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Infineon Provides Security Chips to Net1 for South Africa’s Largest Government Smart Card Project to Enable Payment of Social Grants

Neubiberg, Germany–July 12, 2012–Infineon Technologies (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) supplies the security chips for the largest government smart card project in South Africa. Through Net1 UEPS Technologies, the government body “SASSA” (South African Social Security Agency) is issuing biometrically secure EMV/UEPS debit chip cards for financial transactions of social grants across all of South…

American Express Contactless Cards Are Now Accepted at all PATCO Gates and Parking Terminals

PATCO Open Payment Program Continues to Yield Valuable Information for the Future of Transit Payment Systems CAMDEN, NJ, July 10, 2012–The open payment program between PATCO (Port Authority Transit Corporation) and Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc., expands today with the acceptance of American Express contactless payment cards at all PATCO gates and parking terminals. Now, riders…

Gemalto Machine Identification Module First to Achieve ISO/TS 16949, The Highest Automotive-Grade Certification

Enabling automotive M2M applications with unrivaled quality assurances and certified production processes Amsterdam – July 4, 2012 – Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security and creator of the Cinterion Machine-to-Machine (M2M) products and services, today announced its new automotive-grade Machine Identification Module (MIM) is the first to achieve highest level…

Heartland Payment Systems® Chief Security Officer John South Named Information Security Executive of the Decade

South Wins First-ever ISE® of the Decade Central Award for Leadership Against Cybercrime PRINCETON, N.J. June 29, 2012–John South, chief security officer at Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY), one of the nation’s largest payments processors, has wonthe inaugural Information Security Executive® (ISE®) of the Decade Central Award from T.E.N. – Tech Exec Networks, Inc., a…

Infineon Supplies Security Chips for New Identity Cards in Malaysia

Neubiberg, Germany, June 27, 2012 – Infineon Technologies (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) announced today it is supplying the security chips for Malaysia’s new national electronic identity cards. Popularly known as ‘MyKad’, the new generation smart card features Infineon’s SLE 78 security controller with Infineon’s award-winning ‘Integrity Guard’ security technology. Malaysia takes advantage of this…