Card Technology articles from June 2002

Card Technology archives from June 2002

Money Talks.(smart card industry show provides glimpse of state of industry)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... CardTech/SecurTech, put on each year by Thomson Media, the parent company of Card Technology, is one of two major annual events of the smart card industry, along with the Cartes show each fall in Paris. The buzz at such gatherings provides a...

Are Smart Cards Secure?(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Two high-profile labs made news last month with claims that they had cracked smart cards. But smart card industry executives mostly shrugged off the reports. "These guys are as academic as the day is long," says U.S. payment card industry...

Card Technology Calendar.
June 1, 2002... June 23-25: European Campus Card Conference-Waterford, Ireland Organized by Waterford Institute of Technology For more information, contact Sinead Nealon at: Telephone: +353 51 302717 Fax: +353 51 302743 e-mail: snealonwit.ie...

Regional News.(smart card industry news)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Asia/Pacific * DoCoMo To Deploy PKI-Ready SIMs: Japanese wireless network operator NTT DoCoMo intends to use subscriber identity module smart cards to store private encryption keys as part of a public key infrastructure. The PKI-enabled...

A Hot New Number In Access Control.
June 1, 2002... Aiming to make life easier for the beleaguered air traveler, Finnair in February began offering corporate customers a contactless smart card called MultiFLYe. With the card, a customer whose corporation has prepaid for tickets on specified...

A Comparison of Contactless Technologies.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... (part 1 of 2) Type Frequency Data Rate HID prox 125 kHz 2.4 15693 13.56 MHz 26 14443 13.56 MHz 848 (part 2 of 2) Maximum Memory...

Biometrics Touch Down At Major Airports.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Biometric projects are under way at a growing number of airports, providing real-world tests of these still-developing identification technologies for government and airline officials who remain on a heightened state of alert since Sept. 11....

An Elusive Pot Of Gold.(point-of-sale terminals)
June 1, 2002... The worldwide shift from magnetic-stripe cards to smart cards should mean a bonanza for manufacturers of point-of-sale terminals. But in most of the world that bonanza has yet to materialize. Manufacturers of point-of-sale terminals are a...

Many terminal vendors see modest growth.(number of point of sale system and chip card terminals for certain firms)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... (part 1 of 3) Company Headquarters Ingenico** Puteaux, France Hypercom Phoenix, AZ VeriFone Santa Clara, CA Thales Salisbury, UK ...

A Guide To Managing Multiapplication Cards.(Column)
June 1, 2002... It is fast becoming practical for issuers to offer smart cards they can upgrade in the field and that consumers can personalize to their tastes. But this requires a new class of products to keep track of the current status of each card. Here is...

Brazil's Banks Break New Ground.(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Some of the world's most ambitious multiapplication smart cards are planned for Brazil, where a handful of banks see chip cards as a way to gain market share. Many competitors are taking a wait-and-see approach. Banks in several European...