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More Than 100 Million Americans Would Use Contactless Credit Cards To Buy Inexpensive Items

Survey Finds Young, High-Income Consumers Most Likely To Use New Technology WALTHAM, Mass., July 19, 2006–More than 100 million Americans would use contactless cards to pay for inexpensive, everyday items such as fast food, convenience store items and transit fares, according to a comprehensive new survey released today. A large number of consumers would also…

MasterCard PayPass Increases Customer Loyalty and Moves Payments Away From Cash

PayPass Significantly Changes Consumer Use of Credit and Debit For Small Everyday Purchases PURCHASE, NY, (BUSINESS WIRE), July 18, 2006–Approximately 10 Million PayPass Cards and Devices Issued To Consumers and Approximately 32,000 Merchant Locations Accepting PayPass Globally MasterCard(R) PayPass™ users are showing a marked change in their behavior while making their small, everyday purchases, MasterCard…

KeyBank speeds up cafeteria lines with Sharp contactless POS system

Monday, July 17, 2006–ContactlessNews reports that Keybank has installed a Sharp contactless point of sale system in the company’s cafeteria, enabling Keybank employees to use MasterCard PayPass debit cards. Click here to read the full article.

MasterCard Reports Strong Uptake of Contactless Payments in Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa Region

Momentum Driven through the Launch of Innovative 3D Soccer Ball Key Chain and MasterCard PayPass Watch Singapore, July 12, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide today announced continued momentum in the uptake of its “contactless” payment feature, better known as MasterCard PayPass. In the first five months of 2006, MasterCard in the Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa region witnessed…

Booz Allen Hamilton Study for the Army Materiel Command Demonstrates That the RIM Bluetooth-enabled Smart Card Reader Meets US Army Security Requirements

MCLEAN, Va., July 11 /PRNewswire/–Whether in the field or in the Pentagon, Army commanders want freedom of movement, and they want the technologies they use to increase their flexibility, not restrict it. Faced with restrictive connections between their BlackBerry devices and secure card readers, the Army turned to Booz Allen Hamilton to validate a secure…

MasterCard, MTA and Citigroup Trial Fast and Convenient “Tap & Go” Payments in Select NYC Subway Stations

NYC Subway Trial Participants to Speed Through Turnstiles with a Tap Purchase, NY, July 11, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA New York City Transit and Citi Cards and Citibank today announced the beginning of a six-month contactless payment trial in select New York City subway stations with pre-selected Citi credit card and Citibank…

Contactless Readers From SCM Microsystems Among Top Performers at e-Passport Interoperability Test in Berlin

SCM Reader Achieves 99 Percent Hit Rate FREMONT, Calif., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today announced that its radio frequency readers were among the most successful reader entries in the June international e-Passport testing in Berlin, where electronic passport samples were tested against…

Gemalto Selected for Electronic Passport Roll Out in Slovenia

10-year contract for intelligent devices to be embedded in the citizens’ e-passports Amsterdam / Ljubljana, July 6, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announces it will provide the technology to be used in electronic passports for Slovenian citizens. Under the contract, Gemalto will supply the secure polycarbonate devices embedding its…

Globe Staff and True Product ID Technologies to be Embedded in Multi-Usage Smart Card in the Philippines; The ERG Group of Australia to Design/Implement the System

PHILADELPHIA and BAYONNE, France, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–True Product ID, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TPDI) (TPID) and Globe Staff Consulting Corporation (Pink Sheets: GSFC) today announced that they will both have their technologies embedded into SmartCards in the Philippines. GSFC is a majority owned subsidiary of Sure Trace Security Corporation (OTC: SSTY) and TPID is a…

ActivIdentity Demonstrates Continued Support for Government Technology Standards

ActivIdentity Smart Card Solutions Achieve FIPS 140-2 Certification; ActivClient Achieves FIPS 201 Certification FREMONT, Calif., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–ActivIdentity Inc. (Nasdaq: ACTI), a global leader in digital identity assurance, today announced the company continues to deliver security solutions that meet strict government guidelines for information and identity protection. Two additional ActivIdentity smart card solutions have successfully…