A new software specification promises to save banks months of time that would otherwise be spent reconfiguring their Web servers and databases to handle online payments. NYCE Corp. is gearing up to ...

Lock maker Assa Abloy and On Track Innovations (OTI) have each purchased companies they hope will strengthen their capacity to serve the market for smart cards. Assa Abloy’s Identification Technology ...

Visa U.S.A. Inc. yesterday announced that the development of hardware needed for point-of-sale (POS) systems to read the embedded chip technology in its smart cards has been completed. However, ...

With large retail chains like Target, Neiman Marcus and Michaels experiencing massive data breaches, U.S. banks and brick-and-mortar merchants face serious pressure to increase credit card security ...

Three of the region’s mass-transit systems will sign a memorandum of understanding by the end of the summer, promising to develop a fare card with embedded computer chips to be used interchangeably on ...

Although 18 agencies have launched projects using smart cards to identify people or control access to buildings and systems, the technology remains difficult to implement and is gaining traction ...

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. – A new report by Smart Card Alliance, a nonprofit multi-industry association, describes security considerations for organizations that are intending to deploy smart card ...

The Smart Card Alliance opened nominations for its “Outstanding Smart Card Achievement” (OSCA) awards, announcing two new categories honoring innovative products and services in payments and security ...

GSA approved identity credential compatible with legacy and new physical access control systems SMART CARD ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 13, 2007 - Gemalto, a world leader in ...

New banking technology and shifts in telephone usage are changing the economics of the smart card industry, where worldwide sales of cards containing microprocessors are set to outstrip sales of ...

The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) Co-chairmen, CAPT Lee Kincaid and CAPT Robert Sheen, announced the SOCP’s plans for developing SOCP’s Maritime Smart Card pilot project at its October ...