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 SCT31 is Issued: ID Security Markets Come to a Boil [SCT e-News le : 20/07/2008]
photo 2008 will be the year of ID Security. We’re seeing a strategic reorganization at Oberthur Technologies, a continuous investment strategy for Gemalto, triumph at Sagem SĂ©curitĂ© with the recent acquisition of Sdu Identification.


 Multilateral Interchange Fees : MasterCard Complies with EC decision but appeal continue [SCT e-News le : 13/06/2008]
It is always unclear if the dialogue with the European Commission which continues with MasterCard Europe, Visa Europe and retail organizations (Eurocommerce) could link soon to a definitive conclusion.


 SCT30 is Issued: Mobile NFC Enters “Chicken vs. Egg” Fray [SCT eNews le : 29/05/2008]
photo Oh, the turmoil! No, this is the “chiasma”! Biological metaphors are not yet adequate enough. Some would suggest plate tectonics, other more prosaic sorts prefer geology, cooking or even the plate of spaghetti that resembles a Gordian knot...


 Bundesdruckerei sale: the last mile? [SCT e-News le : 17/04/2008]
G&D is far to be the only candidate. Gemalto is also interested. And more recently the names of Siemens and Bosch came up in the game.


 French and German Banks looking to set up a SEPA card scheme competing with Visa and MasterCard [SCT e-News le : 17/04/2008]
They underlined the importance of a clear regulation framework to provide a good visibility on interchange fees mechanisms.


 SCT29 is Issued: Convergence drives the smart security market upward [SCT e-News le : 04/03/2008]
photo The smartcard industry, recently rebaptized the smart security industry, has undoubtedly just entered a new cycle in its still young history.


 HCI War Finale : Future is open for NFC [SCTNews le : 23/02/2008]
This vote is very important for the whole industry involved in the future NFC Mobile ecosystem as it opens the last door for secured commercial roll-out.


 European Commission Prohibits MasterCard's intra-EEA Multilateral Interchange Fees [SCT-e-News le : 19/12/2007]
photo SEPA enters a new era of uncertainty. 2008 could be a pivotal year for a paradigm shift in card payment.


 SCT28 is Issued.- Google Android- Foe or Friend of SIM? [SCT-News le : 11/12/2007]
photo The impressive all-out offensive undertaken by Google to gain a foothold in the world of mobile phones over the past few weeks has apparently paid off. Big G does nothing by halves...‹‹


 SCT27 is Issued-. Oberthur Technologies Muscles up on Expertise [SCT-News le : 12/11/2007]
Oberthur Card Systems (OCS) and François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire (FCOF) will merge to form a “leading entity in secure technologies.


 Host Control Interface (HCI): Nokia sees Double [SCT-News le : 24/10/2007]
One HCI or two? Including the UICC? The new dispute raising at the ETSI SCP level about the specification of a Host Controller Interface is strongly related to the future NFC Mobile ecosystem.


 Your major rendezvous is coming soon! [CARTES & IDentification le : 15/09/2007]
photo The 22nd edition of CARTES & IDentification, THE world-leading event in digital security smart card and identification, will take place at Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre in November 13-15 2007.


 SCT26 is Issued-. With eGo, Human Body Is a Natural ‘Touch Card‘ [SCT-News le : 14/09/2007]
photo You own what you touch
” Is this a new take on personal property, a variation of “Possession is nine-tenths of the law”? No, it's a critical invention at the crossroads of Personal Network Area (PAN), Ultra Wide Band (UWB) & smartcards.


 SCT25 is Issued-. Machine-To-Machine: The Ball is in the MNOs' Court [SCT News le : 27/07/2007]
Machines are already over a billion with the capacity to transmit data about electric or gas consumption, reams of photocopier paper, miles driven, pressure or temperature. And that's only the beginning... A major opportunity for the SIM card.


 Gemalto lays off 409 employees in France to cut costs [SCT News le : 07/06/2007]
Olivier Piou announced during the presentation of the disappointed Q1 results “its strategic plan which combines programs to reduce costs with initiatives to accelerate profitable growth.“


 Gemalto Announces a Restructuring Project in France [Gemalto N.V. le : 07/06/2007]
The ending of the manufacturing activity in the Orléans facility by the second half of 2008, as well as the redeployment of the production activity towards other existing centers in France and Western Europe. 


 SCT24 is Issued-. Visa and Mastercard “Emperors“ of SEPA [SCT News le : 02/06/2007]
photo Is the "big bang" of the SEPA originally announced actually just a small whimper? Has the opening of the European market to wider competition simply served to strengthen the Visa/Mastercard duopoly?


 Eurosmart forecast 20 billion of Smart Secure Devices by 2020 [Eurosmart le : 04/05/2007]
Latest release of Eurosmart “Vision paper 2020” shows that smart cards will pioneer the way for Smart Secure Devices tomorrow with 20 billion of these are forecasted in 2020.


 Eurosmart Estimates 4 billion Smartcards to be Shipped this Year [SCT News le : 21/04/2007]
For the first time, Eurosmart has given this year an estimation of the overall contactless card market, which represents more than 500 million units, including memory only basic security as well as secured contactless devices.


