--- title: "NFC News Archives - Page 100 of 106 - Secure Technology Alliance" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/nfc-news/page/100/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/nfc-news/page/100/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)NFC News # Category: NFC News ### Purchase, New York and San Francisco, California, June 25, 2003–EMVCo, LLC, the company jointly owned by MasterCard International and Visa International, announced today its newly established structure and expanded charter that will further ensure ongoing interoperability and increased communication within the payments industry. The primary role of EMVCo has been to maintain the EMV Integrated… ### Gemplus reinforces its market share in the important Chinese market Luxembourg, June 23, 2003–Gemplus International S.A. (Paris Euronext: Euroclear 5768 and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, announces its selection by China Unicom as a supplier of more than 10 million SIM cards for the second half of 2003. With a… ### PARIS, June 5, 2003–Precise Biometrics AB (publ), developer and provider of world-leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints, and Schlumberger, one of the world’s leading smart card providers, have renewed their existing agreement on the integration of the biometric security option in the Cyberflex Access* 64K smart card. With the original project now… ### Gemplus participates in S-Travel initiative to create smart card-based industry standard for enhanced air travelers security and convenience Luxembourg, 04 June 2003–Gemplus (Euronext Paris SA: GEPL.PA; Sicovam: 005768; NASDAQ: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, today announced that it has been selected to supply smart card technology and expertise to the “S-Travel”… ### DETROIT & AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, (BUSINESS WIRE), May 22, 2003–Catuity, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTTY; ASX: CAT), Visa USA, Visa International and Welcome Real-time today announced they have entered into a patent cross license agreement that will increase the availability of interoperable systems for smart-card based loyalty rewards at the point of sale. By creating the conditions for… ### SAN DIEGO, (BUSINESS WIRE), May 21, 2003–Cubic Transportation Systems Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX:CUB), has received an order from the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to allow commuters to park with the same ticket they use for BART trains and buses. The $2.2 million parking application is the… ### DALLAS, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Today, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced it is working with MasterCard International to utilize payment and messaging technologies in a new and innovative way to take mobile commerce to a new level. Now in the second phase of its mobile commerce trial, Nokia is demonstrating how mobile phones can be utilized as more… ### New Advanced Technology Team Propels Emerging Technology Business Forward LOS ANGELES, May 5 /PRNewswire/–JCB, one of the five international payment brands, announced a management realignment reinforcing the importance of advanced payment technologies. Masahiro Omoto was appointed executive vice president and general manager of the Advanced Technologies Department. His responsibilities include smart card migration, secure e-commerce… ### Sagem Awards Gemplus a Contract in the Middle East to Deliver Over Two Million Cards to the UAE population Ministry of Interior of the UAE Deploying Smart Card-Based ID Program to its Citizens to Improve Quality of Public Service Sagem and Gemplus Collaboration Results in Second Successive ID Contract Win, Reinforcing Strength of Their Joint… ### Minneapolis / St. Paul’s Metro Transit has chosen Philips’ MIFARE technology to improve transit ticketing in the nation’s first seamless, contactless smart card technology system Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced that its world leading MIFARE® contactless smart card technology has been selected by Metro Transit in Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota… [ ** ](#)