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Chinese card manufacturer partners with LEGIC

Thursday, August 12, 2010

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.

Shenzhen will now be able to offer its customers contactless IC cards for public transport and university services based on LEGIC’s advant technology. Shenzhen’s’s product portfolio covers all aspects of card manufacturing and services including the entire production process as well as the personalization, coding and programming.

Bluestar launches cashless ticketing scheme

UK-regional bus group Bluestar has launched a new transit card for discounted weekly and monthly travel on its network, according to Southern Daily Echo.

The new card enables cashless fare for any service on the Bluestar Network in Southampton, Eastleigh and Winchester. It also supports travel on Wilts & Dorset buses and Southern Vectis on the Isle of Wight, both of which are owned and operated by Go-Ahead Group.

MTN Irancell, Etick to test mobile wallet in Iran

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Survey: Germans coming around to NFC, contactless payments

A new survey from Euro Kartensysteme shows that Germans are starting to embrace the idea of contactless and NFC payments.

Out of 1,040 Germans aged 18-59, 43% responded that they would like to make contactless payments if given the opportunity, of which 58% percent would make their payments with a debit card card, 41% with a credit card and 50% with an NFC phone.

LEGIC expands presence in China with new partnerships

Switzerland’s LEGIC has announced two new partnerships that will bring the company’s contactless smart card technology to China.

Radio Frequency Systems, a manufacturer of contactless smart card technology, will use the LEGIC advant 4000 chip generation to create new reader modules for access control applications.

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