 The Next Thing: Trusted Personal Mobile [SCT News le : 09/03/2007]
photo The "Swiss Army Knife, throw-in-everything-but-the-kitchen-sink" phenomenon of the mobile telephone is reaching its full effect. Of course, this openness also increases the level of security and liability exigencies.


 NFC-SIM Interface : NXP Semiconductors retracts its S1C Proposal [SCT News le : 29/01/2007]
Single Wire Protocol (SWP) is becoming de facto the UICC-CLF standard interface to link the SIM card, as the secure element for contactless transactions, to the NFC front end in the next generation of handsets.


 SCT22 is Issued-. NFC Mobile Payment: Planets are in Alignment [SCT News le : 07/01/2007]
Contactless payment will come to the mobile phone, there can no longer be any doubt, and the entire industry must prepare itself for a veritable explosion in this market. This feeling is universal.


 GSM Association pushes for a global standard for Near Field Communications (NFC) [GSM Association le : 21/11/2006]
photo NFC technology, integrated with the secure and well-trusted environment provided by the SIM card, has the potential to marry the ubiquity of the mobile device with a range of consumer services that have global appeal.


 ETSI vote on High Speed Protocol : a large Win for the USB proposal [SCT News le : 20/11/2006]
Better late than ever ! The UBS Interchip has found a royal way to become the universal standard protocol and interface for a new generation of smartcards.


 Five Major Telecoms and Banking players join forces to explore Contactiess Mobile Payment solutions [PĂŽle TES le : 12/11/2006]
BNP Paribas, Bouygues Telecom, Groupe Crédit Mutuel-CIC, Orange and SFR have launched a joint initiative to build and test a common contactiess mobile payment solution.


 Algorithmic Research Reveals PIN Processing Weakness that Allow Payment-Card Fraud [Algorithmic Research (ARX) le : 07/11/2006]
photo The discovery was made together with Dr. Omer Berkman from the Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo and Mrs. Odelia Ostrovsky (see the photo) from the Tel-Aviv University.


 High Speed Protocol: TelefĂłnica/o2, T-Mobile, Vodafone and 3 in favor of the USB proposal [SCT News le : 06/11/2006]
“USB is a candidate technology that fulfills key ETSI requirements, and builds on its proven interoperability and reliability,“ assessed the four major telecom operators and the French Association of Mobile Operators as well.


 SCT21 is Issued: SmartCard a Key to Civilize Biometrics (Special Issue + 8 pages) [SCT News le : 01/11/2006]
photo Originally hailing from the medical world, and then above all from policing applications (AFIS – Automated Fingerprint Identification System), biometric technologies have exploded in a very short time, since the ‘big-bang’ of 9/11...


 The Future of the SIM card : Critical Decisions are Upcoming [SCTNews le : 22/10/2006]
photo MMC, USB, Nokia proposal, or SD technology ? Very important votes are planned on November 20, 2006 at ETSI SCP.


 SCT20 is Issued: Is The Card Following in the PC’s Footsteps? [SCTNews le : 09/09/2006]
photo IBM’s PC just celebrated its 25th birthday (August 12, 1981). The smartcard (the one with the first microcircuit, rather than a memory chip card) will celebrate in one month (October 1981)...


 CARTES 2006: The world's leading event in SmartCard and identification [Exposium le : 06/09/2006]
photo With 450 exhibitors and 35,000 m2 exhibition space, it remains the undisputed world leading event for professionals in the smartcard and related industries. November 7, 8 and 9 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre (France).


 Ingenico Group First Half 2006 Revenue Up 22% [SCT News le : 20/07/2006]
photo This is a record performance in the company's history, with revenue 22 percent higher than in the first half of 2005 (€207.4 million).


 SCT19 is Issued: NFC is Shaping Swiss-Army Knife Mobiles [SCT News le : 06/07/2006]
photo While we've all been waiting for the "large SIM" tidal wave in mobile technology, a minor NFC (Near Field Communication) tornado has touched down on the horizon. With or without SIM card, the effect has been like lightning...


 Gemalto Organization Chart: First Line Management [SCTNews le : 05/06/2006]
photo The first two levels of management of Gemalto have already been announced and become effective immediately, concerning over 150 executives from Axalto and Gemplus, and the next level of management will be announced in the coming days.


  European Commission Approves Merger of Axalto-Gemplus [Axalto & Gemplus International le : 22/05/2006]
Axalto and Gemplus have committed to maintain their current business practices of patent licensing and making available to card competitors the interoperability information for Over The Air SIM card administration.


 SCT18 is Issued: EMV & SIM Cards Ready for OnLine Banking Services [SCTNews le : 29/04/2006]
Online banking services have today become the world's leading e-commerce, with 58 million european account-holders online (36% of all Internet users), according to a recent study from Datamonitor...


