Episode 144: Implanting an NFC chip
Credential Convergence Takes Hold in Key Industries
Health, finance lead charge to unite PACs and LACS
Ticketless, cashless Lollapalooza
NFC wristbands replace tickets and cash at mega music fest
Non-payment use cases for NFC
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
30 Jul, 2008INSIDE Contactless names Kim Madore to lead Canadian expansion
Contactless and NFC semiconductor manufacturer INSIDE Contactless, has appointed a new vice president of sales and development, Kim Madore, formerly with Giesecke & Devrient, to lead the French-based company’s expansion in Canada. In her new role, Madore’s goal will be to introduce products and build and maintain strategic relationships with customers, bank card issuers, card […]
25 Jul, 2008Contactless Cage Match: FTC meeting debates regulation of RF payments
By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Uniform standards for contactless and mobile payments and greater security were two of the suggestions made during a Federal Trade Commission-hosted Town Hall meeting in Seattle, Wash. yesterday. The session was co-sponsored with the Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic at the University of Washington and was designed to explore […]
17 Jul, 2008SCA: Collaboration model likely for NFC deployments
Banks, mobile operators merchants, handset manufacturers and others will have to work together if near field communication will be adopted, according to a research report from the Smart Card Alliance Contactless Payments Council. Eighty-six percent of industry stakeholders believe NFC-based proximity payments will be adopted, and it will happen with a collaboration model bringing the […]
17 Jul, 2008L.A. Metro awards Cubic $68 million in contacts for new gating, limited use tickets
New gates to prevent fare evasion and upgrading ticket vending machines to distribute limited-use paper smart cards are two primary goals of $68 million in contacts awarded to Cubic Transportation Systems by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The first contract, a $46 million lease agreement, is for Cubic to install more than 420 […]
15 Jul, 2008NFC phones to generate $75 billion in payment transactions within five years, says new report
NFC mobile payments, for low transactions anyway, are expected to exceed $75 billion globally in the next five years, according to a new study from UK-based Juniper Research. In the second report in its Mobile Payment Markets series, the company found that there is a “significant opportunity” for NFC mobile payment services, chips, phones and […]
09 Jul, 2008It’s more than just smart cards for Gemalto
By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor It’s not all about smart cards for Gemalto anymore. At one point, it was considered the largest smart card producer in the world. It still is, but that’s not what the French-based company wants to be known as. It’s now all about “digital security.” Of course it became known as […]
07 Jul, 2008BART riders get on board with NFC
By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor As interest in near field communication grows around the globe, so does the interest from transit agencies. The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco is an early adopter, examining the technology to see how it works in a transit environment. “BART is, in essence, the first transit agency […]
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