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August 2007 • Volume 12 Number 8 |
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Member News Smart Card Alliance Creates Comprehensive Merchant Guide to Contactless Payments Implementation Merchant guide and presentation available free at Alliance Web site PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ, August 27, 2007–Consumers love the speed and convenience of contactless payments, and merchants are increasingly recognizing that contactless payments can help service more customers while increasing their satisfaction and loyalty. It is common, though, for merchants to have questions about how to begin accepting contactless payments. [ read the full release ] Bell ID and TechTrex Inc. announce cooperation agreement Rotterdam, 16th August 2007–Bell ID and TechTrex Inc. today jointly announced a cooperative agreement. The companies’ activities under the agreement will focus primarily on promoting Bell ID’s state of the art system, ANDiS, in the emerging Smart Card Management System (SCMS) market in China. [ read the full release ]
PURCHASE, N.Y., (BUSINESS WIRE)–MasterCard Worldwide and VeriFone Holdings (NYSE: PAY) today announced that New York City (NYC) taxis are accepting MasterCard® PayPass™. Certain NYC taxis began accepting PayPass in June and more than 5,000 NYC taxis are anticipated to accept PayPass by December 2007. MasterCard is the global leader in contactless payments, with more than 16 million PayPass cards and devices in use at more than 55,000 merchant locations worldwide as of Q2 2007. MasterCard is leading the introduction of cashless payments to transit environments around the world, including subway systems, buses, ferries, parking lots, tolls and taxis. [ read the full release ]
SOMERSET, N.J., August 15, 2007–Raritan today announced the general availability of the first smart card reader solution for a KVM switch. The new Paragon® II KVM Smart Card Reader solution is ideal for government, financial and other organizations that want an additional layer of security provided by smart card user authentication technology for accessing IT resources. [ read the full release ]
PURCHASE, NY, August 7, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide and USA Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: USAT) today announced the installation of a record number of cashless payment terminals into Coca-Cola Enterprises vending machines in several markets nationwide. With this innovative move, consumers in several U.S. markets will no longer have to dig for coins or have exact change to purchase their favorite Coca-Cola products from a vending machine. [ read the full release ]
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA–InfoGard (http://www.InfoGard.com) has achieved FIPS 201 General Services Administration Evaluation Program (EP) Lab Approval, making them the second IT security lab in the United States to provide Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12) evaluations for the GSA. This distinction will allow customers to achieve the certifications and approvals necessary to sell their respective FIPS 201 compliant IT products and services to Federal Agencies. [ read the full release ]
Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Arlington, VA, Aug 7, 2007–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced Live Provisioning, a feature within the Protiva strong authentication solution that enables enterprise security managers quickly and easily deploy new strong authentication devices or re-use existing ones. This comprehensive solution provides enterprises with a safe and simple way to secure remote access to networks, applications and documents. [ read the full release ]
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