--- title: "Member News Archives - Page 166 of 220 - Secure Technology Alliance" description: "The Secure Technology Alliance publishes members news from industry organizations and partners." language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/member-news/page/166/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/member-news/page/166/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Member News # Category: Member News ### Salinas, CA., January 26, 2007–HSBC Credit Card Services, the U.S. credit card unit of one of the world’s largest financial services companies, has launched a mobile phone payments pilot, in partnership with MasterCard and ViVOtech. The six-month pilot tests the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile phones to make contactless credit card purchases…. ### Visa Brings State-of-the-Art Acceptance Contactless Readers; Patrons Avoid Fumbling for Cash, Pay San Francisco–JAN. 25, 2007-Visa, a proud sponsor of Broadway since 1999, is making it easier for Manhattan theatregoers to speed through concession lines and get back to their seats before the start of the next act. Sandbar Concessions, the official concessionaire for The… ### Gemalto certified to provide secure smart banking cards for use with Canada’s debit and Automated Banking Machine network Toronto, Ontario, January 24, 2007–Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, today announced that its personalization center outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada is the first to achieve smart banking card certification from Interac, Canada’s debit and Automated… ### NORTH POTOMAC, MD, (BUSINESS WIRE), January 22, 2007–Identification Technology Partners, Inc. (IDTP) announced that Gilles Lisimaque was elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Lisimaque joined IDTP as a partner in January 2005. He actively represents IDTP clients in US and International standards bodies, as well as provides technical and business guidance in the… ### 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… ### 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… ### 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… ### 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,… ### Over one million new documents to be produced by end of 2011 Munich, January 5, 2007–Munich-based technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has been awarded a contract by the Latvian government to produce 1.1 million electronic passports (e-passports) over the next five years. G&D will also supply all the necessary systems for data capture and… ### The new company called Venyon supplies Secure Chip Management services for Near Field Communication ecosystems Helsinki, Munich, December 20, 2006–Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced today the completion of a global joint venture. The name of the company is Venyon, and it is 57 percent owned by G&D and 43 percent owned… [ ** ](#)