Card Technology articles from September 2007

Card Technology archives from September 2007

Barclaycard's Surge Strategy: The Bank's acquiring arm called in 60 crack sales reps to fan out across seven districts of London.
September 1, 2007... At Barclaycard's headquarters in Northampton, England, late this spring, top executives were plotting their surge strategy. The London launch of contactless payment planned for the fall was not going well. Big merchants, wary of card...

Federal Agency Chief's Comments Could Clip Registered Traveler's Wings.
September 1, 2007... The smart card-based Registered Traveler program suffered a setback when it got a public rebuff from the head of the federal agency charged with airport security. Kip Hawley, administrator of the U.S. Transportation Security...

People On The Move.
September 1, 2007... INGENICO MAKES CHANGE AT TOP France-based point-of-sale terminal vendor Ingenico has named a former top executive with France's postal service as its new CEO. Philippe Lazare will take the helm from Amedeo d'Angelo, a former smart...

Newswatch: Americas.
September 1, 2007... WELLS FARGO TO LAUNCH NFC TRIALS U.S.-based Wells Fargo is the latest bank in the United States with plans to test mobile payment using phones that support Near Field Communication. The bank was to launch a small trial among employees...

Newswatch: Asia.
September 1, 2007... SINGAPOREAN BANK ISSUES CONTACTLESS CREDIT CARD Visa International has opened up what it hopes will become a new front in Asia for contactless payment, with its Visa payWave application running on a new credit card issued by Singapore's...

Ingenico In Talks To Acquire Safran's Payment-Terminal Business.
September 1, 2007... France-based point-of-sale terminal vendor Ingenico announced in late July it was negotiating to acquire the terminal business of French high technology and defense company Safran. The acquisition, if completed as planned by the end of...

Newswatch: Europe.
September 1, 2007... VENDORS ANNOUNCE CONTRACTS FOR GERMAN HEALTH CARD PROJECT Two more German health insurers awarded contracts this summer as part of Germany's massive health smart card project, including a 35-million-card supply deal for France-based...

Gemalto Reports Falling Sales, Further Details Of Job Cuts.(Financial report)
September 1, 2007... France-based Gemalto, the largest supplier of smart cards worldwide, reported second-quarter revenue fell by 6% to 397.8 million euros (US$522 million) on declining shipments of subscriber identity module cards for mobile phones and stagnant...

Calendar.(Calendar)
September 1, 2007... Oct. 9-11 Smart Card Alliance 2007 Annual Conference-Boston, USA Organized by Smart Card Alliance eventssmartcardalliance.org www.smartcardalliance.org Oct. 14-17 ICMA Expo - San Diego, USA Organized by the...

Orange Seeks To Make Its Mark On NFC: With dozens of NFC trials launched over the past two and a half years, operator group France Telecom-Orange attempts to move the industry past pilots by announcing a rollout of NFC services for the first quarter of 2008. But the small launch may not be the first in the world.(Near Field Communication services )
September 1, 2007... Mobile network operator Orange has confirmed it would quickly expand its launch of Near Field Communication services to other cities in France, then to Europe, following its planned "rollout" of NFC in the southwestern city of Bordeaux early...

Turkish Bank Shuns SIMs In favor of Contactless Stickers.
September 1, 2007... Mobile network operators may be gaining the upper hand in the battle over where to put payment applications on NFC mobile phones, but one Turkish bank said it plans to put up a fight. Garanti Bank, which launched Europe's largest...

The Race Is On.(briefs)(Orange Communications Inc.)(Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund )
September 1, 2007... France-based Orange was the first mobile network operator to announce plans for a rollout of NFC services-with a small launch set for the southwestern French city of Bordeaux in the first quarter of 2008. But France likely won't see the...

The Face Of A New U.S. Driver's License?: Washington state's hybrid driver's license project, incorporating RFID chips, could serve as a model for other states issuing more secure driver's licenses. But critics, including those in the smart card industry, contend the experiment is flawed.
September 1, 2007... The U.S. state of Washington expects to begin issuing its combined driver's license and border-crossing ID card in January as part of a voluntary program, but it may encounter a few obstacles in the road ahead. The pilot card is expected...

The Washington State Experiment.
September 1, 2007... Project: Washington state enhanced driver's license Launch Date: January 2008 Card Nos.: Not available Description: State officials will add RFID tags-not contactless chips-to that state's driver's license and offer it to...

Can Transit Hitch A Ride With Banks?: It's been talked about for years, banks putting contactless fare collection on their payment cards. Is this idea any closer to rolling forward?
September 1, 2007... With banks starting to aggressively go after small purchases, such as coffee, newspapers and fast food with contactless technology, talk naturally has turned to the idea of also collecting transit fares with bank-issued cards. With...

A Global Sampling of Contactless Transit Ticketing.
September 1, 2007... Location Project Status Number of Cards Issued* Projected Notes ASIA-PACIFIC Beijing, China Operational 12 million 12 million+ Covers almost all buses, and a subway line. Expanding subway lines, retail e-purse. ...

London Launch: Still on Track?: Banks and card organizations announced With Much Fanfare the coming of contactless payment to Britain this fall. But Big merchants are holding back. Will the launch fizzle?
September 1, 2007... British banks and international card organizations predict the United Kingdom will follow the United States as the next major economy to roll out contactless credit and debit. Backers plan to establish a beachhead for contactless in...

Turkey's Garanti Bank Puts Rollout on Hold.
September 1, 2007... Garanti Bank, one of Turkey's largest banks, also is one of Europe's most innovative financial institutions when it comes to using chip technology. It was among the first to convert its credit cards fully to the EMV smart card standard a...

Contactless Payment on the Continent.
September 1, 2007... Visa International and MasterCard Worldwide hope the planned launch of contactless payment in London this fall will spill over to the Continent, where contactless payment is only at the trial stage. Europe, which has been rolling out contact...

Advertising Index.(Directory)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Arthur Blank & Co, Inc. 18 Tel: 617-325-9600 Web site: www.arthurblank.com E-mail: abcoabco.com Assa Abloy/ITG 21 Web site: www.aaitg.com Collis 23 Web site: www.collis.nl Comprion 19 Web site:...

Contactless Payment in America.
September 1, 2007... Chasing Chase JPMorgan Chase's blink card represented nearly half of all contactless credit and debit cards issued in the United States as of last year. Blink credit cards outnumbered blink debit by three to one. Approximate shares...