Category: Member News

MasterCard Records Sharp Increase in Smart Card Programs Worldwide

Financial Institutions Working With MasterCard to Manage More than 400 Chip Implementations–Double Last Year’s Purchase, NY, November 18, 2003–Registering a sharp rise in global demand for smart card services, MasterCard International today announced that it is now working with its customers on more than 400 individual chip implementations around the world. This figure represents more…

ArjoWiggins, Gep and STMicroelectronics to Cooperate on Advanced Solutions for Electronic Passports

Combination of Gep’s smart card software know-how with ST’s leading-edge secure microcontroller technology and Gep majority shareholder ArjoWiggins’ expertise in Security papers leads to state-of-the-art Electronic Passport solutions Geneva, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Naples, November 19, 2003–STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the world’s second largest supplier of smart card chips, ArjoWiggins, the world leader in Secure Paper technologies and Gep…

Infineon Introduces 32-Bit Smart Card Controller with 400 kBytes Flexible EEPROM

Customer Programmable Memory Shortens Time-to-Market for New Applications to One-Third Munich, Germany / Paris, France, November 18, 2003–Today at the “Cartes 2003” show in Paris, Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX), the world’s number one supplier of integrated circuits (ICs) for chip cards, announced the availability of new members of its 32-bit security controller 88 family. Featuring…

Philips advances smart card security for mobile applications

New 32-bit smart card controller IC from Philips Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced the launch of the industry’s first high-security 32-bit smart card controller chip, based on a standard core architecture, to offer more than 650 Kbyte of nonvolatile memory. This large memory size is needed for multi-application smart cards such…

MasterCard PayPass Trials and Survey Demonstrate Momentum of Contactless Payments

Results Reveal Strong Interest in a Simpler Way to Pay Purchase, NY, November 17, 2003–MasterCard International today announced initial results of its MasterCard PayPass contactless payment market trials taking place in Orlando, Florida and Dallas, Texas. MasterCard also announced results from a recent consumer payment survey, which showed that nearly half (49 percent) of consumers…