Card Technology articles from October 2001

Card Technology archives from October 2001

Issue Date Notice.
October 1, 2001... October, 2001

One World, For Good And Ill.(Editorial)
October 1, 2001... Among the things I like best about this job is that I get to meet and talk with people from all over the world. That's because card technology, like other forms of technology, moves quickly around the globe. Smart cards developed in Europe are...

Inside TechWatch...(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... MasterCard Joins Visa-Led GlobalPlatform[acute accent] 8 Pushing Debit Payment Online 14 Card Technology Calendar 17 An Asian Hotbed Of Chip Card Activity 20 Regional News 22 Copyright c 2001 Thomson...

Attacks Spur Search For High-Tech ID Cards.
October 1, 2001... No one wants to profit from tragedy. But there is little doubt the terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11 will spur greater interest in personal identification technologies, including smart cards and biometrics. "Terrorism has...

Card technology calendar.
October 1, 2001... * Nov. 11-14: ICMA's Card Manufacturing Expo 2001-Athens For more information, contact the International Card Manufacturers Association at: Telephone: +1 609 799 4900 Fax: +1 609 799 7032 E-mail: infoicma.com Web site:...

Regional News.
October 1, 2001... Europe * Orga For Sale?: Apax Partners, owner of Paderborn, Germany-based smart card maker Orga Kartensysteme, is rumored to be considering a sale of the Orga unit. Reports last month in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said Apax may be...

Clearing The Way For New Card Designs.
October 1, 2001... When American Express Co. launched its Blue credit card in September 1999, the issuer hoped to not only usher in chip technology to the U.S. credit card market, but a new look, as well-translucent credit cards. Along with the chip, the Blue...

Shell Taps Potential Of Chip-Based ID.
October 1, 2001... In what is believed to be the first major rollout of smart cards using Windows 2000, the Royal Dutch/Shell Group's network security project has hit a few bumps in the road. But the groundbreaking project should serve as a guide for other large...

Why EMV May Not Spell Ironclad Security.
October 1, 2001... Issuers of credit and debit cards in many countries are mapping out plans to convert magnetic-stripe credit and debit cards to smart cards over the next several years. The single biggest reason for the switch is that chip cards make it more...

The Future of Cards in Payment.
October 1, 2001... As banks, telcos and merchants sort through the problems of making mobile and Web-based payment simple yet secure, they are finding new uses for the subscriber identity module card and, increasingly, making payment cards disappear all together....

A Hole Instead Of A Hub.
October 1, 2001... The United Kingdom has a vision of residents using a single smart card to pay transit fares nationwide. The big question is how long will it take before London can fully climb on board? Mass transit agencies in such major cities as Hong...

So Many Fare Gates, So Little Time.
October 1, 2001... Little wonder that the company responsible for introducing smart cards to London transit feels under the gun-it faces a huge task. By the time Prestige smart cards are massively rolled out in August 2002, Transys, the consortium implementing...