Category: Contactless Payments News

Gemalto teams up with Chunghwa Telecom for its commercial launch of NFC services in Taiwan

Amsterdam, December 2, 2014 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has teamed up with Chunghwa Telecom, the largest operator in Taiwan with 10 million subscribers, to secure their mobile NFC services​. This commercial launch, supported by MasterCard and four leading Taiwanese banks, uses Gemalto’sUpTeq Multi-tenant NFC SIM and embedded software to host mobile payment…

ACS Wins Best Contactless Payments Project in Payments Awards 2014

Hong Kong, December 2, 2014 — Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific’s top supplier and one of the world’s top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), won Best Contactless Payments Project in the recently concluded Payments Awards 2014. The…

Norway goes with Gemalto Trusted Service for mobile NFC payment commercial rollout

​​Amsterdam, December 1, 2014 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that its Allynis Trusted Service Hub​ is enabling the commercial rollout of Valyou, Norway’s first mobile NFC payment service, by Telenor, DNB and SpareBank 1. Telenor is Norway’s leading mobile operator with three million subscribers in the country and some 180 million…

ACS Launches ACR32 and ACR35 Mobile Card Readers

Hong Kong, November 20, 2014 — Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific’s top supplier and one of the world’s top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), today launched two new mobile card readers with audio-jack interface: the…

Westpac selects Gemalto’s Mobile Contactless Payment Solution in New Zealand

Optelio contactless sticker seen as an ideal, cost-effective solution to quickly enable mobile contactless payment Amsterdam, November 13, 2014 — Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has been selected by Westpac, a leading financial institution in New Zealand, to offer its Optelio Contactless Sticker for mobile payment. Westpac customers attach…

ACS Shortlisted in Payments Awards 2014

Hong Kong, November 13, 2014 — Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific’s top supplier and one of the world’s top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), qualified as finalist in two categories of Payments Awards 2014―Best Contactless…

New oti TRIO Cashless Payment Reader Receives Industry-wide Certification for Major Credit Card Transactions

Rosh Pina, Israel, November 4, 2014 — On Track Innovations Ltd. (oti) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global provider of near field communication (NFC) and cashless payment solutions, has received full certification from major credit card associations and main standardization bodies for its new TRIO modular cashless payment reader. The industry-wide certification makes TRIO one of the…

Infineon introduces revolutionary “Coil on Module” package technology for Dual Interface eIDs, eDrivers’ licenses or eHealth Cards

Munich, Germany, October 30, 2014 – Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today announced the availability of its “Coil on Module” (CoM) package technology for official documents. The technology simplifies and improves manufacturing of electronic identification cards (eID), electronic drivers’ licenses or health insurance cards with both contact-based as well as contactless interface….

oti and Cantaloupe Systems to Benefit From Apple Pay Adoption in North American Vending Market

The Leader in Cloud and Mobile Vending Technologies, Cantaloupe Systems, Selects oti as Preferred Supplier of NFC Readers New Providence, N.J. and San Francisco, Calif., October 27, 2014 — On Track Innovations Ltd. (oti) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global provider of near field communication (NFC) and cashless payment solutions, and Cantaloupe Systems, Inc., the vending industry’s…

oti and USA Technologies Ready for Apple Pay

Partners Expect Rollout of Apple Pay to Accelerate Adoption of Cashless and Mobile Payments in Rapidly Growing Self Serve Retail Market Malvern, Pa. and New Providence, N.J., Oct 21, 2014 — USA Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: USAT), a solutions provider of secure cashless transactions for unattended point-of-sale and On Track Innovations Ltd. (oti)(NASDAQ: OTIV), a global…