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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.

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.

Conference Program Focuses on EMV Migration, NFC Mobile Payments and Open Transit Payments

Princeton Junction, N.J., January 9, 2012–Senior experts from MasterCard Worldwide, Visa Inc., Isis, and PayPal will headline the Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit, the Smart Card Alliance announced today. The main conference will be held February 8th -10th, 2012 at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration and sponsorship information are available on the Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit event page. The events begin on February 6th, with a skiing-related social activity at St. Regis Deer Valley, and educational workshops on February 7th.

Comprehensive review of important events in 2011, including EMV, mobile payment, identity management and access security

Princeton Junction, N.J., December 16, 2011–From the acceleration of EMV and mobile payments to the advancement of open transit payments and cyber security initiatives like the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), 2011 has been a landmark year for the North American smart card industry. To commemorate the year, the Smart Card Alliance has issued today its first-ever “E-Yearbook.”

Princeton Junction, N.J., November 14, 2011–With several major cities actively pursuing open payment solutions for their transit systems, the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council today introduced a series of new educational resources on the topic, including a white paper, web resources, and LinkedIn group for industry professionals.

Princeton Junction, NJ, November 7, 2011–More than 600 government and technology sector leaders and 40 exhibitors came together at the 10th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference, which took place last week in Washington, D.C. The event brings together a broad spectrum of government users, policy makers, analysts and technologists in a collaborative and informative conference that includes the latest news on a wide range of government smart card programs underway.

Washington, DC, November 3, 2011, 10th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference–Passwords are broken, and key logging, man-in-the-middle, phishing, and malware attacks have made the industry’s reliance on passwords the soft underbelly of the Internet, according to Jeremy Grant, senior executive adviser for identity management at NIST and the manager responsible for creating the national program office for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).

The 10th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference, Washington, DC, November 2, 2011–The Smart Card Alliance today announced its 2011-2012 board and seven-member executive committee. Elections were held during the 10th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference, taking place this week through November 4th at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC.

Princeton Junction, N.J., October 28, 2011–The Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council today released a new white paper providing smart card guidance for the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) Health Identification Card Implementation Guide. The white paper provides WEDI-compliant smart card designs and includes a discussion of the features and benefits of smart ID cards for healthcare providers and payers.

Princeton Junction, N.J., October 24, 2011–Enterprises looking at options for secure physical and IT access now have a new resource from the Smart Card Alliance Physical Access Council, which just released a white paper on “The Commercial Identity Verification (CIV) Credential–Leveraging FIPS 201 and the PIV Specifications: Is the CIV Credential Right for You?” The white paper defines the CIV credential and describes benefits, best practices and technical requirements for establishing a secure, reliable, electronically verifiable identity program based on broadly-deployed standards.