--- title: "NFC News Archives - Page 70 of 106 - Secure Technology Alliance" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/nfc-news/page/70/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/nfc-news/page/70/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)NFC News # Category: NFC News ### VersaFOB Offers Banks Cost-Effective Contactless Product Differentiation November 02, 2006–The smallest-ever card-based contactless payment fob, called VersaFOB, was certified by MasterCard Worldwide as an approved PayPass product, Oberthur Card Systems announced today. This new contactless payment form factor is just 28.5 mm by 23.6 mm (1.125” x 0.93”) in size. The sub-card is snapped out… ### Dallas Trial Marks First Implementation of Giesecke & Devrient’s Secure Chip Management Platform That Allows Consumers to Wirelessly Enhance Nokia Cell Phones With MasterCard PayPass DALLAS, TEXAS, November 2, 2006–MasterCard Worldwide today announced that it has brought the promise of mass market availability of “Tap & Go”™ payments via mobile phones one giant step closer… ### Amsterdam, 18th October 2006–Integrated Engineering, a world leading powerhouse in the contactless smart card industry, announced today that its SmartTRANS with PIN has also been approved by the US General Services Administration (GSA) for the FIPS 201 program. After the approval of Integrated Engineering’s standard SmartTRANS reader, the SmartTRANS reader with PINpad has been included… ### October 16, 2006, Chicago, Illinois–LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, announced that its contactless smart card technology supports the US government standard FIPS 201 for physical access control systems (PACS V2.2). FIPS 201 is a United States federal standard that specifies Personal Identity Verification requirements for federal employees and contractors. “We are very pleased to announce that with… ### Gemalto announces 2-year exclusive agreement with Europe’s largest Mobile Virtual Network Operator MVNO Conference, Barcelona, October 10, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announces an exclusive two-year agreement to supply its SIM cards to Virgin Mobile. Working in close partnership with the MVNO, the Gemalto teams have developed a customized… ### Staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s head office in Gogarburn, Edinburgh can now make payments by simply tapping their cards on a reader in a number of outlets on the Gogarburn site. Munich, October 5, 2006–This summer, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) began conducting a trial using dual interface EMV debit cards, the… ### Amsterdam, 5th October 2006–Integrated Engineering, a world leading powerhouse in the contactless smart card industry, announced today that its multi-technology reader, SmartTRANS, have been approved by the US General Services Administration (GSA) for the FIPS201 program. The SmartTRANS reader is the first contactless smart card multi-technology reader that is included on the GSA Approved Products… ### SAN DIEGO, CALIF., OCTOBER 3, 2006–Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB), has been named as the 2006 winner of the Frost & Sullivan Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year Award for the company’s advances in smart card technology used in public transit fare collection systems. The award from… ### Palo Alto, Calif., October 3, 2006–Frost & Sullivan selected Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc., one of two major business segments of Cubic Corporation (Amex:CUB), as the recipient of the 2006 Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year Award in the smart card mass transit market in recognition of its inventive strategies for the advancement of smart… ### October 2, 2006–Card Technology reports that four Japanese contactless payment providers–iD from NTT DoCoMo, Suica from East Japan Railway, QUICPay from JCB and Edy from bitWallet–will start to share common point-of-sale readers. Click here to read the full story. [ ** ](#)