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] 

Bristol, UK is expanding its smart card fare system on city buses following a successful trial of the technology, according to BBC News.

The new cards, which get the user a 16% discount on fares, will be introduced August 30 on Wessex Connect bus routes into and around the city, with a possible future expansion to First Bus services throughout West England.

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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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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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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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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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