Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech, a player in Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payments, loyalty and marketing applications and contactless NFC readers, and DeviceFidelity, the global leader in microSD based mobile contactless solutions, have announced a joint solution that brings contactless mobile payment, loyalty, transit, ticketing and coupon redemption capabilities to leading Smartphone models. Available to financial… Read More
Gemalto Launches New Multi-Application Reader for Contactless and Contact Versatility
Gemalto today announced the launch of the innovative PROX DU™ smart card reader for physical and logical access control. The dual-interface reader makes it convenient to securely access a host of applications using both contactless and contact technologies, with one single device. These include employee corporate badge, electronic identity and healthcare. The PROX DU is… Read More
NXP’s MIFARE Plus Chosen for Ground Transportation Ticketing Systems in Sochi, Russia for 2014 Winter Olympics
NXP Semiconductors N.V. this week announced that its contactless microcontroller, MIFARE Plus™, has been chosen by the Russian city of Sochi – host of the 2014 Winter Olympics – to power the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system of its ground transportation network. This will be the first rollout of MIFARE Plus in Russia and the Commonwealth… Read More
Precise Biometrics receives order for hardware worth SEK 2.4 million in Match-on-Card project for Middle East Govt. employees.
The order is an additional follow-up order from an existing customer in the Middle East and delivery consists of Precise 200 MC readers, combined fingerprint and smart card readers that will be used in a current government ID card project together with the Precise Match-on-Card™ technology. The government customer is in the process of extending… Read More
Barnes International Receives Mastercard Qualification of Card Personalization Validation (CPV) Module
Barnes International has announced the qualification of its MasterCard Card Personalization Test Module (CPV module) for MasterCard Worldwide to the latest CPV Personalization Validation Tool (PVT) Requirements version 3.3, dated May 2010. This further adds to the effectiveness and accuracy of the Barnes CPT3000v3 and CAT3000v3 PVT Test Tools. The new CPV 3.3 module complements… Read More
Ever wondered why the TV show “Mythbusters” have never produced a show about RFID/Contactless technology?
For those of you not familiar with the show, heres the run-down according to Wikipedia; MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by an Australian company, Beyond Television Productions originally for the Discovery Channel in the United States. The series is screened by numerous international broadcasters, including SBS One and the Discovery… Read More
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