Infineon Technologies have announced that its SLE 78 family of security controllers received security certification for use in electronic ID documents and chip card applications. The Germany Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) certified the high standard of security achieved by Infineon. Governments and public authorities all over the world use security controllers in ID documents… Read More
SKIDATA Scores at World Cup 2010
As anyone who’s anyone in the industry knows, SKIDATA provides full-service solutions for arenas, trade shows and amusement parks. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that at the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa, the company’s years of experience and expertise in people access and parking management will be on public… Read More
Implementer guidelines for mobile remote payments
Mobey Forum, the global leader in defining a sustainable and prosperous mobile financial services ecosystem, has released the market’s first comprehensive white paper specifying implementer guidelines for mobile remote payments. The white paper will be of particular interest to senior decision-makers at financial institutions, and informs readers on how mobile remote payment technology can effectively… Read More
MASTERCARD and NAGRAID Security introduce new display cards with extended features for secure banking applications
NagraID Security, a subsidiary of the Kudelski Group has just announced that its families of display cards have passed MasterCard’s (CSI – Card Structure & Integrity) approval process, demonstrating the required levels of durability, safety and compliance to ISO standards required for the commercial launch of banking cards and the introduction into MasterCard’s brand standards… Read More
China Unicom Adopts SIMpass for Mobile Payments
China Unicom Beijing Branch and Beijing Municipal Administration and Communications Card Co. (BMAC) have jointly launched a new mobile payment service using Watchdata’ SIMpass™ technology. The China Unicom “All-in-One Mobile Card” service comes with a custom-made mobile phone, which integrates the SIMpass™ antenna at the back of the phone, enabling its subscriber to use the… Read More
Shock! Horror! No NFC on iPhone 4! Is this the end for NFC adoption?
If like us you were watching the unveiling of the iPhone 4 at Apple’s WWDC to see if the much hyped NFC addition to the iPhone was going to be announced – you were in for a disappointment. With so many contactless/NFC industry commentators banging on about how Apple could ‘save/boost’ NFC applications (including the… Read More
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