Category: Contactless Payments News

G&D contactless payment card shipments top 50 million units in U.S.

Munich, Germany and Dulles, VA, USA, November 10, 2010–Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) announces that shipments of its Convego Air® contactless payment cards in the U.S. have now surpassed the 50 million unit mark. Since the introduction of its contactless payment cards in 2006 and its subsequent growth, G&D has captured the leadership position in the…

G&D contactless payment card shipments top 50 million units in U.S.

Munich, Germany and Dulles, VA, USA, November 10, 2010–Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) announces that shipments of its Convego® Air contactless payment cards in the U.S. have now surpassed the 50 million unit mark. Since the introduction of its contactless payment cards in 2006 and its subsequent growth, G&D has captured the leadership position in the…

CTA Moves Open Fare Collection Project Forward

September 28, 2010–The Chicago Transit Authority is preparing the next phase of its move toward an open fare payment system that could introduce the use of contactless credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards to ride the system. CTA is issuing a Request for Proposal today on the design, implementation, and operation of an open…

INSIDE Contactless First to Be Certified for STAR CertiFlash

MicroPass-Based Implementation Receives Type Approval from STAR Network Aix-En-Provence, France, September 28, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that its award-winning MicroPass® payment processor is the first implementation to receive type approval from the STAR® Network for its STAR CertiFlash™ contactless PIN debit security application. INSIDE’s MicroPass-based implementation…

Oberthur Technologies Leads the Contactless Sticker Revolution

Providing an Innovative, Customizable and Convenient Means of Payment to Meet the Growing Demand of Consumers in the U.S. and Abroad Chantilly, VA August 3, 2010–Oberthur Technologies, the world’s leading provider of contactless payment technologies, has seen an increase in the demand for its contactless sticker product, FlyBuy Sticker, with banks and issuers throughout the…

Cashless payment and access control for the Netherlands with LEGIC technology and reader manufacturer Magna Carta

Magna Carta, largest Dutch cashless vendor, is a new licence partner of LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification and, thus, supports the contactless LEGIC smart card technology. With innovative smart card applications, Magna Carta is a world class supplier of contactless solutions for the education, healthcare, leisure, government and…

INSIDE Contactless First With Dual-Interface Processor for Interac Flash-Enabled Debit Cards

micropass® 6000 Platform Serving as “Reference Chipset” for Interoperability Testing Aix-En-Provence, France, June 17, 2010–As the Canadian market moves toward global EMV™ standards, INSIDE Contactless achieved a major milestone today with the delivery of the first dual-interface debit card solution compliant with the Interac® Flash™ specification. Scotiabank debit cards based on the INSIDE solution and…