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PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., FEBRUARY 6, 2012–With Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled handsets poised to exceed 100 million in 2012, the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council today announced a new white paper examining how the transit industry can best make use of this popular new technology.

Amsterdam - Feb 2, 2012 - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, announces the availability of an approved EMV application which will be deployed by Diners Club Spain during 2012. Gemalto is providing Diners Club Spain with consulting and personalization services, in addition to Dynamic Data Authentication (DDA) payment cards that are compliant with the Discover Financial Services D-Payment Application Specification (D-PAS). DDA is a highly secure authentication technology whereby the smart card chip creates a unique signature for each transaction that allows banks to authorize transactions more securely. With the addition of Diners Club, Gemalto now supplies EMV solutions to all international payment associations, providing a complete portfolio of secure payment applications.

Banking card that facilitates easier payment and with added security features is also certified by “Groupement d’Intérêt Economique–Carte Bancaire”

Amsterdam - Jan 31, 2012 -Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces it is behind Crédit Agricole’s large-scale deployment of contactless EMV banking cards in France. The Crédit Agricole group is market leader in full-service retail banking in France and one of the largest banks in Europe. Gemalto is the first to market the highly secure Optelio contactless EMV banking card certified by GIE-CB (“Groupement d’Intérêt Economique–Carte Bancaire”) with optimized EMV risk management features for the French market.

PURCHASE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 30, 2012–MasterCard today introduced a comprehensive roadmap focused on advancing the U.S. electronic payments system.

Contract is OTI’s first in Panama and Builds Upon its Existing Secure ID Footprint in Latin America

Iselin, NJ–January 30, 2012 - On Track Innovations Ltd. (“OTI”) (NASDAQ GM: OTIV) today announced that the Ministry of Public Security of Panama has awarded OTI with a contract for the supply, design, installation and integration of systems to monitor and improve immigration verification processes and overall immigration flow. OTI expects to recognize revenues of approximately $6.9 million, with the potential for additional revenue in future years from follow-on contracts.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - January 19, 2012–The Bay Area-based Metropolitan Transit Commission has surpassed one million active Clipper® cards in circulation just 18 months after rebranding the card from TransLink to Clipper, making the contactless smart card fare collection system one of the fastest growing in the U.S. transit industry. In making the announcement, the agency credited the increasing number of participating transit operators as well as their collective customer education efforts for driving the growth, up 142 percent from the prior year. Cubic Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation (NYSE:CUB) delivered and operates the Clipper system.

Submissions Accepted Now Through January 23rd

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., JANUARY 16, 2012–The Smart Card Alliance is now accepting proposals for speakers and topics for the NFC Solutions Summit 2012. The Summit, held in partnership with the NFC Forum, will be held May 22–24, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, California. Speaking proposals can be submitted online to the Smart Card Alliance through January 23rd.

Video Contest Decided in YouTube Voting

SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 13, 2012–Cubic Transportation Systems today announced that Morgan Crossley’s Next Stop: EASY Surfing” video has been voted the national winner in its ”I Heart My Card” transit video contest.The surfer who catches Miami Beach waves by catching the bus with his EASY Card swept all three rounds to earn a total of $8,500 in prize money from the sponsor, Cubic Transportations Systems, which awarded a total of $13,000 to winners. The social media-based contest was open to users of the Atlanta Breeze Card, Los Angeles Tap Card, Miami/South Florida Easy Card and Minneapolis Go-To Card.

Verizon Wireless Smartphones Containing HID Global’s Embedded Mobile Keys Are Used to Open Doors Fitted with NFC-Enabled Yale Real Living Locks

Las Vegas and Basking Ridge, N.J.–From the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Verizon Wireless is collaborating with two ASSA ABLOY companies–HID Global and Yale Locks & Hardware–to demonstrate the benefits of smartphones carrying mobile keys. The demonstration in the Verizon booth (Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, Booth #30259) will show how Verizon Wireless smartphones, carrying ASSA ABLOY/HID Global Mobile Keys, can be used to open doors fitted with Yale Real Living™ locks featuring Near-Field Communications (NFC) technology.

Global agreement provides deployment of SecureKey’s online authentication and payment solutions on Intel® Ultrabook™ devices starting in 2H of 2012

Toronto, Canada. January 10, 2012 – SecureKey Technologies today announced that Intel Corporation will utilize SecureKey’s authentication technology as part of Intel® Identity Protection Technology (IPT) beginning on Ultrabook devices with third generation Intel® Core™ technology (code named “Ivy Bridge”). The agreement provides SecureKey with an opportunity to greatly expand the number of devices that will be preconfigured to support SecureKey’s authentication, identity and payment solutions.