Card Technology articles from October 2003

Card Technology archives from October 2003

Honoring The Problem-Solvers.(Card Technology Breakthrough awards planned)
October 1, 2003... Smart cards and biometrics are new technologies with the potential to solve important problems. For instance, it would be harder for a criminal to obtain a driver's licenses in someone else's name if he had to provide a fingerprint when...

A New Name Is Just The Start At Schlumberger.(smart cards, technology unit renamed Axalto)
October 1, 2003... What's in a name? Plenty, it seems, if you're planning to spin off or, possibly, sell your smart card business. Late last month, oilfield and IT services company Schlumberger Ltd. was to rename its France-based Smart Cards & Terminals unit...

Axalto.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... (formerly Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals) Headquarters: Montrouge, France Parent: Schlumberger Ltd., New York Employees: 4,500 2002 revenue (est.): $750 million* 2001 revenue (est.): $740 million* * Includes...

Seoul To Overhaul Its Pioneering Transit Card.(contactless fare collection system)
October 1, 2003... Seoul, South Korea The Seoul city government and local and regional transit operators have selected the vendor consortium that will roll out a new fare collection system starting next year, substantially restructuring the world's first...

Consortium Members.(Seoul, South Korea contactless fare collection system for local transit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Prime contractor: LG CNS (LG Group) Credit Card Companies: Kookmin Card, BC Card, LG Card, Hyundai Card Mobile Network Operators: SK Telecom, KT Freetel, LG TeleCom Chip makers: (Type A Mifare) Philips Semiconductors, Infineon...

Industry Briefs.
October 1, 2003... Alliances Three of Europe's largest national payment card transaction processors last month announced an alliance to become more competitive and to fend off challenges from such U.S.-based card processors as First Data Resources and Total...

Card Technology Calendar.(Calendar)
October 1, 2003... Nov. 9-12: Card Manufacturing Expo 2003-Cancun, Mexico Organized by the International Card Manufacturing Association For more information, contact Shannon Gumpper at: Telephone: +1 609 799 4900, ext. 64 Fax: +1 609 799 7032 ...

Regional News.
October 1, 2003... Asia/Pacific Australia To Expand A Biometrics Trial: The Australian Customs Service plans to expand its test of biometrics for speeding frequent travelers through airport checkpoints, building on an ongoing trial with Qantas Airways crew...

Canada: On The Brink Of Big Advances.
October 1, 2003... Canada has tested smart cards in several applications over the past decade. But now the country could be poised for its biggest projects ever, especially in banking and government. Chip cards have been used successfully in Canada for some...

Canada's Mobile Phone Operators.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
October 1, 2003... Company Total customer Chip-based Other Rogers ATT 3.8 million 2 million 1.8 million Microcell Fido 1.1 million 1.1 million 0 Telus Mobility 3 million NA ...

Korean Telcos And Card Companies Clash Over Mobile Commerce.
October 1, 2003... For as long as wireless network operators have talked about enabling customers to buy stuff using their mobile phones, banks have worried about losing payment card profits. Telco operators and bankers have yet to fight the battle most observers...

KT Pushes Forward With Multiapplication Card Project.(KT Corp.)
October 1, 2003... KT Corp., South Korea's giant fixed-line telco and broadband Internet service provider, says its ambitious multiapplication smart card project is on track, despite some tension between the telco and its partners on the project-three of the...

Fingerprints Are Missing From Chinese National ID Card.(biometrics will not be incorporated)
October 1, 2003... The Chinese government has decided against including biometrics in its chip-based national ID card project, which it plans to launch as early as January, Card Technology has learned. Although most national ID card projects being planned...

Fraud And The Case For Smart Cards.(credit and debit cards)
October 1, 2003... Fraud rates vary widely from one country to the next, leading some markets to switch to chip cards while others stick with the magnetic stripe. On both sides of that great divide, issuers and merchants face big decisions. If there is one...

Liability Shift Deadlines.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... MasterCard Europe and South Africa Jan-05 South Asia, Mideast and Africa Jan-06 Asia/Pacific Jan-06 Latin America and Caribbean Jan-05 North America None...

Fraud In The Post-Chip World.
October 1, 2003... The transition to chip will begin with a period when cards are issued with both a magnetic stripe and a chip. Even in Europe and Asia where chip cards are beginning to be mandated, this transition is expected to last for years. In the United...

The Growing Market For Smart Card Readers For PCs.
October 1, 2003... The reader that creates the link between PC and smart card has been a fairly simple device up until now. Some vendors are hoping new security and convenience features will help their products stand out. More organizations want to use smart...

Vendors of PC Smart Card Readers.(Directory)
October 1, 2003... Company: Advanced Card Systems, Ltd. Headquarters, Web address: Hong Kong; www.acs.com.hk Description: Founded in 1995, ACS supplies a variety of smart card readers for PCs, including PCMCIA readers, standalone peripheral readers and...