Payments processor Heartland Payment Systems has learned it was the victim of a security breach within its processing system in 2008. The company believes the intrusion has been contained. Heartland’s campus solution, the Give Something Back Network, was not impacted by the intrusion. “We found evidence of an intrusion last week and immediately notified federal […]

By VC Kumar, manager of Government ID, Texas Instruments RFID Systems Most industry veterans associate closed-loop RFID systems, where tagged objects do not leave a single organization’s control, with niche, supply chain-related applications. As of late, however, companies and governments around the globe are opening up to closed-loop secure contactless applications for micropayment, loyalty and […]

Texas Instruments has unveiled its new secure multi-purpose contactless chip designed for the growing closed-loop contactless micropayment, loyalty, ID and access application markets. A number of closed-loop applications, particularly in Asia and in Central and South America, are seeking the speed, convenience and security of the ISO/IEC 14443 standards-based contactless technology that TI’s new chip […]

But will its use expand beyond access control and into other card applications? By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor It wasn’t too long ago that contactless technology was considered the Cadillac of card technologies, but decreasing prices and increasing security concerns have placed contactless squarely in the sights of many college campuses. HID Global’s Mark Doi […]

Purchase jumpstarts payment processor’s entry into the college and university market By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor The recently announced purchase of campus card supplier General Meters Corp. (GMC) by payments processors, Heartland Payment Systems, has likely delivered the resources the small company needed to stay competitive. Heartland’s campus card appetite was first whetted with its […]

Ron Farmer, Executive Director, Heartland Payment Systems Micropayments Division The campus card will truly become a student-centric tool as the places students want to go and the form factors they want to use become the norm. Students conduct transactions on and off campus, and card programs are recognizing this fact. Students also live by their […]

With the emergence of contactless cards and a couple of transit trials testing the use of this new payment medium in lieu of transit passes, the Smart Card Alliance’s Transportation Council released a white paper in October, 2006, exploring this new payment method. Suitably named “Transit and Contactless Financial Payments: New Opportunities for Collaboration and […]

Part of the AVISIAN Publishing Expert Panel series to be published throughout December 2006 Trevor Pavey, Manager of Contactless Payments, Texas Instruments The era of ‘tap and go’ payments fueled by contactless technology has arrived. In the past year, issuers have released more than 14 million contactless credit cards in the U.S. under the American […]

The Royal Bank of Scotland is piloting dual interface EMV-compliant debit cards supplied by smart card manufacturer Giesecke & Devrient. Purpose of the trial is to test convenience as well as user and retailer acceptance. This summer, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) began conducting a trial using dual interface EMV debit cards, the first […]

The Utah Transit Authority has tapped the ERG Group to supply it a contactless credit card for use in 41 buses in Salt Lake City area ski resorts. The buses will be linked via wifeless LAN to a central clearing house. On-Track Innovations’ Visa-certified equipment will read the new contactless credit cards. Balcatta, Western Australia–The […]