Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

Trüb AG expands its range of EMV smart card solutions

Friday, July 16, 2010

Trüb AG of Switzerland has announced the release of CombOS DI, a dual-interface operating system providing “secure, rapid and reliable” payment functionalities for EMV cards.

CombOS DI allows both contact-based and contactless payment transactions with MasterCard debit or credit cards on a single chip, as well as other applications including loyalty and ticketing.

CombOS DI features a processing rate of 500 milliseconds per transaction, compact design, is compliant with EMV CPS, and is compatible with the current CombOS SDA or CombOS DDA models, allowing for easy transition to CombOS DI. [end] 

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