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RSS contactless cardsCash still king - but contactless cards challenge
News But she said this may all change with the arrival of contactless technology on cards. Sandra Quinn, director of communications at payments industry body Apacs, which carried out the research, said despite the consumer's continuing love affair with... [13 Mar 2007]
Oyster and Octopus - a tale of two cities' contactless cards
Comment In his travels for silicon.com's latest special report, about business and technology in China, Dan Ilett encountered Hong Kong's fabled contactless payments card, Octopus. RBS recently partnered with MasterCard to pilot its own version of a... [28 Jun 2006]
Secure Access Control With Government Contactless Cards
White Paper These contactless cards will be capable of symmetric key usage, but will not be able to perform private key operations. This paper discusses ways to use digitally signed messages to perform strong authentication and authorization using the current... [22 Aug 2005]
One million HSBC customers getting contactless cards
News The US arm of international bank HSBC is giving contactless debit cards to one million customers before the end of the year. In a similar way to London Underground's Oyster Card, contactless cards transmit payment details wirelessly between the... [15 Sep 2005]
Visa to kick off contactless cards this autumn
News Visa is to launch contactless 'wave and pay' cards this autumn to replace low-value cash transactions across the UK. Around 200,000 consumers are expected to use the contactless cards in the first few months, along with some 2,000 retailers... [04 May 2007]
RBS trials contactless RFID-style debit cards
News The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and MasterCard are to trial an RFID-based contactless debit card to replace cash for low-value payments. The bank said 1,000 staff have so far applied for one of the specially adapted Maestro chip and PIN debit cards. [15 Jun 2006]
Turkey rolls out contactless payments
News Burger King and Starbucks will be the first retailers to accept contactless payments in Turkey as 25,000 people receive 'Tap & Go' cards. Visa is to trial contactless debit cards in London this autumn that will allow shoppers to pay for low-value... [21 Jul 2006]
'Tap and go' plastic arrives in London
News The MasterCard PayPass and Maestro PayPass contactless cards allow consumers to buy items costing less than £10 by simply waving their debit or credit card in front of a reader. In a similar vein to London Underground's Oyster Card, contactless... [04 Sep 2007]
Chipping Away at Mag Stripes
White Paper Since they were first deployed more than eight years ago in Hong Kong and Seoul, contactless smart cards have been used as tickets for public transport systems all around the world. Now Innovision Research & Technology (IRT), an RFID chip design... [01 Jul 2004]
Retailers fear contactless payments
News Retailers are increasingly worried that the forthcoming launch of contactless payment cards in the UK could leave them significantly out of pocket as the cost of accepting payments this way could be potentially much more expensive than cash. [24 Apr 2007]
Visa to launch 'wave and pay' cards in UK
News Visa is planning to introduce contactless 'wave and pay' debit cards to replace low-value cash transactions across the UK by the end of next year. Alzetta said more than three-quarters of all cash payments are for less than £10 and the introduction... [24 Nov 2006]
Visa to trial 'tap and go' debit cards in London
News Visa is to trial contactless debit cards in London this autumn that will allow shoppers to pay for low-value goods by simply touching their card against an electronic reader. Visa is planning on using RFID-enabled dual-use debit cards for the trial... [26 Jun 2006]
Fraud drives banks' smart card push
News Successful smart card projects in other industries, such as contactless payments at toll booths, have convinced banks to migrate to smart cards from traditional magnetic strip cards, a Frost and Sullivan report says. [18 Oct 2005]
Smart Cards for Access Control Advantages and Technology Choices
White Paper One new technology many security and IT managers are evaluating is contactless smart cards. Just as proximity technology brought advantages over Wiegand card technology 20 years ago, contactless smart card technology today is bringing new... [24 Aug 2005]
Contactless Commerce Enables a World Beyond Payment Cards
White Paper More than 10 million new payment cards issued in the U.S.in 2005 support contactless transactions, and the number of cards keeps growing. As contactless commerce gains acceptance, card issuers seek to extend the technology to alternate form factors... [13 Dec 2006]
