--- title: "sca, Author at Secure Technology Alliance - Page 177 of 235" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/177/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/author/sca/page/177/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Articles by: sca # Author: sca ### Aix en Provence, France; St. Charles IL, USA 6 November 2006–INSIDE Contactless, one of the world’s largest providers of contactless semiconductor chips, today announced a distribution alliance with Illinois-based Perfect Plastic Printing (PPP) to provide MicroPass-enabled contactless bank cards for the US market The distribution alliance will allow the companies, which have been deploying contactless… ### SAN DIEGO, November 6, 2006–Jack in the Box® restaurants are giving new meaning to the phrase fast food by offering guests an easier, quicker way to pay. New “contactless” card readers, being installed at all company restaurants, will enable guests to pay simply by holding their cards in front of a reader at the front… ### Dallas Trial Marks First Implementation of Giesecke & Devrient’s Secure Chip Management Platform That Allows Consumers to Wirelessly Enhance Nokia Cell Phones With MasterCard PayPass DALLAS, TEXAS, November 2, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide today announced that it has brought the promise of mass market availability of “Tap & Go”™ payments via mobile phones one giant step closer… ### Singapore, November 2, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announced its commitment to expand its operations in Singapore, one of the company’s largest facilities worldwide. “Gemalto has decided to expand its business here in Singapore because of the high quality of local staff, the excellent logistics, and strong support and… ### Munich/Paris, November 2nd, 2006–The world’s second largest smart card supplier, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), opened a subsidiary in Paris, France. The wholly owned G&D subsidiary offers complete smart card solutions for the country’s banking and telecom markets. With a market penetration of almost 80 percent each on average, nearly every citizen of France carries one… ### VersaFOB Offers Banks Cost-Effective Contactless Product Differentiation November 02, 2006–The smallest-ever card-based contactless payment fob, called VersaFOB, was certified by MasterCard Worldwide as an approved PayPass product, Oberthur Card Systems announced today. This new contactless payment form factor is just 28.5 mm by 23.6 mm (1.125” x 0.93”) in size. The sub-card is snapped out… ### Dallas Trial Marks First Implementation of Giesecke & Devrient’s Secure Chip Management Platform That Allows Consumers to Wirelessly Enhance Nokia Cell Phones With MasterCard PayPass DALLAS, TEXAS, November 2, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide today announced that it has brought the promise of mass market availability of “Tap & Go”™ payments via mobile phones one giant step closer… ### PIVMAN System for Secure ID Checking Receives Top Votes From Industry Leaders Smart Card Alliance Conference’s Emerging Technology and Innovation Showcase, CAMBRIDGE, Mass., (BUSINESS WIRE)–CoreStreet, the leader in infrastructure and applications for smart credential and convergence programs, announced that the PIVMAN™ System was named “Best of Show” at the annual Smart Card Alliance Conference’s Emerging… ### Amsterdam, 18th October 2006–Integrated Engineering, a world leading powerhouse in the contactless smart card industry, announced today that its SmartTRANS with PIN has also been approved by the US General Services Administration (GSA) for the FIPS 201 program. After the approval of Integrated Engineering’s standard SmartTRANS reader, the SmartTRANS reader with PINpad has been included… ### October 16, 2006, Chicago, Illinois–LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, announced that its contactless smart card technology supports the US government standard FIPS 201 for physical access control systems (PACS V2.2). FIPS 201 is a United States federal standard that specifies Personal Identity Verification requirements for federal employees and contractors. “We are very pleased to announce that with… [ ** ](#)