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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.
Gemalto gets Interac certification for smart cards in Canada
ATM marketplace.com (press release) - Louisville,KY,USA
Gemalto can now provide FIs smart cards that can used with Interac's Shared Services, including Direct Payment, Canada's national debit-card service, ...
Liska Biometry announces alliance with Brazil's leading ID/smart ...
SecureIDNews (press release) - Reston,VA,USA
A New Hampshire biometrics company has entered into an alliance with one of Brazil’s leading smart card companies to help it provide smart ID cards, ...
SA banking set for smart technology
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
South Africa's four big banks are to roll out microchip-embedded smart cards this year in a bid to fight fraud and grow a cashless society - encouraging ...
Plan panel favours smart cards for disbursing subsidies
Economic Times - India
The concept of smart card has also been mentioned in the Integrated Energy Policy proposed by the expert committee headed by Mr Parikh. ...
UPA takes forward NDA idea: National ID card project rolls this ...
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is providing the cyber technology needed to make the smart cards work. To make sure that work progresses without a ...
WA commuters to get Smart
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan said that from today SmartRider cards would be available from outlets throughout the metropolitan ...
Welfare access card briefings
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... government plans to use private payment systems to ... Westpac, NAB, Visa, Mastercard and smart-card makers Keycorp ... shelf technology to deliver cards and services. ...
Smart credit card launched
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
The cards, also known as smart chip credit cards, are the next generation of credit cards and offer card-holders added security. The smart chip embedded in ...
Transport for London issues 10 millionth Oyster card
Finextra - UK
Transport for London says that more than 10 million Oyster smart cards have been issued since the e-ticketing system was launched three years ago, ...
The Latin American and the Asian Pacific Smart Card Markets have ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The report contains detailed data on Global as well as Country-specific smart card markets ie smart card industry value, smart cards shipments, ...
Contactless Technology Standards Headed Towards Double-Digit Growth
PR Newswire UK (press release) - London,UK
Contactless payment systems are fast approaching the tipping point of adoption within retail. After numerous pilots and deployments in the last three years, ...
Driving in Sri Lanka gets smarter
Security Document World (press release) - Cardiff,UK
... The new smart card-format driving licence will include a microchip containing ... integration with the country’s national ID card and the ePassport, as is ...
Gemalto to supply Turkish bank's contactless cards
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
... been contracted to provide Turkish bank, Garanti Bank, with smart banking cards featuring EMV technology, loyalty schemes, and a contactless payment capability ...
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