Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

LEGIC partners with Dutch ID solutions provider; intros new contactless locks

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

LEGIC has announced the release of a new contactless locking system, as well as a new partnership with Magna Carta, the Netherland’s largest cashless vendor.

Magna Carta is a global supplier of contactless identification solutions for the education, health care, leisure, government and business environment, working in applications such as catering, vending, access control, ticketing, parking, photocopying, cashless payment, time registration and transaction systems.


According to LEGIC, several multi-application projects based on contactless LEGIC smart card technology have already been realized with Magna Carta.

LEGIC has also been working with data mobile, an Austrian supplier of hardware and software solutions for security technology, to deliver a new wireless locking system based on contactless technology.

The technological core of the solution is LEGIC’s contactless reader chip “lockstar,” which was specially developed for battery-operated offline locks with low energy consumption requirements.

The solution, which uses a single smart card for locking and unlocking, can be installed on traditional lockers, office furniture, medicine cabinets, or key cabinets. [end] 

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The 13.56Mhz, 512bit contactless card is suitable for public transportation, payment systems, logistics, e-ticketing and more, according to GYRFID, and measures 86mm by 54mm, with a thickness of 0.84mm.  

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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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The Canadian contactless payments market is set to take off as large stores rapidly adopt the new technology, and smaller merchants threaten to make the jump as well, according to itbusiness.ca.

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LEGIC is partnering with Italy-based Comunicare Group to launch Bicincittà, a contacltess smart card-based bicycle sharing program.

Once registered, Bicincittà users receive their own contactless LEGIC card, granting them 24/7 access to bikes stored in throughout the city at cycle-park stations.

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eNational Payments, a provider of mobile and contactless electronic commerce and payment processing services, has a entered into a strategic partnership with Mocapay, enabling its merchants and retailers access to Mocapay’s secure mobile payments solution and mobile marketing engine to reach customers in real-time.

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LEGIC Identsystems Ltd has entered into a new licensed partnership with Shenzhen Card Intelligent Science & Technology, a Chinese manufacturer of IC cards and electronic tags.

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