Card Technology articles from January 2001

Card Technology archives from January 2001

Give A Little, Get A Lot.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Smart cards could be on the verge of big breakthroughs this year, from credit card issuers enticing consumers with sexy chip-based features to governments and corporations using smart cards to do business electronically. There's lots more, as...

Gemplus Goes Public And Seeks To Grow.(Company Financial Information)
January 1, 2001... Gemenos, France-based smart card manufacturer Gemplus International SA was expected to raise 450 million euros (US$393.7 million) in its initial public offering launched Dec. 11, most of it going to private shareholders. After two delays...

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS IN GEMPLUS.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... (Shares in millions, following company's IPO) Shareholder Shares % of Company Texas Pacific Group 159.3 26.1 Quandt family 115.5 18.9 Marc Lassus 94.5 15.5 Antonio...

Card technology calendar.
January 1, 2001... * Feb. 20-22: Smart Card 2001 - London Organized by Turret RAI PLC For more information, contact Martin Scott at Telephone: +44 (0) 1895 454438 Fax: +44 (0) 1895 454640 E-Mail: m-scott@turret-rai.co.uk Web site:...

In Brief....(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... MasterCard Matches Visa's $3 Smart Card: Visa International made a splash last fall when it unveiled a $3 smart card for debit and credit card issuers, and MasterCard International kept pace with its archival last month. MasterCard announced...

Smart Card Security Without Reader Hassles.
January 1, 2001... Many believe the smart card's true calling is to provide security for electronic commerce by storing passwords or secret encryption keys. The big problem is that few personal computers come equipped with built-in smart card readers, and they...

USB's GROWING PRODUCT LIST.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... (part 1 of 2) Company Name Ship Date Price Rainbow iKey Nov. 1999 $45 for first micro- Technologies processor token; $35 ...

Chip Cards Secure B2B Commerce.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Some of the world's largest banks have agreed to recognize each other's digital certificates and to store them on smart cards. The first projects using Identrus certificates are now under way. As a broker of airline cargo space,...

There Must Be A Better Way To Vote.
January 1, 2001... The disputed U.S. presidential election is sparking new interest in voting technology. Some voters already use smart cards, and chip cards will get a further look as part of experiments in Internet balloting. While U.S. citizens remained...

A Sampler of Electronic Voting Players.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Company What They Provide Global Elections Systems Inc. Manufactures touchscreen electronic voting Vancouver, B.C. equipment that uses smart cards Shoup Voting Solutions Inc. Manufactures touchscreen...

2001: A Smart Card Odyssey.
January 1, 2001... The boom in mobile phones that use smart cards for identification guarantees that 2001 will be a big year for smart cards. But the industry could really take off if key credit card, government and transit projects register successes. ...

Steady Growth ahead.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Year Units % Growth Revenue % Growth 1999 1,459.3 1,652.9 2000 1,651.8 13% 2,057.3 24% 2001 2,022.4 22% 2,765.3 34% 2002 2,385.3 18% 3,440 24% 2003 2,869.3...

Wait 'Til Next Year, Readers Say.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Smart card industry vendors are bullish on 2001, largely because of the soaring demand for the SIM cards that identify users of GSM mobile phones. But visitors to the Card Technology Web site, www.cardtechnology.com, are not so sure. ...

Stored Value Goes Virtual.
January 1, 2001... The business case for stored value smart cards remains as murky as ever. But some upstarts say the future of stored value is on the Internet-and does not necessarily involve cards. Stored value was touted just a few years ago as the...