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MasterCard and USA Technologies to Trial MasterCard PayPass in Ohio Turnpike Tollbooths

Ohio Turnpike Commission Adding MasterCard PayPass Contactless Terminals to Highway Exits and Service Plazas Near Cleveland and Oberlin with USA Technologies’ e-Port Payment Solution Purchase, NY, December 21, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide today announced that it is managing a consumer trial of contactless “Tap & Go”™ payments in selected exit lanes and service plazas on the Ohio…
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Garanti Bank Selects Gemalto for Europe’s First Commercial Deployment of Contactless Banking Cards

Gemalto adds MasterCard® PayPass™ functionality to Garanti Bank’s Bonus Card, Europe’s largest multi-branded credit card program Garanti Bank currently has over 5 million BonusCards in circulation in Turkey Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 20, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announces it is providing Garanti Bank, a leading credit card issuer…
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Raak Technologies, Inc. and MARX Data Security GmbH Announce MARX as a Licensee of RaakSign, Raak’s Cryptographic Middleware

MARX Affiliate, MARX CryptoTech LP Based in Atlanta, Georgia, also Licenses RaakSign Austin, Texas, and Wackerstein Germany, December 19, 2006–Raak Technologies and MARX Data Security today announced that MARX Data Security has become a licensee of RaakSign, Raak’s cryptographic middleware. MARX’s affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia, MARX CryptoTech has also signed as a licensee. MARX will…
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EFG Eurobank Selects Hypercom Payment & Networking Devices to Support Regional Network; Names Hypercom Provider of Choice

WOKING, UK & PHOENIX, AZ, December 18, 2006–Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that Athens-based EFG Eurobank has selected Hypercom as one of its short listed vendors for card payment and networking devices. The banking group has purchased more than 5,000 Optimum T2100 dial and IP-enabled card payment terminals plus multiple networking devices over the…
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Brazil Sold on Digital Signature Cards

Giesecke & Devrient gives Brazilian notaries greater efficiency and security Munich, December 15, 2006–In January 2007, Brazil’s National Notaries Association (ANOREG), which has around 20,000 members throughout the country, will begin using digital signature cards supplied by Giesecke & Devrient (G&D). The cards enable data to be transmitted securely between notaries and their clients. That,…
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Citigroup, MasterCard, Cingular and Nokia Team to Pilot Next Generation Mobile Phone with “Tap & Go™” Payment in New York City

Innovative Payment Trial to Use Near Field Communications Technology NEW YORK, NY, December 14, 2006–Citigroup, MasterCard Worldwide, Cingular Wireless and Nokia today announced a consumer technology trial of Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile phones with MasterCard PayPass™ contactless payment capability in New York City. The goal of this trial is to evaluate the speed and…
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Germany Qualifies Gemalto for World’s Largest Microprocessor Card-Based Healthcare Initiative

In Germany, 80 million patient cards will be renewed over the next 5 years Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 14, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announces it is taking part in Germany’s first healthcare pilot program based on highly secure microprocessor cards. The Gemalto product is fully compliant with the latest…