Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

Oberthur unveils sticker technology

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Oberthur Technologies has deployed its FlyBuy contactless stickers to three banks internationally, including one of the largest card issuers in the United States. The sticker is the latest product in Oberthur Technologies’ development of contactless payment and form factors.

Approved and developed in cooperation with MasterCard, Oberthur Technologies’ FlyBuy Sticker is a contactless payment device that can be attached to any surface including a mobile phone, PDA, MP3 player or key ring, enabling the end user to choose their very own personalized payment device.


To pay, the user simply needs to place the device with the Sticker attached in front of the contactless reader. It can be used as a normal payment card at any Point-of-Sale terminal accepting contactless. Tested in pilots internationally, the FlyBuy Sticker is designed to work with existing business models, and can be personalized on any standard contactless equipment.

Oberthur has five financial institutions buying the stickers, Martin Ferenczi, managing director of the Americas Region for the Card Systems Division of Oberthur Technologies, tells ContactlessNew.com.

But banks may not be the only customers, Ferenczi says. Oberthur is targeting public transportation groups as customers as well. [end] 

On Oct. 26 Oberthur Technologies will host a webinar geared toward U.S. banking executives entitled “Next Gen Secure Payment Solutions.”

The one-hour webinar will take place at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST and will cover three issues in the banking payments industry surrounding migration from mag-stripe cards to EMV; the value of NFC and how to model it; and benefits and strategies of online authentication.

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Global private equity firm Advent International completed the acquisition of the Card Systems and Identity divisions of Oberthur Technologies, after workers’ council consultation and market authorities’ approval of the transaction.

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Oberthur Technologies and AuthenTec, a provider of mobile and network security solutions, have teamed up to create SIM-based designs that will make NFC mobile payments via smart phones faster and more secure.

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Banca Monte Paschi Belgio, the Belgian branch of this banking group, has opted to implement Oberthur Technologies’ end-to-end smart authentication product.

Certified by MasterCard, the solution includes smart display cards, an authentication server and an access control server that will secure e-commerce services and provide a unique and innovative payment solution to Banca Monte Paschi Belgio customers.

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Oberthur Technologies announced that the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) selected it to deliver secure and anti-counterfeiting electronic driving licenses to Bangladeshis. Oberthur emerged as the winning bidder with Evolis and TigerIT.

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MasterCard and Commonwealth Bank have announced the launch of a QkR, a new mobile app that enables movie theater goers to browse and purchase refreshments from their seats.

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