Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

Bell ID to roll out EMV cards with Saudi Arabian bank

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Smart card management software provider Bell ID announced that it has signed with one of Saudi Arabia’s leading banks to issue EMV cards.

Bell ID’s software suite, ANDiS will provide the bank, which has no been disclosed, EMV data preparation, smart card and application management, central issuance and instant issuance of EMV cards.


The solution will enable the personalization of MULTOS chip based SPAN debit cards at more than 100 locations in Saudi Arabia and various locations in Dubai and Pakistan.

The ANDiS platform will also enable the bank to leverage features such as EMV parameter management, scripting, Internet PIN change, multi-application management and post-issuance personalization, as well as contactless apps and NFC technology. [end] 

Visa is teaming with Turkey’s Akbank and vendor DeviceFidelity to launch a new microSD-based contactless mobile payment system.

Akbank customers will be able to insert DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay microSD into their handsets’ memory card slots, turning them into contactless payments devices that can be used with Visa payWave terminals.

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Liza Landsman has resigned as Citigroup’s U.S. head of online and mobile banking after only a year of directing its consumer internet and mobile division, according to finextra.com.

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American National Bank and Guaranty Bond Bank in Mt. Pleasant, Texas are now offering tap and go mobile payment to their customers and the community through Bling Nation.

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Multicard, a business unit of Identive Group, announced that it has been selected by Rabobank to provide personalization and fulfillment services for the Dutch bank’s latest application of its MiniTix cashless e-payment solution.

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Bank of America will be testing NFC payments enabled through microSD cards, a spokesperson for the bank tells NFCNews.com. The program will begin in September and run through the end of the year in New York.

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Despite recent moves into mobile payment by giants such as Bank of America and Visa, US merchants may be hesitant to adopt the new technology, according to analysts at Reuters.

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