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Discover recently detailed the results of a trial of the mobile sticker version of its Zip contactless card, which has been ongoing since last April with more than 700 Discover employees at its Chicago headquarters and its Salt Lake City facility. 32% of surveyed pilot participants placed the sticker on their company ID badge, while [...]

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RBC Royal Bank is adding another unique payment option to its lineup of Visa prepaid cards. Athletes, coaches and team officials attending the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be able to purchase beverages with a simple wave of the hand by using a special Visa Prepaid Card issued by RBC. The card, [...]

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Atos Worldline has received the EMVCo Level 1 Contactless Approved Interface Modules certification for its XENTA contactless reader, making it the first terminal provider worldwide to receive this certification. The Level 1 Type Approval process tests compliance with the electromechanical characteristics, logical interface, and transmission protocol requirements defined in the EMV Specifications. The test was [...]

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Contactless payment schemes are expanding throughout the world and many projects are now moving to rollout. Originally supported by a set of terminal vendors focusing on this emerging technology, contactless is maturing and a wide scope of device manufacturers are now considering the provision of their own solution. To maintain their level of quality in [...]

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Indian Railways, the world’s second largest rail network carrying 18 million passengers daily, has embarked on an ambitious programme to adopt contactless smart card technology for its unreserved ticketing system across its major stations. In mid-August, the government-controlled railway operator chose Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductor as the technology provider for its automated fare collection system. “We [...]

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