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International News
The Smart Card Alliance is a founding member of International Smart Card Associations Network (ISCAN), an organization of international associations serving the smart card industry. Each week, the Alliance publishes an industry news summary that highlights international news about the smart card industry. The following are some recent news items we have distributed.
Global e-government
ElectricNews.net - Dublin,Ireland
... provider e- Smart Technologies has launched its Super Smart Card in the ... be used as e-government ID cards and as payment cards for mass ... "The e- Smart -MYbi system ...
Superbrands case studies: American Express
Design Bulletin - London,UK
... its base by introducing its first credit card in the UK and three years later delivered the payment industry's first nationwide roll-out of smart cards in the ...
ORGA gains foothold in Turkey's banking market
SecureIDNews - Reston,VA,USA
... In addition, ORGA accompanies banks migrating from magnetic stripe cards to the highly secure smart card with an extensive range of consulting and training as ...
Giesecke & Devrient targets Italian smart card market
Finextra - UK
... the Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI) that determine that all debit cards are to be sequentially switched from magnetic stripe to smart card technology by ...
The ID card and the ‘Mother of all Databases'
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
... The new Medicare " smart cards " could include a photograph of the holder on the front of the card , or stored on an embedded microchip, and its use may be ...
Dexit confirms UK transit bid
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... TfL's existing smart card ticketing payment system. According to TfL, with 2.2 million users, Oyster has the largest customer base of all smart cards in the ...
Jakarta mulls use of smart card
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
JAKARTA: The city administration is considering replacing identity cards with an integrated smart card that would contain the holder's personal information ...
UAE opens first EMV Centre
Middle East North Africa Financial Network - Middle East
... all components in a smart card solution, namely-chip, card , operating system and application software, terminals, personalisation of cards , network interface ...
OMNIKEY sponsors German e-purse association, Initiative GeldKarte
MoreRFID (press release) - TX,USA
... accept the GeldKarte as a method of payment or provide ... the dissemination of news and information about chip cards . ... spans the value chain of smart card and RFID ...
Keep laptop data secure
Techworld.com - London,UK
... Smart cards are the best bet for additional access controls beyond the system log-in. Major laptop vendors already offer integrated card readers as an option. ...
OTI contract for Israel's nationwide parking system extended for ...
Contactless News (press release) - Aldie,VA,USA
... develops and markets secure contactless microprocessor-based smart card technology to ... product solutions for petroleum payment systems, homeland ...
Transit smart cards delayed two years
940 News - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Public transit users in the Montreal area will have to wait an extra two years before using smart cards to ride the bus and metro. ...
Taishin International Bank to Launch JCB Brand Card in Taiwan
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
... will be aggressively promoting the new card through newspaper ... 1993, and began issuing JCB cards for Taiwan ... is active in major contactless smart card projects in ...
Brisbane, Australia TransLink Begins Field Testing for Pilot for ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... focus group will use the system, employing contactless smart cards . ... "The commencement of the smart card pilot was an ... of stored value smart cards , this project ...
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