Category: Contactless Payments News

Wright Express Successfully Completes NFC Mobile Payment Pilot with Sheetz and ViVOtech

Participating Fleet Drivers Overwhelmingly Approve Mobile as “Easy, Fast and Convenient” Payment Method South Portland, Maine, May 19, 2009 – Wright Express Corporation (NYSE: WXS) has announced that its multi-city NFC mobile payment pilot with Sheetz and ViVOtech has been successfully completed. During the trial, drivers used their Sheetz Fleet Business Advantage card loaded into…

VeriFone Announces QX1000 Plug-and-Play Advanced Contactless Solution

Future-Proof Investment Utilizing VeriFone’s SingleCI Architecture Provides Easy Upgrade for Existing POS, ECR and PC-based Payment Systems DUBAI, May 18, 2009 (Cards Middle East Conference) – VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), today announced the QX1000 plug-and-play solution for adding contactless card payment acceptance to existing point-of-sale devices, electronic cash registers (ECR) and PCs. The QX1000…

Verizon Wireless Selects G&D as Supplier of Smart Cards for LTE Network Launch

Basking Ridge, New Jersey. & Dulles, Virginia, May 13, 2009 – Verizon Wireless announced today it has selected Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), a technology leader in the field of smart cards, to provide special Java based SIM cards from the G&D SkySIM® product line for the industry’s first Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband network….

Verizon Wireless Selects Gemalto to Provide LTE OTA Platform and Universal Integrated Circuit Card for LTE Network Launch

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, and Austin, Texas, May 13, 2009 – Verizon Wireless, the leader in fourth generation (4G) networks, announced today it has selected Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, to provide an over-the-air (OTA) platform and LTE Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) for the industry’s first Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband…

Extended choice of contactless cards in Asia

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, leading provider of contactless Smart Card Technology for personal identification, extends its partner network in Asia. With the Chinese card manufacturer China Win Smart Science & Technologies, the company gains an important provider of contactless ICs and IC smart cards, such as bank cards and ID cards as well as related applications…

New contactless LEGIC solutions for the United Kingdom

Zurich, Switzerland,Zurich, May 2009 – LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, leading provider of contactless Smart Card Technology for personal identification, gains major distributor and system integrator Cards & Specialist Services Ltd as a new licence partner in the United Kingdom. This collaboration results in new security solutions based on the integration of LEGIC advant technology. LEGIC based…

Italian Lake Garda wellness oasis opts for visitor management based on LEGIC technology

Zurich, Switzerland,Zurich, May 2009 – The visitor management in the water and wellness paradise Gardacqua offers the guests a high level of convenience. An integrated end-to-end solution from n-tree makes the visit even more enjoyable: all areas, offers and services in the facility – such as cash area, access, wardrobes, restaurants, fitness and beauty area…

CPI Card Group and INSIDE Contactless receive Élan Award for payment sticker

Littleton, Colorado, April 29, 2009 – CPI Card Group (CPI), a global leader in financial and commercial card production and services, and INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced they have received both an Élan award and a finalist position at the 2009 ICMA Annual EXPO for their innovative…

MCT, OTI’s Subsidiary to Present Durability and Cost Strategies for Dual-Interface Manufacturing at the Cards Asia Conference

The Presentation will Take Place as Part of an Educational Seminar at the Cards Asia Conference on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 in Singapore Fort Lee, NJ, April 20, 2009–On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (NASDAQ-GM: OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, announced today…

OTI and Gilbarco Veeder-Root Provide Integrated Contactless Payment Infrastructure for Woolworths “ePump” Program

OTI Provides Contactless Reader Solutions and Additional Services Fort Lee, NJ, April 20, 2009–On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, today announced that its contactless reader was selected by Australia’s largest retailer, Woolworths, to support its “ePump”…