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INSIDE and TWINLINX Team on MyMax NFC Sticker

Seek Payment Certification to Help Banks Start 2010 NFC Mobile Payment Rollouts Aix-En-Provence, France, November 5, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless and near field communication (NFC) chip technologies, and TWINLINX, an innovative market entrant providing NFC technology platforms and applications, today revealed they are working together on the integration of INSIDE’s…
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New Bangkok Office and Testing Facility to Help Expand MicroPass® Production Capacity

Aix-En-Provence, France, November 3rd, 2009–Expanding its operations in Asia, INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced the opening of a representative office in Bangkok, Thailand, to coordinate engineering support for its production subcontractors throughout Asia, including a new secured semiconductor probing facility in Bangkok operated by United Test and…
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INSIDE Commits to Support Discover Zip® on Future Micropass Products

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, Oct. 29, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced it has signed an agreement with Discover Financial Services, LLC for the development of future Discover Zip® contactless payment devices. Through this partnership, INSIDE has committed to support Discover Zip in upcoming versions of its award-winning MicroPass® contactless…
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INSIDE Contactless Debuts MicroPass 6000 Dual-Interface Payment Platform

Multi-Interface, Multi-Brand, Multi-Application, Multi-Form-Factor AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, October 26, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today introduced the MicroPass® 6000 dual-interface intelligent payment processor, designed as an EMV-compliant platform for a new family of MicroPass products that will offer unmatched flexibility, efficiency and fast time to market for card manufacturers and…
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NBK partners with Visa and Zain to launch the first EMV-Chip compliant NFC mobile payment trial in the Middle East

ViVOtech is providing the underlying technology, including the NFC wallet, over-the-air (OTA) card provisioning software, tap to download software for prepaid cards, smart posters and the mobile coupon application. SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 20, 2009–OctoberNational Bank of Kuwait (NBK), the largest bank in Kuwait and Visa Inc, the world’s leading payment solution provider have partnered…
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INSIDE Contactless Launches Initiative to Jumpstart Mobile Payment Market

New Class of MicroPass Solutions Promises to Enable Existing Mobile Phones to Make Contactless Payments AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, October 20, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced an initiative to create a new class of mobile payment solutions that banks, brands, transit agencies and others can deploy quickly, easily and…
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INSIDE Contactless Selected as Finalist for SESAMES Innovation Award

MicroPass 5100 “ICAO Lite” Products Compete for Best Identification Solution AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, Oct. 15th, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced its MicroPass® 5100 product family has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious SESAMES Innovation award in the identification category. With faster read times and lighter weight…
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INSIDE Supplies MobiNear with Key NFC Technology

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, Sept. 29, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced a technology partnership to provide critical NFC technology to Paris-based MobiNear, a world-leading provider of proximity mobile communications solutions. Through this cooperation, INSIDE is providing NFC reading capabilities to enhance the MobiNear Box kiosk, which will now be…
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Regarding ID Magazine Podcast: Securing Payments with Contactless Smart Cards (audio)

There are a variety of solutions being proposed to better protect payment information to prevent breaches. In this podcast Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, talks to Zack Martin, editor of Regarding ID Magazine, about the group’s latest recommendation that the U.S. use contactless smart cards using dynamic cryptograms to secure payment…
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RATP Selects Gemalto for Online Top Up of Navigo Passes

Pilot program “Mon e-guichet” launched for public transportation in the Ile-de-France region Amsterdam, Sept 15, 2009 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced it has been selected by Paris transport company RATP to supply card readers enabling top up of Navigo passes online with “Mon e-guichet” service. As part…