Category: Healthcare News

MasterCard Leads Nation’s First Market Trial of Personalized NFC-Enabled Mobile Phones for Payment

Dallas Trial Marks First Implementation of Giesecke & Devrient’s Secure Chip Management Platform That Allows Consumers to Wirelessly Enhance Nokia Cell Phones With MasterCard PayPass DALLAS, TEXAS, November 2, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide today announced that it has brought the promise of mass market availability of “Tap & Go”™ payments via mobile phones one giant step closer…

Giesecke & Devrient Opens Smart Card Subsidiary in France

Munich/Paris, November 2nd, 2006–The world’s second largest smart card supplier, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), opened a subsidiary in Paris, France. The wholly owned G&D subsidiary offers complete smart card solutions for the country’s banking and telecom markets. With a market penetration of almost 80 percent each on average, nearly every citizen of France carries one…

MasterCard Leads Nation’s First Market Trial of Personalized NFC-Enabled Mobile Phones for Payment

Dallas Trial Marks First Implementation of Giesecke & Devrient’s Secure Chip Management Platform That Allows Consumers to Wirelessly Enhance Nokia Cell Phones With MasterCard PayPass DALLAS, TEXAS, November 2, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide today announced that it has brought the promise of mass market availability of “Tap & Go”™ payments via mobile phones one giant step closer…

Giesecke & Devrient Provides Cards For The First Contactless EMV Card in Europe

Staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s head office in Gogarburn, Edinburgh can now make payments by simply tapping their cards on a reader in a number of outlets on the Gogarburn site. Munich, October 5, 2006–This summer, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) began conducting a trial using dual interface EMV debit cards, the…

CardLogix Introduces the CREDENTSYS™ Dual Interface Smart Card Famliy for Secure ID

Irvine, Ca., September 6, 2006–CardLogix, a leading provider of secure smart cards, announced today the CREDENTYSYS™ smart card family for secure ID and access. The family consists of smart cards that meet the requirements of the U.S. Government Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program for securing identity, data and facilities. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security…

Poland Selects Gemalto Technology for its Electronic Passport Program

Gemalto to equip Poland with over 1.5 million e-passport inlays by the end of 2007 Amsterdam and Warsaw, August 31, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), a leader in digital security, today announced it will supply its Setec e-passport solution for the future Polish electronic passports. The first commercial deliveries started in July, and under the…

Top Saudi University and StepNexus establish MULTOS smart card laboratory

Joint Smart Card & RFID Lab will fuel development of innovative applications for smart cards in the region Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, August 23, 2006–The computer engineering department, at King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, has established a Joint StepNexus / KFUPM Smart Card & RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Laboratory. Dr Wasim…

Booz Allen Hamilton Study for the Army Materiel Command Demonstrates That the RIM Bluetooth-enabled Smart Card Reader Meets US Army Security Requirements

MCLEAN, Va., July 11 /PRNewswire/–Whether in the field or in the Pentagon, Army commanders want freedom of movement, and they want the technologies they use to increase their flexibility, not restrict it. Faced with restrictive connections between their BlackBerry devices and secure card readers, the Army turned to Booz Allen Hamilton to validate a secure…

ActivIdentity Demonstrates Continued Support for Government Technology Standards

ActivIdentity Smart Card Solutions Achieve FIPS 140-2 Certification; ActivClient Achieves FIPS 201 Certification FREMONT, Calif., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–ActivIdentity Inc. (Nasdaq: ACTI), a global leader in digital identity assurance, today announced the company continues to deliver security solutions that meet strict government guidelines for information and identity protection. Two additional ActivIdentity smart card solutions have successfully…

Gemplus wins contract for next generation e-healthcare patient cards in France

Gemplus to deliver smart cards and personalization services to GIE SESAM-Vitale for the French Nationwide health insurance application Luxemburg, 30 May 2006–Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294, GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), a world leading provider of secure card-based solutions, has been selected by G.I.E. SESAM-Vitale as one of the main suppliers to issue the new generation…