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INSIDE Launches High Performance MicroPass® L4-2G Contactless Platform

Next-Generation Intelligent Hardware Platform Provides Greater Flexibility with Multi-Payment Brand, Multi-Application Support Aix en Provence, France, January 22, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open standard contactless chip technologies, today announced MicroPass L4-2G, the next generation release of the industry-leading intelligent hardware platform for contactless bank card payments. With more than 12 million units…
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MBF Cards Signs Agreement to Expand JCB Card Acceptance in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR AND TOKYO, January 17, 2007–JCB, a major global payment brand, and JCB International, JCB’s international subsidiary, and MBF Cards (M’sia) Sdn Bhd (MBF Cards), Malaysia’s largest non-bank backed credit card company, announced today an agreement to expand JCB card acceptance in Malaysia. MBF Cards will start opening its merchant network to JCB this…
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Contactless Technology Standards Headed Towards Double-Digit Growth

58% retail respondents from Major Global Markets indicate contactless adoption within the next two years. ROI and measuring contactless results remain an opportunity for retailers. BOSTON, MA, January 10, 2007–Contactless payment systems are fast approaching the tipping point of adoption within retail. After numerous pilots and deployments in the last three years, the continued pressure…
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INSIDE Unveils Contactless Consumer Electronics Vision at CES

Multiple Initiatives Supporting NFC on Mobile Phones, Contactless Bank Cards, Smart Posters, and M-2-M Connectivity between Cameras, TV Screens, and other Consumer Electronic Devices to be Discussed at CES Las Vegas, Nevada, January 8, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a world leader of contactless semiconductor chips, today unveiled its consumer electronics vision in the NFC Forum at CES,…
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Garanti Bank Selects Gemalto for Europe’s First Commercial Deployment of Contactless Banking Cards

Gemalto adds MasterCard® PayPass™ functionality to Garanti Bank’s Bonus Card, Europe’s largest multi-branded credit card program Garanti Bank currently has over 5 million BonusCards in circulation in Turkey Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 20, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announces it is providing Garanti Bank, a leading credit card issuer…
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Raak Technologies, Inc. and MARX Data Security GmbH Announce MARX as a Licensee of RaakSign, Raak’s Cryptographic Middleware

MARX Affiliate, MARX CryptoTech LP Based in Atlanta, Georgia, also Licenses RaakSign Austin, Texas, and Wackerstein Germany, December 19, 2006–Raak Technologies and MARX Data Security today announced that MARX Data Security has become a licensee of RaakSign, Raak’s cryptographic middleware. MARX’s affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia, MARX CryptoTech has also signed as a licensee. MARX will…