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International News
The Smart Card Alliance is a founding member of International Smart Card Associations Network (ISCAN), www.iscan.ca, an organization of international associations serving the smart card industry from the United States, Canada, France, India, China, Southern Africa, and Australia. Each week, the Alliance publishes an industry news summary that highlights international news about the smart card industry to its members. The following are some recent international news items we have distributed.
OTI wins Kenya contract for MediSmart card
Globes - Rishon Le-Zion,Israel
Smart is using the MediSmart card to provide a complete healthcare solution, including cards, readers and related software that are integrated with ...
DISUK launches iSecure encrypted backup data
SourceWire (press release) - London,UK
The iSecure product includes security management for creating, tailoring and deletion of smart cards and an operations management package for control and ...
Microcontrollers suit SIM cards
Electronics Talk (press release) - UK
'With more than 20 years smart card experience behind us, and world-class manufacturing capability, ST can ship these new ST21 devices in the high volumes ...
CARTES 2007 Show Features ID Tech and Mobile Transactions
ClickPress (press release) - UK
Recognized worldwide as the reference venue for digital security and smart card technologies, CARTES is a must-see event for the whole industry. ...
Smart ID Cards For Every Resident
XPRESS - Dubai,Dubai,United Arab Emirates
To combat fraud, the card will have a three-factor authentication – password, smart card and biometrics, a fingerprint or iris scan. ...
SAUDI ARABIA: TALKS WITH GULF STATES OVER SMART ID CARDS
AKI - Rome,Italy
The card will also replace the driving license, cash link cards, and health card. A smart card is a credit card sized authentication device containing a ...
Barclays To Issue Smart Card Readers For Home Banking
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
UK banks have issued more than 100 million credit and debit smart cards that comply with the EMV standard, the largest such rollout worldwide. ...
London to boost Oyster smart card uptake by giving away 100000 of them
PublicTechnology.net - UK
Passengers can store up to three different Travelcards or Bus Pass season tickets and "pay as you go" on the same Oyster card at the same time. Oyster cards ...
XceedID readers selected by Beijing Olympic Committee
SecureIDNews (press release) - Tallahassee,FL,USA
Golden, Colorado – XceedID Corporation, a leading global provider of contactless smart cards and readers, and Sino Security, a leading security equipment ...
Western European Banks Buy Lion’s Share Of Banking Smart Cards
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
The four largest banking smart card vendors worldwide say they shipped just under 55 million chip-based banking cards to Western European banks during the ...
Kingdom, GCC in Talks to Resolve Smart Card Issue
Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
The regulations specified that Gulf citizens would use a “smart card” instead. “Saudi Arabia objected to the idea of the current smart cards based on ...
Pasmo Card Is Popular In Japan
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
At least 3 million Pasmo contactless smart cards have sold less than a month after the product's launch by the company formed by Tokyo-area transit ...
Gemalto ID card works with old and new access systems
Security Document World (press release) - Cardiff,UK
The credential includes dual contact/contactless PIV card technology with proximity technology under license from HID Global Corporation. ...
The Issue Rate of China IC Cards Will Rise To More Than 75% in the ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
EuroSmart, the smart card supplier alliance, has forecasted in Nov 2006 that the global IC card shipment in 2006 would increase 27% to 3.285 billion and ...
HID Identity Launches iDIRECTOR Technology for Easy ID Card ...
Parking Network (press release) - Maastricht,Netherlands
The HID's software is being used for QI Systems QiWave contactless payment technology. QiWave contactless card readers provid convenient cashless payment ...
What Are the Key Growth Drivers and Opportunities in the Canadian ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Canadian smart card market is unique, both in the way in which the market is developing, and in how the supply structure is adapting to meet expected ...
Desjardins Smart Card to be Launched in St-Jérôme
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
Smart cards, also known as chip cards, contain a computer chip offering greater security and better protection against counterfeiting and fraud in case the ...
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