Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

Finnish company rolls out secure, limited use contactless tickets

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Confidex Ltd., a Finland-based supplier of RFID tickets and tags, has launched a new family of limited use contactless tickets with extended memory and increased security features. Called the Confidex SafeRide, the ticket is equipped with NXP’s new MIFARE Ultralight C chip which offers enhanced counterfeit protection.

With triple DES, the chip uses an open authentication standard, enabling integration into existing contactless ticketing infrastructures. The ticket’s extended memory enables transit operators to develop new services, like Park&Ride, into the same limited use ticket.

The Ultralight C “enables transport operators to expand their service offering beyond the traditional ticketing market, such as loyalty and prepaid services as well as NFC-enabled applications,” said Henri Ardevol, general manager, automatic fare collection, NXP Semiconductors. [end] 

Related Articles
Smart Card Alliance releases NFC transit report

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.”

read more »
Cape Town goes contactless on taxi fares

The Peninsula Taxi Association (PTA) in South Africa has launched a electronic fare collection system, granting commuters cashless fare and discounts when using the newly developed contactless-enabled transit card, according to The Cape Times.

read more »
Plymouth Citybus takes smart ticketing system online

Plymouth Citybus passengers can now purchase advance tickets on the transit operator’s Web site thanks to a new partnership with UK online payment processor SecureTrading.

read more »
Superdrug launches contactless payment at more than 50 stores

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.

read more »
Transit fare collection moves closer to open, mobile in 2012

By Kamran Yazdanjoo, Director of Open Payments, Cubic Transportation Systems

Diversity, accessibility and convenience are the watchwords of transport ticketing in 2012, with the momentum building for bank cards and mobile phones to offer options to traditional transit-issued fare media.

read more »
Bengaluru Metro System adopts NXP's MIFARE technology

NXP Semiconductors announced that its MIFARE DESFire EV1 platform has been selected to manage the automated fare collection of the newly opened metro in the Indian city of Bengaluru, formally known as Bangalore.

read more »

↓Ads by AVISIAN↓
Subscribe to the Contactless News Library
Gain access to the largest collection of Auto-ID analysis on the Internet.
Copyright © 2012, AVISIAN, Inc. All rights reserved.