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JCB Selects Visa Asia Pacific’s Specification for Expansion of Contactless Payments

Customers to benefit from agreement that will accelerate speed to market and greater merchant acceptance of faster and more convenient contactless payment products SINGAPORE, TOKYO, FEBRUARY 21, 2007–Visa and JCB announced today an agreement to share Visa Asia Pacific’s contactless specification, which will soon open up the acceptance of JCB’s ‘J/Speedy’ contactless cards at merchant…
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OTI’s Saturn 6000 Receives MasterCard PayPass M/Chip Approval

New Reader is First to Support Both the PayPass M/Chip and the Required ISO 14443 PayPass Implementation Version 1.1 Fort Lee, NJ, February 20, 2007–On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions, for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, today announced that its new contactless…
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Sodexho to Accept MasterCard PayPass Contactless Payment System

New System to be Available to 1,000 Sodexho Locations Nationwide to Provide Customers with Speed and Convenience at the Register Gaithersburg, MD, February 20, 2007–With more working Americans looking for quick, convenient ways to eat on the go, Sodexho (NYSE:SDX), the nation’s leading provider of food and facilities management, will now begin accepting MasterCard® PayPass™…
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New MasterCard PayPass Creative to Debut on ABC Broadcast of 79th Annual Academy Awards and on Priceless.com

Jim Sheridan-directed spot to premiere during ABC Broadcast of the Academy Awards; Priceless.com to host star-studded vignettes demonstrating the speed and convenience of PayPass Purchase, NY, February 20, 2007–MasterCard Worldwide® today announced it will debut a new ‘Priceless’ execution directed by acclaimed director Jim Sheridan during the broadcast of the 79th Annual Academy Awards on…
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INSIDE Contactless nominated for Performance AWARD Les Echos – La Carte Corporate

Selection rewards innovative companies with exceptional growth and performance Aix en Provence, France, February 19th, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a world leader for contactless semiconductor chips and hardware platforms, today announced that the company was nominated for the award of Performance Prize Les Echos – La Carte Corporate. Created in 2001 and sponsored by daily business publication…
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Cybertrust and CoreStreet Launch Government Smart Card Credential Validation Service

Service Allows for Validation of Credentials by Handheld Device in Disconnected Environment, Facilitating More Efficient Validation in First Responder and Emergency Situations HERNDON, Va., February 13, 2007, (BUSINESS WIRE)–Cybertrust®, the global information security specialist, and CoreStreet, a leader in software for smart credential and convergence programs, today announced collaboration around government smart card credentialing. Aimed…
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Discover® Network Certifies INSIDE Contactless Chip for Contactless Payment Cards and Devices

INSIDE Contactless MicroPass L4 intelligent hardware platform first to be certified to support Discover Network contactless payments Riverwoods, Ill., February 14, 2007–Discover Financial Services, a business unit of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced that Discover Network has certified the MicroPass L4 intelligent hardware platform from INSIDE Contactless. The MicroPass L4 is a contactless chip…
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Discover Network and Motorola Announce Mobile Payments and Account Management Trial

Mobile banking and payments trial gives Discover Cardmembers a convenient and easy way to make purchases and manage their credit card accounts in real time via Motorola mobile phones Riverwoods and Schaumburg, Ill., February 13, 2007–Discover Financial Services, a business unit of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), and Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT), today announced the launch…
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nCryptone and Inteligensa launch nC Mobile Token, an innovative strong authentication suite on a cellphone

Boulogne-Billancourt, the 8th of February 2007–nCryptone, a key player in the field of strong authentication solutions, and Inteligensa, a Latin American company specializing in the development and the implementation of intelligent solutions for mass market, join their expertise to transform cellphones into Tokens that are both simple to deploy and to use. Today, cellphones are…
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nCryptone and Inteligensa are launching the first multi-purpose token: the Dual Output Token

Boulogne-Billancourt, the 29th of January 2007–nCryptone, the major actor of strong and multi-channel authentication solutions, and Inteligensa, a Latin American company, specialized in the development and implementation of intelligent solutions for mass business, are joining their expertise to propose a new multi-purpose authenticator adapted to the diversity of contexts for the final user. Seven million…