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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.
Innovative Smart Card Solutions Hiking Market Revenues in Brazil
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Etcharran. "The subscriber identity module (SIM) cards account for over 60 percent of the total smart card market revenues.". Smart ...
JUTC Smart Card now available at post offices
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
... is lost, it can be replaced, and the remaining value is transferred to the replacement card. He added that the post offices offering Smart Cards were selected...
Australia photo ID card for benefits due by 2010
Workpermit.com - UK
... The new "smart card" will contain "enhanced security," very much like the current biometric passports, identity cards and visas currently being introduced by ...
G&D to set up SIM card production in India
Eetasia.com (subscription) - USA
... & Devrient (G&D), a supplier of smart card ICs and ... market with Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards for mobile communications and with payment cards. ...
MULTOS laboratory opens its doors in Saudi
Security Document World (press release) - Cardiff,UK
... tools, dual interface readers and MULTOS smart cards which will ... number of areas related to smart card systems, particularly ... as well as e-payment and healthcare ...
Liska's Subsidiary, DCS Europe, Wins a Major German Pharmaceutical ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... security departments the opportunity to fully control all aspects of the card, its use ... our company to introduce the wide array of benefits that smart cards offer ...
Smart Cards Proposed for OC Transpo
580 CFRA Radio - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Ottawa's Transportation Committee will debate a motion today to install smart cards on OC Transpo buses. The 15-million dollar credit-card type system would be ...
Contactless and the Dawn of a New Payment Era
Bobsguide - London,UK
... the recent scars of the smart card initiatives, many ... technology, Celent predicts that contactless payments will ... likely to equip existing cards with contactless ...
Pay and Go
ITP.net - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... and DoCoMo to develop the FeliCa smart-card phones in ... subscribe with a bank or credit card service, much ... mobile phones are 'swiped' like credit cards in shops ...
MBF Cards launches biggest ever campaign worth RM3.5m
The Edge Daily - Malaysia
... Sdn Bhd on Sept 5 launched its “Get Smart Everyday with ... Sept 1 to Dec 31, 2006, the card issuer is ... at the launch in Kuala Lumpur, MBF Cards president Huan ...
OTI Delivers Garanti Bank of Turkey Contactless Card Solutions
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... OTIV - News), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for ... announced, Garanti bank is reissuing "Tap & Go(TM)" cards, which use ...
12 million Thais now hold "Smart Cards"
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
BANGKOK, Sept 2 (TNA) - The Ministry of Interior will issue electronic identity cards, known as "Smart Cards", to 12 million Thai citizens, aged 15 upward, by ...
SMARTCARDS TO HELP BOOST TOURISM IN UK
British Satellite News - London,UK
... 11. Bus stopping and people using cards to board. A new tourist initiative has been launched to get overseas visitors buying smart card for quicker and easier
Greece’s Mellon Says EMV Card Orders Top 1 Million
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
... of card programs, says in a statement it has received orders from Greek banks for more than 1 million smart cards that comply with EMV, the global payment ...
Indonesia’s Armed Forces Test Contactless Payment
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
... military unit have received contactless payment cards in a ... The card can store monetary value and ... the main international standard for contactless smart cards. ...
Portuguese ePassport success for Mühlbauer
Security Document World (press release) - Cardiff,UK
... reported earlier this year that French smart card manufacturer Axalto ... as part of the country’s e-passport roll out. ... is to be found in the ePassport’s back ...
Smart Cards
IQ Online - Paris,France
From SMART cards and biometric authentication to point-of-sale terminals, ARM plays a crucial ... Smart card is at the heart of systems security for many different ...
NFC shell turns Nokia 3220 into an e-wallet
Eetasia.com (subscription) - USA
... Likewise, users of Exxon's Speedpass gas station payment key fobs are ... ECMA and ETSI standards govern the NFC and contactless smart-card infrastructure aspects ...
THE CASHLESS CAMPUS
Bangkok Post - Thailand
... to check grades, class admission and payment at vending ... The smart card will be issued this semester to first year students, with around 8,000 smart cards to be ...
Learning card tricks
Australian IT - Australia
... adopting the Europay Mastercard Visa (EMV) payment system, a ... developed by the big credit card companies. ... KPMG partner George Svinos says smart cards are mainly ...
Backed by Promising Emerging Applications, World Smart Card IC ...
Business Wire India (press release) - New Delhi,India
... pockets will also be visible in the form of other ID projects and contactless technologies. ... SIM cards remain a dominant force in the smart card market, and ...
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