Russia launches smart card based on NXP’s SmartMX2 with banking, transport...
NXP announced with ALIOTH, a Russian government and payment cards solutions provider, the launch of a multi-application contactless smart card solution product called SCOne based on NXP’s SmartMX2...
View ArticlePresto moves to 99 perecent efficiency, OC Transpo issues 10,000 cards to...
Ottawa is moving forward with its new tap-and-go smart transit card fare system for OC Transpo, according to the Ottawa Citizen. Following numerous delays and technical hiccups, transit officials say...
View ArticleDelta improves inspection times for its flyable safety equipment
Delta Air Lines is using SmartMark RFID tags from William Frick & Company to address maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) needs for its flyable safety equipment. Using the custom RFID tags from...
View ArticleMTC examines retention times for Clipper card information
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is meeting to address the growing number of privacy concerns circulating around the Clipper card, the reloadable contactless smart card used for...
View ArticleSmartDebit responds to TfL’s one million journeys in London
SmartDebit, the UK direct debit payment processor, has responded to the recent news that one million bus journeys in London have been paid for using a contactless debit, credit or charge card....
View ArticleOSPT Alliance releases CIPURSE open security standards for NFC phones
The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced the availability of the CIPURSE V2 Mobile Guidelines, a set of requirements and use cases for developing and deploying CIPURSE-secured...
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Metro Transit reaches near record high smart card usage
Cubic Transportation Systems has recognized its Minneapolis/St. Paul customer, Metro Transit, for achieving near record high usage of its Go-To Card contactless smart cards in February 2013. The Go-To...
View ArticleM&S partners with Visa, 644 UK stores now equipped with contactless payments
Marks & Spencer (M&S), the British retailer headquartered in the Westminster, has completed the roll out of contactless payments to 644 of its UK stores, including its railway and airport...
View ArticleGemalto street survey in Dubai reveals growing desire for contactless...
Gemalto has published the results of a street survey conducted amongst Dubai residents, revealing an overwhelming appetite for using contactless technologies. Dubai’s enthusiasm extends beyond the...
View ArticleInfineon ships security chips to support Taiwan e-passport program
Infineon Technologies is supplying its semiconductor-based security chips in effort to support Taiwan’s new electronic passport program. This is the second major project driven by the government of...
View ArticleAwareness of contactless mobile payments more than doubles in just 12 months
Awareness of contactless mobile payment points and symbols amongst consumers has more than doubled from in just twelve months according to the latest Mobile Payment Index results from eDigitalResearch....
View ArticleSt. Albert moves forwards with smart transit fare system
The community of St. Albert, a suburban city in Alberta, Canada, has taken the next step towards its long pursuit of a smart fare system for the region’s transit buses, according to the St. Albert...
View ArticleBarclaycard illustrates growth of contactless payments in the UK with...
The Barclaycard Facebook page has published a series of infographics illustrating how contactless payments have seen a significant increase in frequency, value and availability across the United...
View ArticleWinnipeg’s preps for new contactless transit cards
Eight of Winnipeg Transit’s buses have now been equipped with electronic fare boxes, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The Friday installation brings the transit more in line with its much-anticipated...
View ArticleCTA, Pace installs Ventra pay pads at Davis station
The Chicago Transit Authority and Pace has installed Ventra pay pads at its Davis Street Station in Evanston, Ill. to prepare for the new transit fare payment system set to launch later this summer,...
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Sydney extends Opal smart transit card to trains
The New South Wales (NSW) Government and the Department of Transport (TfNSW) announced it is extending customer trials for the new Opal smart card system for public transport, according to Government...
View ArticleMasterCard gears up to deploy 410,000 PayPass terminals in Japan
Setting the stage to advance consumer adoption of contactless payment technology, MasterCard announced it will deploy a target of 410,000 MasterCard PayPass-enabled point of sale (POS) terminals...
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Gemalto elected for national eID card program in South Africa
Gemalto announced it will supply Government Printing Works (GPW) with the Sealys electronic smart card-based identification solution for a national identity program in South Africa. GPW will leverage...
View ArticleBarclaycard disputes concerns over contactless security
Barclaycard spoke out against the recent claims of fraud and phantom charges associated with using of contactless payment technology, according to thisismoney.co.uk. According to a recently published...
View ArticleCubic achieves PCI-DSS certification, provides transit operators with one...
Cubic Transportation Systems has achieved PCI-DSS certification for the latest version of its Cubic Payment Application (CPA 3.0), for transit operators to validate security for credit and debit card...
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