Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

Smart Card Alliance co-sponsors upcoming contactless, mobile payments Webinar

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Implementing contactless and mobile payments is the subject of the Smart Card Alliance’s next online seminar about smart card payments. Scheduled for Jan. 13 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET, the Webinar is being produced in partnership with the Electronic Transactions Association.


Registration for the free “Best Practices: Contactless and Mobile Payments Implementation,” is available c here.

“The goal of this Webinar is to leave no questions unanswered regarding the implementation of contactless and mobile payments,” said the alliance’s executive director, Randy Vanderhoof. “Attendees will hear about how to develop the business case to support contactless payments and how to implement the new payments approach at the point-of-sale.”

Speakers including Rori Ferensic, ETA; Brent Bowen, INSIDE Contactless; Vanderhoof; Dan Loomis, VeriFone; and Mohammad Khan, ViVOtech.

Attendees can also expect a discussion on the status of merchant acceptance in the U.S., a demonstration of the ROI model developed by the Smart Card Alliance to assist merchants evaluating the business case for investing in contactless payments and a presentation on best practices for POS upgrades, training and support.

This Webinar follows two others in the series dealing with NFC and smart card fundamentals. The fourth and final webinar in the series, “Smart Cards and Payment Security,” will be held Feb. 3 at 1p.m. ET. [end] 

The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council has published a white paper examining how the transit industry can best make use of NFC technology.

“One of the major challenges facing transit agencies today is how to capitalize on the ever-growing popularity of mobile phones with a solid mobile strategy,” said Transportation Council Chairman Craig Roberts. “This white paper builds on the knowledge base developed in earlier white papers to foster a greater understanding of NFC technology, explain its role in the transit industry, and shed light on key issues facing the transit industry in developing a mobile strategy.”

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Proxama has announced a partnership with semiconductor supplier ARM Holdings to create secure payment mechanisms for mobile handsets.

The UK-based partners say they will combine ARM’s TrustZone technology with Proxama’s Mobile Wallet to develop a “highly secure” environment for NFC-enabled mobile contactless payments and mobile internet payments.

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Datacard Group, a provider of secure ID and card personalization solutions, has announced an equity investment and strategic partnership with DeviceFidelity, makers of the In2Pay mobile payments solution.

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Superdrug, one of Britain’s largest beauty and health retailers, has introduced contactless payment for its in-store customers, according to Retail Gazette.

Created by Streamline and Visa Europe, the contactless system will enable customers to make payments of up to £15 (approx. USD $23) by simply waving their contactless bank card at the more than 50 participating Superdrug stores in London and Liverpool.

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The European Payments Council (EPC) has published the second edition of its “White Paper on Mobile Payments.”

According to EPC, the white paper focuses on the usage of the mobile payments in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and explores how m-payment services can be delivered through cooperation between service providers in the payment industry and players within the mobile ecosystem.

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Thinking of changing your mag stripe campus ID card to contactless? Campus card provider CBORD may be able to help. The company is offering a free webinar March 27 that will enable participants to learn the latest about contactless credentials for colleges and universities.

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