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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.
Smart Card Technology
Banktech - USA
... International Expansion: Issues of fraud notwithstanding, smart card use in other countries will create pressure in the US to move to smart cards. ...
Sky credit card plans for second slot
Informitv - UK
... support broadcasters in deploying channel branded loyalty cards that reward ... Meanwhile, a French company TV Card launched their own smart card concepts at ...
Combating card fraud
SC Magazine - London,UK
... where the card itself has been stolen. Ironically, another reason CNP fraud is on the increase is because of the advent of EMV smart cards -- a technology ...
CHILD-TRACKING SYSTEMS, Do you know where your kid is?
Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo,Japan
... These smart cards enable parents to track what time their children enter and leave the ... Card readers were also installed on a trial basis at some other schools ...
EU plans centralised visa system
EUobserver.com - Belgium
... Some still support having a 'smart card' which would carry all the biometric ... However, smart cards, which would have a chip, could cause "interference" with ...
ID card bonanza for foreign firms
This is London - London,England,UK
... Holland's Philips is one of the largest manufacturers of smart cards of the type ... Schlumberger, have been in charge of the Home Office's ID card pilot scheme. ...
Airport Biometrics Preparing To Take Flight In France
Information Week - USA
... s-Travel program, to test use of biometrics, smart cards, and digital ... Socit Internationale de Tlcommunications Aronautiques (SITA), smart-card maker Gemplus ...

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