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Athena Smartcard Solutions boosts offering through the acquisition of Aspects Software Java Card activity

Tokyo, September 6, 2006–Athena Smartcard Solutions, smart card technology innovator and developer of the ASECard Crypto family of Enterprise and Government Identity solutions announces today the acquisition of Aspects Software’s smart card OS assets including the Aspects OS755 Java Card and development platforms. The OS755 Java Card product family includes innovative FIPS approved operating systems…
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Giesecke & Devrient Opens State-of-the-Art Smart Card Production Facility in India

Chip card plant to supply India’s booming market with SIM cards for mobile communications and with payment cards Munich/Delhi, August 24, 2006–By opening a new factory in Delhi, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D)–the second-largest manufacturer of smart cards worldwide–is strengthening its position in Asia to meet the particular requirements of India’s up-and-coming chip card market. When…
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New US Passports Contain Secure Identification Chips From Infineon; Advanced Technology Meets International Standard for Secure Travel Documents

San Jose, Calif. and Munich, Germany, August 21, 2006–Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE/FSE: IFX) today announced that it received a multi-million piece purchase order from the United States government to supply its highly-secure integrated circuit technology for the new electronic passport. Designed to facilitate international travel by allowing automatic identity verification, faster immigration inspections and greater…
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Wells Fargo Begins Contactless Card Rollout: On Track to Distribute 400,000 Cards by the End of 2006

Contactless Card Part of Visa Smart Breakthough Program San Francisco, August 15, 2006–Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) has begun issuing Wells Fargo® Visa® Platinum Credit Card and Wells Fargo Visa Signature with Visa Contactless to customers, and is on track to distribute 400,000 cards by the end of 2006. Wells Fargo is distributing contactless cards…
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Advanta Launches First MasterCard Small Business Credit Card Featuring PayPass Contactless Payment Technology

‘Tap and Go’ Functionality Offers Speed and Convenience to Small Business Owners Purchase, NY and Spring House, PA, August 15, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide and Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA), one of the nation’s largest issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) of MasterCard business credit cards to small businesses and business professionals, announced today that they will begin…
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Discover® Network Certifies ViVOtech Solutions for Contactless Payments

ViVOtech readers first to be certified to support Discover Network contactless payment platform worldwide RIVERWOODS, Ill., August 2, 2006–Discover® Network, a business unit of Discover Financial Services and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), today announced that it has certified several ViVOtech readers, including ViVOpay 4000 and ViVOpay 3000 for use with Discover Network’s contactless payment application. These…
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Integrated Engineering receives GSA FIPS 201 certification

Amsterdam, 2nd August 2006–Integrated Engineering, a world leading powerhouse in the contactless smart card industry, announced today that its contactless SmartID readers have been approved by the US General Services Administration (GSA) as compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201). Integrated Engineering’s readers are the first GSA PIV II Certified smart card…