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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.
Auckland targets smart cards for transport integration
ZDNet.com.au - Australia
... Sydney commuters were promised a smart-card based ticketing project for the Sydney Olympics ... Also on the cards for Auckland, according to the documents, was pre ...
4 companies unite to unify smart cards
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
Four companies offering major electronic payment services, in which payments can be made by holding cards or mobile phones over a scanner, reached an agreement ...
Singapore government uses NXP's secure smart chip technology for e ...
SecureIDNews (press release) - Reston,VA,USA
... technology to power their ePassport programs, and ... its industry-leading secure contactless smart card chip technology. ... Any e-passport project must deliver both ...
Ghanaians in Singapore call for acceleration on National ID
Accra Daily Mail - Accra,Ghana
... work on the implementation of the National Identification Card to ensure ... being established that would make use of smart cards for the payment of medical ...
Brazilian Bank Plans High-Tech Debit Card
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
... owned smart card in Brazil with payment and online ... The card will use the Multos smart card operating system ... of which 100,000 are stored on smart cards or USB ...
Gemalto Supplies Electronic Passports To Denmark
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
... signed by Setec, a Finnish smart card manufacturer that ... some e-passports insert the contactless chip and ... it is involved in supplying e-passport technology to ...
Japanese Shopping Mall Trialing Nortel Wireless Mesh Solution as ...
TMCnet - USA
... The use of smart cards for transport ... infrastructure for transfer of IruCa card transaction data from the card readers in shops to the smart card’s central ...
Smart Cards Approved for OC Transpo
580 CFRA Radio - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Transit users will be able to use the cards to purchase monthly and weekly bus passes and tickets. OC Transpo suggests the Smart Card system could help limit ...
IBM bags payment project for S'pore transport network
ZDNet Asia - Asia
... will begin development of a new smart card e-payment ... When completed, the new e-payment system will be ... suppliers to issue the contactless smart cards, which are ...
Taiwan's biometric cards lead way in cutting health fraud
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... in fraudulent claims and stopped payment on an ... ran two pilot projects using smart-card technology to ... Cards were issued to Medicaid recipients that included ...
Smart move over e-cards
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
MANAMA: Bahrain's new smart card got the final green light yesterday, as the Cabinet approved the law stipulating its introduction. ...
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