StarChip Opens New Office in Shanghai

StarChip® announced that it is opening a new office in Shanghai China. The first part of a multi-phase plan to expand its operation and sales to China. With its strong position in electronics manufacturing, China is poised to play a significant...
|
Ingenico is Rolling Out its International Strategy on e-Health and e-ID

Ingenico announced the launch of Ingenico Healthcare / e-ID, its activity dedicated to security layer solutions for e-Health and electronic identity (e-ID) systems, based on its Ingenico Healthcare subsidiary in Germany and the recently acquired XI...
|
Chase Selects Gemalto For Trusted Service Management

Chase announced that it has selected Gemalto to provide its Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution for Chase’s enterprise-wide mobile payments platform. Gemalto’s TSM will provision and manage the credit and debit card data of Chase customers, valid...
|
GlobalPlatform Launches Card ID Configuration for the Identity Market

GlobalPlatform has published its Card ID Configuration v1.0 to deliver an easy to use implementation guideline for smart card-based government identity services. The technical document forms the first step in GlobalPlatform’s government roadmap to become...
|
STMicroelectronics Completes Most Extensive NFC Product Portfolio

STMicroelectronics has unveiled its second-generation Near Field Communications (NFC) controller. ST says the new IC, in combination with its wide Secure Element portfolio, will speed up the arrival of a new world of secure contactless apps and ...
|
G&D Provides NFC-Capable SIM Cards for Italy’s First Mobile Payment Pilot Project

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is supplying NFC-capable SIM cards to Nòverca, an MVNO, for Italy’s very first pilot project for mobile payments launched by Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. Six hundred employees and customers of Banca Intesa Sanpaolo can ...
|
Oberthur Technologies Leverages Global EMV Expertise and Strong Historical Market Presence in the US

Oberthur Technologies announced that it shipped over 2.5 million EMV cards to U.S. banks and credit unions, which made it the largest EMV provider in the U.S. for 2011. Oberthur Technologies additionally noted that it currently has fifteen act...
|
Watchdata - A Mobile NFC Breakthrough

Watchdata launched a revolutionary mobile NFC form factor at the 2012 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The new solution is called SIMpass-SC. Based on the highly successful SIMpass technology, the new product embeds a secure element, an acti...
|
GlobalPlatform and EMVCo Align Mobile Payment Certification Structure

The GlobalPlatform Compliance Program for validating secure elements (SEs) has been recognized by EMVCo – the EMV® standards body collectively owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa – as an integral part of the mobile payment certific...
|
Datacard Announces Affordable SIM Card Personalization System

Datacard Group announced the availability of its latest personalization product – the Datacard® MPR3800™ GSM card issuance system. Designed specifically to help telecommunications companies and service bureaus address the challenges of explosive growth in...
|