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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.
FINO adopts Gemalto smart cards for India microbanking project
Banking Business Review - USA
Financial Information Network & Operations has introduced smart card technology with biometric authentication from Gemalto in India, ...
Presto transit card unveiled
Mississauga News - Ontario, Canada
"We are sold on the smart card, no doubt about it," she said. "This is a very great day for Mississauga, and I hope in the near future it will be coming ...
McGuinty Government Unveils New Fare Card
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
Mississauga Transit Riders First To Test New Smart Card MISSISSAUGA, ON, June 25 /CNW/ - Commuters will soon be able to tap onto transit with the new Presto ...
Gemalto introduces smart cards with biometric authentication for ...
Security Park - Winkfield, UK
The Gemalto solution conveniently and securely stores transaction records inside the smart card to enable microbanking and simplifies access to financial ...
UAE: Emirates Bank launches co-branded, contact-less card
Colloquy.com - Milford, OH, USA
Developed to provide high-speed payment of small ticket retail transactions, the card is a non-contact smart chip based credit card which will shorten the ...
V-Cash to make mobile payments easy in India
Contactless News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
E Cube India Solutions Limited is the pioneer in Smart Card technology and vending machines in India. With comprehensive and integrated solutions, ...
Turkish citizens to be issued electronic ID cards
Today's Zaman - Istanbul, Turkey
The fingerprint will only be stored on the card and not in any other database. Public institutions will not require any other smart card other than the ...
National Bank to Conduct Smart Card Pilot Project in St-Jerome
Marketwire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In line with the rest of the industry, National Bank will gradually start introducing smart cards in 2008 and has already announced its participation in a ...
Future Credit Card
Future of Things - Jerusalem, Israel
Most cards are still passive plastic with very little information stored on a magnetic strip. More advanced cards (smart cards) include a small chip which ...
tsys card tech introduces chip and pin secure payments to cyprus
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
... TSYS Card Tech has been successfully certified for Visa Smart Debit/Credit (VSDC) and MasterCard M/Chip. The first three banks to roll out EMV cards ...
Rail Cards To Get Smart
Kerching - London, UK
Web ticket agency Trainline have paid out £18million for smartcard giant AST in a deal which will pave the way for the introduction of train swipe cards and ...
Bahrain launches debit card payment for eGovernment services
AME Info (press release) - United Arab Emirates
"As a part of this program, major projects such as the Government Data Network (GDN), Smart Card and eGovernment Portal have been successfully launched to ...
Central Bank of Ghana to issue biometric smart card to all citizens
SecureIDNews (press release) - Tallahassee, FL, USA
Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc. has been awarded the National Switch and Smart Card Payment System tender by the Central Bank of Ghana. ...
Barclaycard deals OnePulse three-in-one
VNUNet.com - UK
Barclaycard has unveiled a credit card which also acts as an Oyster card and has contactless payment functionalities. The three-in-one Barclaycard OnePulse ...
Nordea selects Arcot Systems to improve online payment security
Computer Business Review - UK
The Arcot system, working with bank-issued smart cards and readers, will provide strong authentication for customers when paying online. ...
Toronto area hospitals make switch to Smart Cards
InterGovWorld.com - Toronto, ON, Canada
Veridin integrates security systems for buildings, involving card access, video surveillance, and alarm systems. The smart cards will be used by hospital ...
Australian minister hits out at smart card critics
InterGovWorld.com - Toronto,ON,Canada
The new Access Card is set to wipe out some 17 cards and vouchers inn use for various government services, including the Medicare card, across the "Human ...
Our e-passport system is world's best, Malaysia says
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - USA
The contactless smart card, which shares similar RFID platform with payment cards used by drivers for toll road payments, will offer the same ease and ...
POINT OF VIEW/ Hisashi Sonoda: Personal information cards pose ...
Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo, Japan
I am referring to the plan to allot social security numbers to all Japanese citizens and provide them with smart cards embedded with an integrated circuit ...
Korean Telco Signals Move To NFC
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
They also will be able to touch the phones to "smart posters" to download data. NFC allows phones to emulate contactless cards and also to act as ...
A Real One-Touch Solution
CIO Asia - Singapore
Across the world, more than five million retailer points of sale are now able to accept smart cards, so the march towards a cashless society is well under ...
City sees benefit on the cards
Scotsman - United Kingdom
In the Council at the moment, work is progressing to develop a "smart card" which will offer similar benefits. This is called the One Edinburgh Card and it ...
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