Card Technology articles from November 2005

Card Technology archives from November 2005

The EMV End Game.(electromagnetic vulnerability)
November 1, 2005... Dan Balaban's cover story poses this question: Why are banks around the world converting to smart cards if they cannot prove a business case? I think there are good reasons, and I believe they will lead the last and most important holdout, the...

Sagem Buys Orga To Create Fifth 'Major' Card Vendor.
November 1, 2005... France-based Sagem Defense Securite, a subsidiary of the large French aerospace, communications and defense-security company Safran, will purchase German smart card vendor Orga Kartensysteme, creating what many consider the industry's fifth...

Morocco To Issue National ID Cards.
November 1, 2005... Morocco's national security service, in what appears, among other things, to be an effort to curb illegal immigration from sub-Saharan Africa, plans to issue 20 million contactless national ID cards starting in 2007. The cards will be among the...

People On The Move.(Oberthur Card Systems has named Bertrand Moussel)(Bundesdruckerei GmbH appointed Michael Hegenbarth)(TSYS Prepaid Inc. appointed Cal Holman)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Oberthur Card Systems has named Bertrand Moussel as head of its financial services unit. He replaces Didier Serodon, who left last year to head Aspects Software...Pago eTransaction GmbH, the German acquirer and payment services company, has...

Bank Card Numbers Approach 1 Billion in China.(European Financial Management and Marketing Association Cards and Payment conference)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... The number of banking cards on issue in China increased by 13.8% during the first half of 2005 to 875 million, according to an executive with card-acceptance network China Unionpay. The vast majority of those cards, 840 million, were debit...

Calendar.(Credit card industry)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
November 1, 2005... November 28-29: Prepaid Cards in Europe 2005 - Le Meridien Piccadilly, London Organized by VRL Publishing Ltd For more information, contact Joanna King at: Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7563 5644 E-mail: Joanna.kingvrlpublishing.com...

Looking For Lower Contactless Prices In America.
November 1, 2005... U.S. banks and credit card companies are expected to issue millions of contactless payment cards and tokens in the next year, as they try to capture low-value purchases now mostly made with cash. The trend has created a lot of excitement in...

Gemplus realigns its management.(Gemplus International S.A.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... France-based smart card vendor Gemplus International announced it will move to a more geographic-based management structure, shuffling some of its senior vice presidents to new posts starting at the first of the year. Jacques Seneca, who heads...

Axalto to take part in Russian e-passport project.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Axalto, the France-based smart card vendor, says it will participate in the pilot phase of Russia's electronic-passport program. Goznak, the Russian Federation's national printing agency, will issue the passports. Russian citizens who travel...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2005... A story in the September issue of Card Technology incorrectly reported the type of disposable tickets that would be used in a Melbourne, Australia, transit ticketing project. Giesecke & Devrient Australasia will supply Mifare Ultralite versions...

A New Kind Of Get Well Card For Kids.(Children's Hospital uses chip cards)
November 1, 2005... A New York City hospital is giving kids chip cards that let them access information and entertainment. The cards may also store data about the patient's condition one day. When Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York City opened its...

The Brave New World Of Contactless Mobile Credit.
November 1, 2005... QUICK READ While the business case for contactless payment has yet to be proved anywhere, Japan's largest mobile telco, NTT DoCoMo, is moving boldly ahead with plans to launch its own credit brand on its contactless wallet phones. Banks...

NFC Trial Tests 'Smart Tag' concept.
November 1, 2005... In the most ambitious NFC trial to date, a small group of subscribers of French mobile telco Orange are tapping their handsets to charge purchases, check in and out of parking garages and downloading data and mobile Web addresses from "smart...

Losing The User Name And Password.( )
November 1, 2005... QUICK READ Two-factor authentication for online access to financial accounts could mean using smart cards as the second factor, or it could mean using something else. Financial institutions know they should do something about those...

A Wide-Open Market For Testing Electronic Passports.
November 1, 2005... More than 40 countries plan to start incorporating contactless chips and biometrics into their passports by the end of 2006, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization. They'll need to have those e-passports tested to make...

Pioneering Merchants Report Some Benefits From Contactless Payments.
November 1, 2005... QUICK READ Contactless payment cards are getting mostly good marks from merchants, who say the technology is saving valuable time at check-out counters. But data remains sketchy, and some customers and store employees still don't seem to...

The U.S. Contactless Payment Landscape.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... MERCHANTS COMMITTED TO ACCEPTING CONTACTLESS Merchant Type Locations McDonald's fast food 8,000 CVS drug store 5,400 7-Eleven...

Turning the Corner.(credit and debit)
November 1, 2005... QUICK READ The massive worldwide migration to more secure payment cards and terminals complying with EMV has sputtered and stalled over the years, but is finally picking up speed. Still, banks and other financial institutions have a...

EMV Barometer: Rollout snapshot in key markets.
November 1, 2005... (part 1 of 2) COUNTRY GAUGING THE EMV MOOD Australia Check back in 10 years China Olympic trials France Ready for an upgrade Germany Who says Geldkarte was a...

Advertising Index.(Directory)
November 1, 2005... ACT Canada 49 www.actcda.com Advanced Card Systems 32 www.acs.com/hk Amphenol 29 www.smart-card-connector.info www.amphenol.de Anteon CV2...

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Short on Innovation.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Banks Seek To Cut Risks European bankers are known for being risk-averse and recent survey results do nothing to contradict that idea. The survey of senior executives from 40 banks, three-quarters of them in Europe, shows they are mainly...