Intuit provided a pilot program in the U.K. that will enable small businesses to easily, securely and cheaply accept card payments from anywhere. The new Intuit Pay solution comes from the makers of QuickBooks and will include a free mobile app with a low-cost chip and PIN card reader. The Intuit Pay solution— being tested […]

VingCard Elsafe announced that Prague’s One Room Hotel has selected RFID security technology among its launch amenities. One Room Hotel will offer its guests VingCard Elsafe’s suite of RFID locking systems which feature contactless access control via RFID encoded communication and anti-cloning software. In addition to the RFID locking system, One Room Hotel has deployed […]

South African bank Absa has teamed up with payments firm thumbzup to develop Payment Pebble, a mobile payment technology. As reported by IT Web, the Payment Pebble is a smart card-reader device that connects through the 3.5mm audio PIN on a smartphone or tablet. With the reader, the phone is able to collect payments from […]

Convergence of physical and logical access credentials on to one card has often been compared to Bigfoot or unicorns. It’s talked about a lot but rarely seen. This had been starting to change in recent years as U.S. government agencies and a number of large corporations launched converged solutions. But the need to enable mobile […]

China Merchants Bank (CMB) announced that alongside partner Telco China Unicom, it will soon be providing an NFC-based mobile wallet app in Shanghai. According to an East & Partners report, the bank plans to launch the NFC-based solution as soon as December, with further plans to deploy the solution countrywide. Beginning next month, Shanghai residents […]

The Smart Card Alliance has announced the new members of its board and executive committee for the coming year. The board members include: Chair: Willy Dommen, Accenture Vice Chair: Garfield Smith, Oberthur Technologies Treasurer: Paul Legacki, Infineon Technologies Assistant Treasurer: Brian Russell, Giesecke & Devrient Secretary: Greg Garback, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Assistant Secretary: […]

Institution investigating mobile biometrics The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has lashed out at its banking competitors for their use of NFC trials, calling the efforts “expensive and complicated.” According to a report by ZDNet.com, CBA— one of Australia’s largest banks— trails rival banks ANZ and Westpac who have both deployed NFC payment solutions using […]