Category: Member News

Catuity Terminates Rights Offering Due to Volatility of Global Markets

DETROIT, Aug. 7, 2002–Catuity, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTTY; ASX: CAT), a leading provider of real-time recognition and reward software solutions, today announced that as a result of the volatility of global stock markets, the company and its underwriters in Australia have terminated the one-for-eight renounceable Rights Offering announced on June 27, 2002. The offering was planned…

MasterCard and WorldPay Advance e-Commerce Security; MasterCard’s UCAF Now Being Implemented by 17,000 WorldPay Merchants

PURCHASE, N.Y. and CAMBRIDGE, UK, (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 7, 2002–MasterCard International and WorldPay, a world leader in multi-currency secure payment processing, today announced the global launch of a programme to advance e-commerce security and boost consumer and merchant confidence, using MasterCard’s UCAF™ authentication infrastructure. Building on its technical architecture for authenticating payments over the Internet,…

JCB Announces Total Number of Issued IC Cards Exceeds 3 Million

Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 07, 2002, (JCN Newswire)–JCB, Japan’s largest credit card company and an international brand, announced that the total number of JCB-brand EMV IC cards issued in Japan since December 2001 exceeded 3 million in July 2002. Click to read more Source: JCN Newswire

Thomson Media Announces the CardTech/SecurTech ID Conference & Exhibition: Identification Technologies for a Secure World

Sponsored by the U.S. General Services Administration NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Thomson Media, publishers of Card Technology and ID Newswire, announce CardTech/SecurTech ID Conference & Exhibition to be held November 18-20, 2002 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel in Washington, D.C. Since 1990, over 75,000 people have attended CardTech/SecurTech conferences to learn how to tamper-proof…

MTA, Municipal Bus Operators Launch ‘Regional EZpass,’ a First-Of-Its-Kind Regional Transit Pass for L.A. County

L.A. County Metropolitan Transporation Authority EZpass September ‘Regional EZpass’ Goes on Sale August 25 LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/–The MTA and municipal bus operators today took a huge step toward providing bus and rail riders with seamless transit service throughout Los Angeles County with the launch of the Regional EZpass, the county’s first regional transit…

SSP-Litronic Receives Contract from U.S. Department of Defense; An Estimated $10 Million for Common Access Card Middleware

IRVINE, Calif., (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 13, 2002–SSP-Litronic, the Government Enterprise Division of information assurance provider SSP Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq:SSPX), today announced an estimated $9,990,000 multiple award from the Department of Defense (DoD) for a firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of Common Access Card (CAC) Middleware, to include software licenses, media and maintenance,…

Gemplus Technology Support Labs Goes Live With Onyx Software On Time and on Budget

BELLEVUE, Wash., (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 12, 2002–The Leading Smart Card Technology Solutions Provider Plans Global, Phased Implementation To Provide Holistic View of Customer and Improve Customer Service Onyx® Software Corp. (Nasdaq:ONXS), worldwide leader in successful CRM, today announced that Gemplus Support Technology Labs has successfully gone live with the first phase of its Onyx implementation…

Fargo Electronics, Inc. And Sony Chemicals Corporation Announce Creation of New Global Technology And Business Alliance, Amicable Settlement Of All Pe

MINNEAPOLIS, (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 13, 2002–Fargo Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRGO), Sony Chemicals Corporation Japan (SCC), and Sony Chemicals Corporation of America (SCCA) today announced the creation of a global technology and business alliance, as well as the amicable settlement of all pending litigation between the companies. “The new alliance between Sony Chemicals and Fargo will link…

Concord EFS Awards Hypercom $13 Million Contract for Card Payment Terminals and Value-Added Web-based Services

Concord EFS, Inc, a leading electronic commerce provider, has awarded Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) a contract valued at an estimated $13 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Concord will deploy tens of thousands of Hypercom® card payment terminals and peripherals, including the ICE™ 5700 with integrated motorized check reader, along with Hypercom’s value-added electronic…

Catuity Signs Agreement with KESM Transaction Solutions for its Software to be Included on Banksys Terminals

DETROIT & TORONTO, (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 21, 2002–Catuity, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTTY) (ASX:CAT), a leader in loyalty software applications, today announced it has signed an agreement with KESM Transaction Solutions to be the exclusive provider of the loyalty application for Belgium-based Banksys terminals. The Banksys terminal–C-ZAM/Smash–is distributed in North America by BNA Smart Payment Systems, for which…