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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.
Precise Biometrics establishes joint venture in China
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... to make, for example, safer payment transactions via ... leading systems for fingerprint and smart card - based authentication ... the integrity of ID cards and passports ...
Bank Leumi contracts with Sagem for secure smart card roll out
Finextra - UK
The EMV DDA cards will be the first of their ... technology reinforces the security of bank card payments by ... founded in 2005 to bundle the smart card expertise of ...
Plastic may swipe MetroCard's crown
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... director of the New York City Transit Riders Council, which has clamored for " smart card " technology in the tubes for years. So-called smart cards use computer ...
Three million facing card hurdle
BBC News - UK
... their banks ahead of the change and requesting a chip and signature card so they can ... Chip and pin cards aim to cut fraud by including a smart chip, which ...
Western Union to feel heat down Mexico way
Financial Times - London,England,UK
... an agent would want to have, whether it's bill payment services at ... the Pew Hispanic Center, bank deposits and ATM, debit or smart card transactions accounted ...
Watchdata ranks as leading SIM supplier to China Unicom
SecureIDNews - Reston,VA,USA
... Watchdata had shipped over 60 million smart cards in 2004, and was listed as the No. 6 smart card vendor worldwide (Source: Card Technology 2004 Annual Smart ...
Indonesian Government to roll out 4m employee IDs
Security Document World (press release) - Cardiff,UK
... This includes the chip-based E-ID cards , the terminals and readers for the smart cards , and the systems for enrolment and issuance, card production, key ...
Hong Kong banks using ACS smart card readers for two-factor ...
SecureIDNews - Reston,VA,USA
ACS reports that is has received orders for more than 60,000 PC smart card readers for use in two-factor authentication by Hong Kong banks. ...
An MMS Postcard from the British Virgin Islands - Enabled by ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... is a technology leader in the field of smart cards , providing smart card based solutions for the fields of telecommunications, electronic payment , health care ...
Smartcard pressure
Australian IT - Australia
... Contactless cards require a reader attached to the eftpos system. David Curtis, chair of the Asia-Pacific Smart Card Forum, says there has been a change in ...
Chips - Visa's new slimming aid for fat wallets
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
... credit card market is in for huge changes this year. Besides pre-paid Visa cards , the banks will follow the world trend and move towards so-called smart - cards , ...
Banks prepare for switch to smart cards
MyADSL - Melville,South Africa
... The new smart cards , which contain microchips, have been developed to global ... require a PIN code, similar to debit cards , which means a card should not ...
Airport security needs to drive biometrics
The Edge Daily - Malaysia
... planning, piloting or deploying smart cards with biometrics ... opportunity for biometrics (and smart card ) vendors. ... Biometrics and ePassport technology represents ...
Microsoft, RSA, Sun And Encryption
InternetNews.com - USA
... Consumer-facing support for smart cards and two-factor authentication in a range of devices, from a smart card to a USB plug-in to Bluetooth support, aren't .
Torino 2006 visitors use ASK contactless cards
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
... in the form of smart payment cards for public transport and road tolls, according to smart card supplier ASK, which has provided contactless cards for the event ...
Orange, M-Systems and Oberthur Card Systems Unveil World's First ...
TMCnet - USA
... one of the world's leading providers of card -based solutions ... including SIM and multi-application smart cards as well ... Payment & Services: 53% of 2005 revenues ...
Gates Pushes Smart Cards To Replace Passwords
PC Magazine - USA
RSA Conference 2006: Microsoft's chairman outlines a vision of a "trust ecosystem" and promises technology to untangle the password-management clutter. ...
Transit bets on ' smart ' cards
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
... Calgary, which is also studying transit smart cards , successfully tested a method of paying fares by cellphone last summer ... The smart - card technology is expensive ...
Gemplus supplies additional 1 million smart IDs for the US ...
Edubourse.com (Communiqués de presse) - Brie Comte Robert,France
... GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), a world leading provider of smart card solutions announces an order to supply an additional 1 million smart cards for the Department of ...
Smart cards advance in Canada
Green Sheet - Rohnert Park,CA,USA
... chip cards will bring unprecedented security, convenience and value to consumers and businesses. Canada's actions are a major step toward widespread smart card ...
South Africa: Banks prepare for switch to smart cards
Colloquy.com (subscription) - Milford,OH,USA
Banks in South Africa will be ready to start switching customers to more secure smart cards from traditional credit cards in the next few months having entered ...
OTI penetrates Costa Rica
Globes - Rishon Le-Zion,Israel
... a developer and marketer of contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for ... a wireless solution for petroleum payment management and ...
Labor worried about Medicare smart card
ZDNet.com.au - Australia
... Within two years, existing Medicare cards will be replaced with a new health and welfare smart card that will allow welfare and Medicare transactions to be ...
Canada: MasterCard moves on chip cards
Colloquy.com (subscription) - Milford,OH,USA
... The new cards will use EMV, the international smart card payment standard, and cardholders will use PIN numbers to authorize transactions on the cards . ...
StepNexus nets new acquisition
Security Document World (press release) - Cardiff,UK
... Hive Minded Inc -- creator and licensor of Nectar smart card .NET technology ... infrastructure behind more than 50 million MULTOS smart cards issued worldwide. ...
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