At the heart of South Africa’s new contactless, prepaid smart card system for public transit fares, Aconite Prepaid Value Manager manages complex processing specific to smart prepaid products. Integrated with Traderoot Africa (Pty) Ltd’s Universal Prepaid Issuing Platform (UPIP) software, this software solution is licensed to a large South African transit payments processor and approved… Read More
Oberthur Technologies launches a Paper SIM Card
Oberthur Technologies, the world’s second largest provider of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, has launched the PaperSIM, a premium sustainable plant-based SIM card body made from 100% paper. The PaperSIM is a natural high-tech card body composed of recyclable and biodegradable wood fibres designed to respect the eco-system. With… Read More
PKO Bank Polski selects Gemalto for first large scale rollout of EMV Contactless Payment Cards in Poland
Gemalto has reported that it has been selected by PKO Bank Polski for the migration of its entire portfolio of Visa debit cards for individual clients, from magnetic stripe technology straight to EMV contactless. PKO Bank Polski S.A. is the largest financial institution in Poland serving more than 8.5 million customers, and with the largest… Read More
Think&Go NFC to offer 300 free NFC devices for companies to test NFC Services and Profitable Business Model
NFC start-up Think&Go NFC is offering free NFC devices to companies who wish to deploy or experiment with NFC powered services. The devices will include a selection of Alternative NFC Devices (Mopho’s NFC Mobile Wallet, TwinLinx’s MyMax and WDI’s iCarte for iPhone) and best of breed NFC phones as they are released, and will be… Read More
DBS Customers with StarHub Plans are the First to Use the New NFC Mobile Payment Solution in Singapore
Some 1, 000 DBS customers with StarHub mobile plans will be the first in Singapore to use the NFC Mobile Payment Solution trial service for everyday mobile payments. The trial will commence in December 2010 and will last for eight months. The project, which was collaboratively organised by DBS Bank, EZ-Link, Gemalto, MasterCard and StarHub,… Read More
NXP and Gemalto Sign Licensing Agreement for Adding MIFARE to UICC Cards
NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Gemalto, have announced a global strategic licensing agreement for NXP’s MIFARE™ technology, enabling Gemalto to integrate MIFARE into its UICC cards. This cooperation aims at spurring the usage of NFC mobile devices in the MIFARE infrastructure, therefore accelerating worldwide deployments of mobile contactless services. The agreement enables Gemalto to complement its… Read More
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