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Cubic and New South Wales Government Launch Opal Card Trials

SYDNEY, Australia, and SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 19, 2012–Trials have begun in Sydney of the new Opal smart card system for public transport, being installed by the Cubic-led Pearl consortium. “This is one of the world’s great cities and we are delighted to be bringing to Sydney a world-class electronic ticketing system (ETS), based on…

TSYS Signs Long-Term Payments Agreement with Merrick Bank

COLUMBUS, Ga., Dec. 18, 2012–TSYS (NYSE: TSS) today announced the signing of a longterm agreement with Merrick Bank, a subsidiary of CardWorks, Inc., to provide flexible solutions for Merrick’s independent sales organization (ISO) partners, including point-of-sale (POS) solutions, authorization, settlement, reporting, managed services and risk mitigation solutions. “TSYS supports a wide variety of Merrick partners,…

Gemalto delivers Svyaznoy Bank in Russia with prepaid card services

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Dec 18, 2012 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Svyaznoy Bank is deploying the first large scale prepaid card offer for its customers in Russia. The Gemalto prepaid solution is certified by MasterCard and Visa and combines rigorous security with outstanding consumer appeal. This…

Identive’s Smartag™ Crypto Tags Offer Smart Card Security and Functionality in a Versatile Tag Format

Identive’s advanced technology enables durable, robust tags to address wide array of secure applications SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, December 17, 2012–Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of solutions and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, today announced its Smartag Crypto tag, a new radio frequency identification (RFID) tag…

TSYS Signs Payments Agreements with Two Credit Unions

Signings Highlight Company’s Focus on Community and Regional Financial Institutions COLUMBUS, Ga., Dec. 12, 2012–TSYS (NYSE: TSS) today announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with St. Mary’s Bank–the nation’s first credit union–to provide payments services for its consumer credit card portfolio. “Partnering with TSYS to expand and enhance our consumer credit offerings seemed…

TSYS Releases White Paper on Bank 2.0 and Bank 1.0

COLUMBUS, Ga., U.S., and LONDON, 4 Dec., 2012 — TSYS today announced the completion of a white paper titled ‘Bank 1.0 and Bank 2.0 Success Entails Learning from Each Other’s Best Practices,’ which considers the next-generation Bank 2.0 model, whilst also taking into account traditional banking, or Bank 1.0. The most successful transitions will likely…