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New ID’s for Macedonia

Giesecke & Devrient awarded contract to provide e-passports, personal ID cards, driver’s licenses, and associated systems Munich, November 30, 2005–The government of the Republic of Macedonia has awarded international technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) a contract to provide the country with electronic passports, personal identity cards, and driver’s licenses, as well as a corresponding,…
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Visa Facilitates Global Contactless Payments with New Specification

Provides Greater Flexibility and Ensures Cross-Border Interoperability PARIS, 15 November 2005–Visa International announced today the release of a global contactless payments specification that will ensure Visa cardholders can use their contactless cards worldwide while still providing issuers with the flexibility to customize programs to meet local market needs. The specification also provides additional security options…
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Duane Reade Implements Ingenico “tap And Go” Payment Solution

OTI Contactless Technology Integrated with Industry’s Leading Atlanta, GA–Ingenico, the world’s leading provider of electronic payment terminals, announced today the installation of the eN-Touch 1000 with contactless reading technology from On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV; Prime Standard (Frankfurt): OT5) at all Duane Reade locations by the end of 2005. The eN-Touch 1000 supports…
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Wawa Customers Can Now Experience the Speed and Technology Of MasterCard PayPass

Convenience Store Chain Joins Growing List of Those Offering ‘Tap and Go’ Contactless Payment Technology Philadelphia, PA, November 10, 2005–Wawa, a leading convenience store chain with more than 540 locations in the mid-Atlantic region, today announced it will begin accepting MasterCard® PayPass™, a contactless payment option, in all New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware stores. Maryland…
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Visa Offers Optimized Contactless Card

San Francisco, November 10, 2005–Visa today announced that it is expanding the Visa Smart Breakthrough program to include a new contactless chip solution. The program aims to improve the business case for chip technology worldwide by making cards, terminals and personalization solutions more cost effective to financial institutions, merchants and consumers. The new contactless chip…
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HID and Development Partners Demonstrate New iClass Contactless Smart Card Application Solutions at Cartes 2005

HID Showcases Seamless Integration of ID Badge Issuance, Logical Access, Mobile ID Verification, Biometric Authentication, and Cashless Vending Applications on iCLASS Contactless Smart Cards Haverhill, UK, November 9, 2005–HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced that it will demonstrate new 13.56 MHz iCLASS contactless…
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Gemplus delivers smart identity management system to Pfizer

Gemplus delivers its SafesITe solution for network access control and digital signatures Luxembourg and Horsham PA, 8 November 2005–Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294–GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, today announces that Pfizer, Inc., the world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical company is deploying its technology for a smart badge identity management…
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Chase Launches Credit Cards with “blink” in Philadelphia Tri-State Area

Transforms Payment Experience for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Residents, Merchants; Wawa Stores Offer Customers Speed, Convenience With “blink” PHILADELPHIA, October 27, 2005–Chase Bank U.S.A., N.A., a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. [NYSE: JPM], announced today the rollout of its new Chase contactless credit cards with “blink” in the greater Philadelphia tri-state area, including Southern…