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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.
Oyster cards on rail by 2009
IT PRO - London,Greater London,UK
The smart contactless payment card launched by London Transport is finally extending its reach to London main rail firms within the next two years, ...
Hothead: Bring Octopus home
HardNews Magazine - New Delhi,India
The Octopus card is the best example of this integration. A rechargeable, contactless, stored value smart card used to transfer electronic payments in ...
Gemalto sees card fraud driving IT security adoption
Business News Americas - Santiago,Chile
In 1987 France was the first country to use smart cards and in 2000 frauds went down to almost zero. But fraud migrated to other countries, such as England
Transport cash card plan axed
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A PLAN for Victoria's new smartcard ticketing system to double as a cash card has been shelved after Government intervention. ...
Paying for goods - on the fly
Globe and Mail - Canada
Instead of magnetic strips, contactless cards contain chips that store and encrypt data. Contactless payment is primarily aimed at small purchases of $20 or ...
Interac to begin testing anti-fraud debit card
CTV.ca - Canada
The technology is already in use in France, where card fraud has fallen eight per cent since the smart cards were introduced. While the cards have already ...
Australian commuters transition to smart card system
SecureIDNews (press release) - Tallahassee,FL,USA
Australian commuters will soon transition from 10-trip fare saver tickets to smart cards for bus and ferry travel. The smart card system - where users will ...
Keyboard integrates smart card reader
Electronics Talk (press release) - UK
Cherry Electrical Products has introduced the G83-6644 keyboard with an integrated PC/SC smart card reader. The cost-effective keyboard allows users to ...
Major initiative by Malaysian firm towards e-governance
Hindu - Chennai,India
Imagine holding a 'Smart Card' the size of a normal business card and do a variety of functions from access control, to e-banking, to paying utility bills, ...
Systems Glitch Hits Hundreds of Tokyo Stations
PC World - USA
The contactless smart card system interoperates between different companies and allows passengers the ability to travel on almost all trains, ...
12 - NBI's ATM-like smart card for distressed seamen
Balita.org - Minsterley,England,UK
A: The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) now offers a smart card that works like a bank ATM card. Next time, you go to the NBI-Carriedo office (for our ...
BPI card unit looking to expand base to 1-million cardholders
ABS CBN News - Philippines
Go said they expect growth to be boosted by the launch of the company's smart card as well as the offering of more rewards and convenience buying through ...
Certicom Opens Design Center in the Heart of Silicon Valley to ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
It will also address new markets including secure RFID technologies (contactless smart cards, wireless utility networks), industrial/sensor networks ...
GlobalTester V1.2.7 Released
SDA India Magazine - Singapore
It is based upon the CardContact Smart Card Shell and supports the Global Platform standards (www.globalplatform.org). GlobalTester is provided as Open ...
Gemalto Provides Web Services to SEB's German Affiliate for ...
WELT ONLINE - Germany
Gemalto’s CardLikeMe makes it extremely simple for SEB customers to design a unique credit card with a personal illustration. Once users have uploaded their ...
All Visa payWave Contactless Cards in Asia to be Equipped with A ...
Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Singapore, Singapore, 10/21/2007 - All Visa payWave contactless cards in Asia will soon be equipped with a new card applet from ...
Govt planning to introduce multi-use smart ID cards
Times of India - India
The authority will establish security infrastructure to make the card tamper-proof. The authority will ensure that smart cards are protected from ...
EZ-Link and StarHub Launch Near-Field Communications Phone Trial
Wireless Design & Development Asia - Singapore
Being one of the developers of the NFC technology, Sony aims to further expand the adoption of contactless smart card applications in mobile devices to ...
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