calculate return on investment. There’s also an online discussion forum to ask industry professionals questions and post comments about contactless payments. Merchants can download the beta release of the merchant ROI […]