Card Technology articles from September 2005

Card Technology archives from September 2005

Is The Future Contactless?
September 1, 2005... This special issue devoted to contactless smart card technology illustrates just how far it has progressed toward becoming mainstream. It also illustrates the considerable challenges ahead. They fall into two main categories: technical...

Smart Card Vendors See More Growth Ahead.
September 1, 2005... The industry's three major publicly traded smart card vendors reported double-digit gains in sales during the second quarter and expect the trend to continue through year's end. The vendors, Gemplus International, Axalto and Oberthur Card...

Newswatch: Americas.(credit cards and their growth)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... U.S.-based smart card alliance launches Latin America chapter The U.S-based Smart Card Alliance has launched a new chapter to serve Latin America. Smart card growth in the region spurred the formation of the chapter, which will meet at the...

People On The Move.
September 1, 2005... Patrick Comiskey has been named Americas regional sales director for Omnikey, a German firm that makes smart card readers. Comiskey has worked at ACG Identification Technologies, Sidetran GmbH and Amatech USA...James Crotty and Brendan Walsh...

A New Focus and New Owners for Multos.
September 1, 2005... As Multos strives for a bigger foothold in ID cards and passports, payments powerhouse MasterCard International appears intent on playing a lesser role in maintaining and promoting the smart card operating system. A tentative agreement...

Newswatch: Europe: Finnish ID Card Now Runs Java.
September 1, 2005... The voluntary electronic identification smart cards issued to Finnish citizens are getting an upgrade. The cards, supplied by Setec, now part of France-based Gemplus International, will use Java Card software on a chip with 64 kilobytes of...

Newswatch: Asia.
September 1, 2005... Contactless Vendor Buys three Hong Kong suppliers Seeking to secure supplies as tap-and-go payment takes off, especially in the United States, Israel-based contactless vendor On Track Innovations announced last month plans to buy a...

The Fix Is In For EMV.
September 1, 2005... EMVCo, keeper of the international standard for chip-based credit and debit cards, this month plans to release the final specification for its common payment application. The application, known as CPA, will decrease costs and complexity...

Calendar.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 1, 2005... September 25-27: ATM & Debit Forum-MIAMI Organized by SourceMedia For more information, contact: Telephone: +1 212-803-6093 or 800-803-3424 Fax: +1 212 803 8515 or 800 250 1811 E-mail:...

E-Passports Debut, And Not Everyone Is Cheering.(electronic passport)
September 1, 2005... QUICK READ Some 40 countries are preparing to introduce in the next year or so new passports containing contactless smart card chips that carry biometric data. The aim is to increase border security, but the focus may be on such issues as...

California Threatens to Ban Contactless IDs.(Identification cards)(new bill to contactless smart cards )
September 1, 2005... Personal data flying through the air where anyone can intercept it. That's a scary concept, and the fear it provokes inspired a bill under consideration in California that would ban certain types of ID cards from using radio frequency...

Mobile Phones And Contactless Chips: A Natural Fit?
September 1, 2005... QUICK READ Japan's high-profile mobile wallet and the push behind contactless "NFC" handsets in the West are causing a number of transit operators, banks and sports clubs to take a hard look at incorporating the ubiquitous mobile into...

Contactless M-Commerce.(mobile commerce)
September 1, 2005... Transit operators, banks and other service providers see promise in delivering e-tickets and money over the air, which customers can spend with a tap of their handsets. PROJECT 1 Mobile Suica, Japan 2 Mobile Edy, Japan 3...

Payment on the Go: A New Era For Contactless Payment.
September 1, 2005... Since mid-summer, customers at 49 Arby's fast-food restaurants in Colorado and Wyoming have been able to pay for roast beef sandwiches and other food without digging into their wallets for cash or swiping their credit and debit cards through...

Contactless Cash: Trying To Tap New Markets.(credit and their notes)
September 1, 2005... (part 1 of 2) Banks, transit operators and telcos seek to capture a sizable slice of retail cash payments with contactless cards, tokens and phones. PROJECT ISSUER 1 ExpressPay, United States...

Contactless Payment: Secure Enough?
September 1, 2005... Contactless payment cards and tokens might speed consumers through checkout lines, but what about security? Could thieves steal contactless payment data from cardholders? A French banking card association says yes. This summer, Groupement...

Going Beyond Transit: Is The Fare Card Ready For Retail Payment?
September 1, 2005... Mass transit operators around the world continue to covet the retail cash trade, but none has yet been able to capture it. The latest planning to try is Transport for London. Hoping to build on its base of 2.5 million Oyster contactless...

Are Disposable Chip Cards Ready For Rollout?
September 1, 2005... Transit agencies rolling out chip-based fare cards to their regular customers are wrestling with the question of what to do with their occasional riders. If they could also issue a chip card to those riders, the agencies would only need chip...

Advertising Index.
September 1, 2005... Advertiser/Website Page Advanced Card Systems 10 www.acs.com.hk Anteon Inside front cover www.anteon.com Banksys 29 ...

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Sustained Growth: Healthy Returns.
September 1, 2005... The smart card industry's three large publicly traded card suppliers fed growing demand for subscriber identity module cards and chip-based payment cards during the first half of 2005. This follows year-end 2004 results in which all three...