SEPA= a Retail 'Godzillas' vs Dinosaur Bank Market? [SCT-News : 06/07/2010]
The SEPA (Single Euro Payment Area) card more particularly are faced with big challenges.The banks must reinvent themselves in order to face off with retail and telecom giants, but also the light cavalry brigade of agile and creative payment start-ups.

 Turkey's Garanti Bank to Launch NFC-enabled SIM cards in July [SCT-News : 09/06/2010]
May be the first true commercial roll-out of Mobile NFC service in Europe. 80 cities are involved which include Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara, Bolu, Edirne. Thanks to specific NFC-enabled SIM cards that can be used within the majority of existing mobile phones.

 Eurosmart Banks 10.5% Growth of Worldwide Smartcard Shipments to 5 Billion this Year [SCT-News : 21/05/2010]
Global microcontroller smartcard shipments is forecast to reach 4995 million units this year, a 10.5% increase from 2009 (4520 million units), according to the latest projection by Eurosmart, the worldwide association of the smart security industry.

 Will U.S. Reinvent The EMV Payment Card? [SCT-News : 04/05/2010]
“EMV is back in U.S.,” according to a number of card makers, who note that renewed interest is being driven by several factors, which for the first time are converging in the same general direction because they’re now closely enough related.

 Towards a Standard in Transit Security [SCT-News : 02/03/2010]
The new standard promises to bring key benefits to both public transport agencies and smartcard industry players, including advanced system security, as well as the availability of multiple sources for chip products.

 NFC Coming to iPhone and new MacBooks [SCT-News : 23/02/2010]
U.S Patent & Trade issued last week a Apple patent application related to various methods and systems employing motion-based inputs that may be used to open a lock or rotate a document through an NFC channel.

 The issue of defective German cards firstly to be resolved at ATM and POS level [SCT-News : 28/01/2010]The secure procedure to address the Y2K german bug includes two steps: at the ATM and POS level, then at the application card level.

 CARTES09': The Vibrant Impetus of Innovation [SCT-News : 23/12/2009]
Vibrant. Innovation resonating everywhere. For today, for tomorrow and for everyone. From basic silicon technology to payment or transit solutions, from cryptography to manufacturing techniques, from chip to cloud, from devices to services…

 Towards an European Pure-Play Foundry, partly dedicated to Smart Security? [SCT-News : 17/12/2009]
This move could have a huge geo-strategic impact as smart security industry is today still very european-oriented, and could came under threat if foundries would cease to be active in Europe.

 4.4 billion Smartcards to be Shipped this Year, according to Eurosmart Report [Eurosmart : 20/11/2009]The Smart Cards Industry demonstrated resilience to the economic downturn and continued to grow in volume for high-end microprocessor cards.

 Ingenico Reports HY Revenues of €395.1 million (+10% on a like-to like basis) [Ingenico : 30/07/2010]The Group revises its 2010 revenue guidance upwards to the range of €805 to €815 million, up from the range of €790 to €805 million announced in March 2010.

 Aconite provides SAM Personalisation system and helps develop new Central Security System [Aconite : 30/07/2010]Trans Link Systems B.V. (TLS) has chosen Aconite to provide software and consulting to assist in the migration program focused on a more secure card platform for e-ticketing.

 Smart Meter Manufacturers Agree to Develop Communication Standards for the UK [Elster, Landis+Gyr and Secure : 30/07/2010]The solutions will be based on open standards and available specifications for Smart Meter technologies and will help to dramatically accelerate the roll out of gas and electricity Smart Meters in the UK.

 Mobile Security to be explored at CARTES & IDentification 2010 [CARTES & IDentification 2010 : 30/07/2010]The security of mobile phones is a major issue, and one which will be explored between 7 and 9 December at Paris Nord Villepinte
CARTES & IDentification 2010.

 MasterCard and Smart Hub, Inc. Appoint Tara Nathan to Lead Global Joint Venture [MasterCard Worldwide : 30/07/2010]Most recently, Nathan headed Citigroup’s Citicards cross-sell business, where her career spanned seven years.

 Larry Ciaccia Named President and Chief Operating Officer of Authentec [AuthenTec : 30/07/2010]Larry Ciaccia Named as President and Chief Operating Officer; Gary Larsen to Resign as Chief Financial Officer.

  AuthenTec Reports Second Quarter 2010 Revenues of $10.7 million (+27% YoY) [AuthenTec : 30/07/2010]Wireless revenues increased over 100 percent above year-ago quarter and 28 percent sequentially.

 Mobile Phone Demand Expands 14.5% as Market Fragments [IDC : 30/07/2010]Top 5 Pressured by Challengers, Says IDC.

 In HY 2010, Telefónica’s Customer Base Approached 278 million worldwide (+5.2% YoY) [Telefónica : 30/07/2010] Growth was stronger in Latin America (+10.2%) and Europe (+10.8%), and the recovery trend gained traction in Spain.

 LaserCard Corporation Reports Q1-2011 of $11.6 million (-28% YoY) [LaserCard Corporation : 30/07/2010]Revenues from specialty cards and printers were $4.6 million compared with $3.2 million from the same quarter a year ago.

 Comprion offers its first commercially available LTE Test (U)SIM [COMPRION GmbH : 30/07/2010]The card has implemented three applications: a Test SIM, a Test USIM and a Test ISIM. The Test (U)SIM also supports the three voltage classes 1.8V, 3V and 5V.

 Mahindra Satyam and Morpho Selected for India's Unique Identification Number Program [Morpho Detection, Inc. : 30/07/2010]Mahindra Satyam and Morpho will develop and maintain systems that will cross-check every new application by sifting through the biometrics database ensuring that each identification number is unique.

 Smartrac Reports HY Revenues of €80.8 million (+37% YoY) [SMARTRAC N.V. : 29/07/2010]Sales in SMARTRAC’s Security segment (Business Units Cards and eID) amounted to €60.1 million in H1 2010 representing an increase of 34% YoY.

 Bangkok Takes a Major Step Towards Creating a Cashless Society [Vix ERG : 29/07/2010]Bangkok Smartcard System (BSS) announces Vix ERG as the partner for the design and delivery of a smartcard clearing house solution for micropayments.

 DigitalPersona Delivers Centrally-Managed Solution for Notebook Data Protection [DigitalPersona, Inc. : 29/07/2010]Full disk encryption (FDE), two-factor virtual private network (VPN) authentication and fingerprint biometrics.