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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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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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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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StepNexus receives D’ucoty Gold Award for Technology Excellence in Banking

CardsNow!Asia names StepNexus MULTOS as the winner of Technology Excellence in Banking SAN FRANCISCO, August 02, 2006–StepNexus Inc., the premier provider of the world’s first open, high-security, multi-application, smart card operating system MULTOS™, today announced that it has received the D’ucoty Award for the Technology Excellence in Banking. The D’ucoty 2006 South East Asia Award…
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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…
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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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“Acquarena Brixen”: South Tyrol’s biggest waterpark puts its trust in the technology of n-tree® and LEGIC®

Acquarena Brixen offers its visitors 365 days of well-being! The combination of indoor and outdoor swimming pools with a wide range of wellness activities makes it a waterpark that is unrivalled anywhere. The extensive leisure and wellness area with over 14,000 m² of water and green spaces is the perfect place for enjoyment and relaxation….
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OTI to Supply the City of Warsaw Multiple Application Contactless Cards for Public Transportation and Parking Solutions

Order is for approximately 400,000 cards Fort Lee, NJ, July 25, 2006–On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions, for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, today announced that its subsidiary, ASEC S.A. (“ASEC”) of Poland, has been awarded a tender by the Transport Department…
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MasterCard PayPassLaunches in Europe

Starbucks and Burger King among first retailers to accept MasterCard PayPass in Turkey Waterloo, Belgium, July 20, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide today announced the launch of the first European MasterCard® PayPass™ credit programme, in partnership with Garanti Bank in Turkey. Beginning 20 July, Garanti bank will reissue 25,000 “Tap & Go™” cards, which use MasterCard PayPass technology,…