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ISCAN News
Each month, the international smart card associations who are members of the ISCAN network share smart card industry news with the Smart Card Alliance. Below are some of the highlights from recent ISCAN member newsletters.
KEYCORP IN WIRELESS PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR CANADIAN TAXIS
Keycorp Canada Inc. announced an agreement with Digital Dispatch Systems Inc. to introduce an in-vehicle solution for accepting debit card payments in Canadian taxis. The two companies have developed the solution, called SmartPay, to allow Canadian taxi companies to accept real-time payments using Interac, Canada's national debit card service. The solution uses a taxi's existing radio system to securely transmit wireless data to authorise card payments. Until now, Canada's only in-vehicle wireless point-of-sale solutions were based on cellular networks and required the merchant to pay airtime connection fees. Taxis could also accept manual credit card payments.
.................. Source: ACTion News, August 2004, ACT Canada
FIRST SMART CARDS DEALT
Australians will, from today, have access to a new-generation Medicare card which can be loaded with their personal medical history. The new Medicare smart cards will store basic information, such as childhood immunisation records, which could be viewed at Medicare offices or on the Internet. In the future, the cards will be linked to a central database so that when swiped at a GP clinic, hospital or in an ambulance the doctor or paramedic has access to the patient's medical history.
.................. Source: ACTion News, August 2004, ACT Canada
CONTACTLESS PAYMENT PROVIDER LOOKS BEYOND CANADA
Toronto-based Dexit Inc. is having preliminary discussions about expanding its pay-with-a-wave system beyond Canada. Dexit has formed partnerships in Canada with large organizations that have relationships with many consumers and merchants, including Bell Canada, mobile phone company Telus Mobility, and banks TD Canada Trust and National Bank of Canada.
.................. Source: ACTion News, August 2004, ACT Canada
MOBILE COMPUTING AT ACER IS SMART
Acer is one of the first companies to include smart card security with its high-end notebooks and tablet PC’s, thereby addressing the growing concern of data security among users of mobile computing. "The Acer smart card system provides a total security solution on TravelMate notebooks and their stored data."
.................. Source: The Smart Card Society of Southern Africa, September 2004
NETHERLANDS TO TRAVEL SMARTLY
A single contactless card provided by Axalto will power a Netherlands national transportation project covering all means of public transport – ferries, buses, metros, trams and trains.
.................. Source: The Smart Card Society of Southern Africa, September 2004
EUROSMART action on the future European legal framework on payment
Eurosmart members met DG Internal Market representatives twice in July to discuss the draft content of the legal document in preparation. Members explained their position and experience on security evaluation of IT products putting forward the advantages of introducing a common methodology for the security evaluation of payment products and components.
.................. Source: Eurosmart.com
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