At this week’s Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona, SecureKey Technologies Inc. will be showcasing its new cloud-based authentication products for mobile devices. Some of the apps SecureKey will be demonstrating include Mobile POS, which enables secure EMV card reading on smart phones and tablets; mobile multifactor authentication through NFC and embedded secure elements and […]

Fime has been accredited by EMVCo, the EMV standards body, to verify that a secure element has the required security and functionality to enable an end-user to select their preferred payment application in a contactless environment. Fime’s global test tool now has the capabilities to confirm that the application loaded on a secure element meets […]

PayPoint, an international payment provider with branded retail networks across the UK, has announced that it has passed the milestone of 4,000 contactless payment terminals within its national network. PayPoint’s network of contactless Chip and PIN facilities for credit and debit card payments now exceeds 4,000 contactless terminals, making it the largest private sector network […]

PayPal, the e-commerce business enabling electronic payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet, has announced a new version of its PayPal Here mobile payment solution in the UK where Chip and PIN is the prevalent mode of card authentication at point of sale. The new palm-sized device connects to a mobile phone […]

ABI Research forecasts 8.6 billion smart cards will ship in 2013, spanning all smart card markets. Of the total shipments, 16% are forecasted to use a contactless interface but that will rise to 30% by 2018. Government ID, transportation and ticketing, and payment cards continue strong double-digit growth in contactless adoption. Single-wire protocol SIM card […]

U.S. Air Force Bases in Germany have added inLighten’s iTOUCH Internet Access Kiosks in an effort to provide a self-service way to safely access and conduct transactions at Service Credit Union through the institution’s public Web portal. The kiosks enables credit union members to use their credit union smart cards to activate the kiosk for […]

New Hampshire-based Service Credit Union has implemented Datacard Group’s Datacard CardWizard issuance software to bring instant-issue EMV smart cards to U.S. military members based in Germany. This builds on its instant-issue EMV smart card roll out to military members that it began at the end of 2011 and will continue to do for all of […]

In an effort to prevent fraud, Visa plans on rolling out its EMV chip cards in the Philippines, reports The Philippine Star. Visa has set a timeline for the rollout, during which time acquirers should upgrade their ATMs to accept the cards. Should acquirers not meet Visa’s deadline for accepting the cards, they will have […]

The 2013 Smart Card Alliance payments Summit saw executives from MasterCard and Visa spoke about the payments industry, explained their road maps and provided vision for the future payments infrastructure. The summit saw head of authentication product integration for Visa, Stephanie Ericksen, reveal new details that will expand Visa’s roadmap to include EMV. Ericksen revealed […]

Visa has announced it’s added a migration path for debit cards to adopt the EMV chip for use in ATM transactions. Part of this plan involves Visa providing some of its proprietary EMV chip technology to the industry to aid in the process of EMV chip implementation for this segment of the card industry. Part […]