Card Technology articles from November 2000

Card Technology archives from November 2000

Issue date notice.
November 1, 2000... November 2000

The Internet Changes Everything.(chip cards)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... If I had a dollar, or even a euro, for every European smart card executive who has complained about the slow progress of chip cards in the United States, I wouldn't need this job as editor of Card Technology. Europeans understandably have a...

Inside TechWatch...
November 1, 2000... Card Technology Calendar 6 Is Three The Charm For Gemplus? 12 Give Us Your Opinion 12 In Brief... 14 Copyright c 2000 Thomson Financial. All Rights Reserved.

Multos Faces Uphill Climb After Setbacks.(smart card system from Mondex International Ltd.)
November 1, 2000... Multos, the multiapplication smart card system owned by London-based Mondex International, has taken its lumps of late, with resignations of key staff members and a less than rousing show of support from Mondex parent MasterCard International....

Card Technology Calendar.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Nov. 29-Dec. 1: BAI's Retail Delivery 2000 - New Orleans Organized by Bank Administration Institute For more information, contact BAI at: Telephone: 312 683 2464 Fax: 312 683 2373 e-mail: infobai.org Web site:...

Give Us Your Opinion.(web-based banking smart cards)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Visit the Card Technology Web site at www.cardtechnology.com and participate in our online survey. This month's question: Will Web-based banking smart cards become popular? Yes. The success American Express has had in attracting...

In Brief....(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... AmEx Promotes E-Commerce In Europe: American Express Co. is fast spreading its bold Blue card logo across Northern Europe. The New York-based financial services company has introduced charge cards targeted at the 23- to 35-year-old crowd in...

Card-Friendly Cryptography Catches On.
November 1, 2000... An algorithm, the dictionary says, is a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps. A simple example is coding a message by converting each letter A to B, B to C, and so on. The algorithm to decode that message would be...

Smaller Keys, Faster Transactions.(public key encryption)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... RSA key size ECC key Size Ratio 512 106 5:1 768 132 6:1 1,024 160 7:1 2,048 210 10:1 21,000 600 35:1 Size of elliptic...

Millions Of Cardholders Can't Be Wrong.(smart card technology)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... Smart card advocates argue that the security demands of the Web demand the replacement of magnetic-stripe cards with chip cards. But a card manufacturer contends that the mag-stripe will flourish in the Information Age. Mag-stripe cards...

B2B's Global Guardian Sets Up Shop.
November 1, 2000... How does a manufacturer in Stuttgart know he can trust an e-mail bid from a supplier in Hong Kong? Identrus has gathered some of the world's largest banks into a network that will vouch for companies around the globe. Banks often supply...

More Governments Hoist The smart Card.
November 1, 2000... Government smart card projects often face delays due to privacy concerns and cost. But these projects can serve as massive showcases for the latest in chip card technology. Considering that governments can move at a glacial pace and that...

Defense Department Project Revives Faith In Government Role.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Will government agencies play a major role in putting smart cards into the hands of millions of citizens? That question was posed by the Card Technology Web site (www.cardtechnology.com) in September. For a few weeks responses were evenly...

Government Smart Card Projects Around The World.(Illustration)
November 1, 2000... (part 1 of 2) Country Project description Germany Health card Belgium SSI health card Spain TASS benefits card; ...

Stretching The Limits of Loyalty.(chip-based loyalty vendors)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2000... Chip-based loyalty vendors are flocking to the traditionally chip-resistant United States, determined to show that smart cards can raise loyalty programs to new heights. At first blush, the United States would not seem to be a logical...

Vendors Fight Over Who Owns Loyalty.(Catuity, Welcome Real-time case)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Credit card issuers in the United States finally are beginning to add chips to at least some of their cards (Card Technology, October 2000), and chip-based loyalty vendors are bracing for a fight over new customers. But first, the promoters of...

New Technology For A New Society.(South Africa using smart cards)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... South Africa is going through a period of fundamental change. Both the national government and the largest banks have decided that smart cards fit into their vision of the post-apartheid era. South Africa's unique history created a divided...