Card Technology articles from December 2000

Card Technology archives from December 2000

Issue date notice.
December 1, 2000... December, 2000

Do What You're Good At.(Visa and MasterCard)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Visa and MasterCard occassionally try to act like technology companies, rarely with much success. MasterCard bought an automated teller machine network; Visa created a debit-processing service. In a notorious example, Visa lost tens of...

French Vendors Vie For Orga.
December 1, 2000... Card manufacturers Groupe Franois-Charles Oberthur and Schlumberger Ltd. are among three finalists bidding to buy Paderborn, Germany-based card maker Orga Kartensysteme GmbH, as consolidation among card vendors continues. The German...

Five Years Of Growth at Orga.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Sales Staff Year Marks* Year Employees 1995 109 1995 441 1996 181 1996 547 1997 231 1997 680 1998 301 1998 845 1999 390 1999 1,084 * In millions SOURCE:...

Give Us Your Opinion.(smart cards)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Visit the Card Technology Web site at www.cardtechnology.com and participate in our online survey. This month's question: Will 2001 be a breakthrough year for smart cards? * Yes. There are important credit and debit card, transit and...

Card technology calendar.
December 1, 2000... * Jan. 16-18: Omnicard 2001 - Berlin Organized by intime berlin For more information, contact intime berlin at Telephone: 49 (0)30 80 90 58 14 e-mail: officeinTIME-berlin.de Web site: www.omnicard.de * Feb. 4-6: Debit...

Card Numbers That Hackers Can Have.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Online fraud continues to inhibit consumers from fully embracing electronic commerce. In fact, 81% of 100 online merchants surveyed by Mindwave Research say their sales would increase if online shoppers were less concerned about fraud. ...

In Brief....(chip shortage in 2001)
December 1, 2000... Chips Will Still Be Short In 2001: The silicon shortage will extend through next year, say representatives of the smart card industry's largest silicon manufacturers, who warn buyers to expect tight supplies for many more months. The chip...

Online Merchants Finally Get A Break.
December 1, 2000... Major payment card associations, such as Visa and Europay, are rushing to offer new ways to take the risk out of online shopping with credit cards. Visa's Western European region has gone the furthest in making these programs worthwhile for...

Belgians Will Use Their Smart Cards For Internet Security.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... In most of the world, payment cards do not carry a chip, and issuers may be leery of Internet- authentication schemes that require consumers to have smart cards. But a smart card may catch on more quickly as a Web ID in Europe, where nearly 100...

A Card Can Know Too Much.
December 1, 2000... Consumers worry when smart cards carry too much confidential data. Issuers are finding less data can mean more acceptance. When Christopher R. Plouffe began a survey of smart card users in Canada in 1997, consumer privacy concerns were...

The New Banking Smart Card.
December 1, 2000... Competition for customers is keen and Web-based fraud continues to grow, meaning banks not gearing their chip cards for the Internet risk getting left behind. By just about every measure, the American Express Blue card-the first smart...

Survey Says: Blue Card Numbers Are A Hint Of Things To Come Of Things To Come.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Just more than half of respondents to a two-week Card Technology online survey predict Web-based banking smart cards will become popular, while a little over a quarter shot down the idea. The remainder, like one U.S.-based respondent, say...

Visa's Family Of Chip-Based Credit Cards.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Estimated Price EEPROM ROM Crypto Co-Processor? $3 16K 48K No $3.50 16K 64K Yes $3.80 32K 96K No $4.50 32K 96K Yes A crypto...

Good Odds, But Not a Sure Bet.
December 1, 2000... The remote gambling industry is intrigued by smart cards, yet many players are waiting until post time to get serious. ity the Indiana state lottery director's position: Jim Maguire watched helplessly as earnings tumbled this summer, leaving...

Complex Smart Cards Made Manageable.
December 1, 2000... Backed by Australia's largest telco, a major bank and a leading technology vendor, ECard has set out to show the world how to take the pain out of issuing and managing multiapplication smart cards. The Olympic bandwagon has rolled on, but...

Vital Statistics.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Company: ECard Mission: Service bureau for multiapplication smart cards in Australia Employees: 30 Chief executive: Chris Fendley Owners: Telstra, ERG Ltd., ANZ bank Capitalization: $US53 million, 30% in cash, the rest in...