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Giesecke & Devrient Provides Cards For The First Contactless EMV Card in Europe

Staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s head office in Gogarburn, Edinburgh can now make payments by simply tapping their cards on a reader in a number of outlets on the Gogarburn site. Munich, October 5, 2006–This summer, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) began conducting a trial using dual interface EMV debit cards, the…

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Cubic Transportation Systems for its Pioneering Smart Card Technologies and High Value Proposition for Clients

Palo Alto, Calif., October 3, 2006–Frost & Sullivan selected Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc., one of two major business segments of Cubic Corporation (Amex:CUB), as the recipient of the 2006 Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year Award in the smart card mass transit market in recognition of its inventive strategies for the advancement of smart…

Cubic’s Transit Smart Card Systems, Services Earn Frost & Sullivan 2006 Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year Award

SAN DIEGO, CALIF., OCTOBER 3, 2006–Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB), has been named as the 2006 winner of the Frost & Sullivan Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year Award for the company’s advances in smart card technology used in public transit fare collection systems. The award from…

Four Contactless Payment Schemes In Japan To Share Readers

October 2, 2006–Card Technology reports that four Japanese contactless payment providers–iD from NTT DoCoMo, Suica from East Japan Railway, QUICPay from JCB and Edy from bitWallet–will start to share common point-of-sale readers. Click here to read the full story.

LEGIC® sets standards for battery powered door locks

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the leading supplier of contactless smart card technologies for personal identification applications, is expanding the functionality of its LEGIC advant product line to battery powered applications, while meeting the FIPS 201 US Federal Government’s Personal Identity Verification specifications. Costly cabling and modifications are generally required to include individual office or hotel door…

Frost & Sullivan Lauds Atmel for Exceptional Growth Strategy Leadership in the World Smart Card IC Market

LONDON, September 28, 2006–The 2006 Frost & Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership Award is presented to Atmel for its outstanding performance in the world smart card IC market in 2005. In particular, the company is commended for its performance in the microcontroller market where strategies designed around price, technology development, constant product innovations, and marketing enabled…

Contactless payments accepted at a dozen baseball stadiums

September 26, 2006–ContactlessNews reports that Major League Baseball and MasterCard announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement. MasterCard PayPass is accepted at 12 MLB ballparks, including Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium (Mets), Citizens Bank Park (Phillies), Turner Field (Braves), Dodger Stadium (Dodgers), PETCO Park (Padres), Busch Stadium (Cardinals), Jacobs Field (Indians), Wrigley Field (Cubs), U.S. Cellular Field (White…

Datacard Group Strengthens Commitment to Open Standards With New Datacard® Open Platform Driver

Datacard® Open Platform driver allows card issuers to use all the key features of Datacard® SP Series card printers with the Linux® operating system San Diego, CA, September 25, 2006–Datacard Group today announced that it has developed the Datacard® Open Platform driver as part of its ongoing commitment to open standards. This unique interface, now…

Datacard Group Introduces Solutions Network

Comprehensive network provides interoperable technologies from Datacard Group and its affiliates San Diego, CA, September 25, 2006–Datacard Group today introduced the Datacard Solutions Network at the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Seminar and Exhibition. Datacard Group formed this network to help its customers easily locate interoperable products and services–including secure identity, access control, network…

Datacard Group Announces Enhancements to its Versatile Retransfer Card Printer

Card printer ideal for highly durable and secure government IDs San Diego, CA, September 25, 2006–Datacard Group today introduced the Datacard® RP90 Plus card printer at the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Seminar and Exhibition. An enhanced version of the Datacard® RP90 card printer, this retransfer printer allows government agencies to print on highly…