Category: NFC News

InContactless Payments NewsMember NewsNFC News

INSIDE Supplies MobiNear with Key NFC Technology

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, Sept. 29, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced a technology partnership to provide critical NFC technology to Paris-based MobiNear, a world-leading provider of proximity mobile communications solutions. Through this cooperation, INSIDE is providing NFC reading capabilities to enhance the MobiNear Box kiosk, which will now be…
InContactless Payments NewsMember NewsNFC News

Regarding ID Magazine Podcast: Securing Payments with Contactless Smart Cards (audio)

There are a variety of solutions being proposed to better protect payment information to prevent breaches. In this podcast Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, talks to Zack Martin, editor of Regarding ID Magazine, about the group’s latest recommendation that the U.S. use contactless smart cards using dynamic cryptograms to secure payment…
InEMV NewsMember NewsNFC News

Gemalto Sets Up Payment Card Personalization Facility in Indonesia

Aiming to service Indonesian banks, better protect their payment card customers and introduce new value-adding applications and services Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Jakarta, Indonesia, September 24, 2009–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced that it will inaugurate its first personalization center in Indonesia before the end of the year. The…
InMember NewsNFC News

Gemalto’s Trusted Services Management Solution Certified by MasterCard

Supports financial institutions in commercial rollout of mobile NFC payment services Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Taipei, Taiwan, Sept 17, 2009 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced it has achieved MasterCard certification for its TSM (Trusted Services Management) offer. The achievement demonstrates Gemalto’s readiness for supporting commercial launches of…
InMember NewsNFC News

Gemalto and Vodafone Group R&D Win IDDY Award for Remote Strong Authentication of OpenIDs

Digital ID World 2009, Las Vegas, NV, Sept 16, 2009 – Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, and Vodafone Group R&D have been awarded an IDDY–Identity Deployment of the Year Award–for a collaborative proof-of-concept identity application that enables smart card-based strong authentication of an OpenID across the Internet or a mobile network. OpenID is…
InContactless Payments NewsMember NewsNFC News

RATP Selects Gemalto for Online Top Up of Navigo Passes

Pilot program “Mon e-guichet” launched for public transportation in the Ile-de-France region Amsterdam, Sept 15, 2009 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced it has been selected by Paris transport company RATP to supply card readers enabling top up of Navigo passes online with “Mon e-guichet” service. As part…
InMember NewsNFC News

Securing Cloud Computing: Gemalto Protects Amazon Web Services Access with Ezio Multi-Factor Authentication Device

Austin, TX, Sept 10, 2009 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announced today that its Ezio device is ready for use with Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) new Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) feature. The Ezio Time Token provides AWS users with a convenient and secure way to access their account, and can…
InEMV NewsMember NewsNFC News

Nigeria’s InterSwitch Selects Gemalto’s Complete Strong Authentication Solution to Secure their e-Payment Services

Scalable solution offers security and convenience to all banking customers Amsterdam, Sept 7, 2009 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced that InterSwitch is deploying its complete Ezio strong authentication solution to secure their e-payment services in Nigeria. InterSwitch is a leading provider of secure electronic payment solutions in…