 Jacques Seneca Elected New Chairman for Eurosmart [Eurosmart le : 28/04/2006]
photo Seneca’s first action was to broaden the current steering committee to make sure all segments of the industry are properly represented: smart cards, semiconductors, terminals and equipment manufacturers as well as system integrators.


 RĂ©my de Tonnac, Chairman of the Board of INSIDE Contactless is Named as its New CEO [Inside Contactless le : 27/03/2006]
photo Founder and former CEO Jacek Kowalski to complete contactless ecosystem with the creation of new companies.


 â€œMMC on the verge of adopting USB”: Yves LĂ©onard, Chairman of the MMCA Board denies it [SCTNews le : 15/03/2006]
Following the publication of our article in the last issue of SmartCardsTrends as well as the buzz created by the news on this website, Yves Léonard, Chairman of the Board of the MMCA, sent us the following note.


 SCT17 is Issued- Mobile Ecosystem: The SIM Beyond the SIM [SCTNews le : 10/03/2006]
This new mobile ecosystem will require architectures that are capable of creating what some in the mobile sector now call "Trusted Personal Domains" for the deployment of more and more customized services.


 MMC on the verge of adopting USB ! [SCTNews le : 10/03/2006]
MMC/USB or USB/USB for the SIM High Speed Protocol? That’s a fair representation of what the choice could boil down to now.


 SCT16 is Issued- Gemalto's Future is in 'Smart Security' [SCTNews le : 27/12/2005]
photo And the earth shook. It was no doubt both the most closely-guarded secret of the year. The highlighting of what the new group indicates will be its key market, ‘Digital Security’ may only be semantic window-dressing, but...


 Gemplus + Axalto = Gemalto [SCTNews le : 09/12/2005]
photo This was undoubtedly the most surprising and (un)expected announcement of the year. The plan for a merger ‘of equals,’ as both Alex Mandl and Olivier Piou, the future heads of the new company, to be known as Gemalto termed it, with great insisten


 SCT15 is Issued- Operating Systems: The New Deal [SCTNews le : 14/11/2005]
The significant market share captured by Java Card along with the rise of “off-the-shelf “ OS sources is currently sending shockwaves through the traditional smartcard value chain.


 The World Leading Event in Smart Card and Identification [SCT News le : 19/09/2005]
photo CARTES 2005, 15-17th November 2005, Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, FRANCE.


 SCT14 is Issued: System Integrators Now on the Front Line [SCTNews le : 05/09/2005]
Up to now nearly as discreet as it was indispensable, the role of the systems integrator in smartcard deployment and related IT systems has only recently begun to enjoy heightened visibility.


 SCT13 is Issued: “China is searching for a rebound“ [SCTNews le : 23/06/2005]
Will the smartcard remain a priority technology for China? Does the Chinese card industry represent a threat to third-party markets for European companies? What are the best perspectives for the most lucrative applications in the future?


 â€œStrong blend of hardware and software is the key to security” [SCT 2005 February-March Issue le : 22/05/2005]
photo An interview with Gilles Perrotey, CEO Secure Machines. The French start-up has invented a new the method of “bolting” the soft to the hard at the microcontroller level in electronic devices.


 SCT12 is issued: “USB Backbone becomes Ubiquitous“ [SCT News le : 13/05/2005]
What role will USB play in the next generations of the chip card? The finalization next June of ISO7816–12 and the publication last March 15 of a first public document from the USB-Implementation Forum, recognized the smartcard as a USB device clas


 Smart Card in the European Agenda [Eurosmart le : 07/04/2005]
photo Eurosmart celebrates its 10th anniversary in Brussels on 20 April 2005 by gathering the Smart Card leaders in presence of Mrs Viviane Reding (see the photo), Commissioner for Information Society and Media.


 SCT11 is Issued - “Very large“ SIM seek Standards [SCT News le : 08/03/2005]
The smartcard is now at a crossroads with quite a few paths leading in different directions to be explored. It’s said that all roads lead to Rome. No doubt, but a good number of them since the beginning of the have year made their way through...


 Ingenico Full year 2004 revenues increased of 20% [SCT News le : 04/03/2005]
photo “2004 confirmed our objectives and demonstrated Ingenico has the capability of internal growth“ comments GĂ©rard Compain, CEO


 Gemplus full year 2004 results (+15, 5%) reflect strong progress [SCT News le : 09/02/2005]
photo Fourth quarter 2004 revenues rises to euros 242,5 million, up to 4,3% year-on-year basis (+8,7% currency adjusted). Full year revenue came in at euros 865 million, a +15,5% compared to 2003.


 Axalto finishes strong year (+25%) on a record note [SCT News le : 26/01/2005]
photo Fourth Quarter 2004 revenues rises to $ 291 million, up +30% compared to Q4 2003. As a result, full year revenue came in at $ 900 million, a 25% on full-year 2003.


 Oberthur Full Year 2004 reached 450.7 million Euros, up 7% year-on-year basis [SCT News le : 25/01/2005]
photo 4Q/04 sales reached 132.1 million Euros, up to 11.1 % over 4Q/03 and 25.3% over 3Q/04. Best performance of the past three years. Pierre Barberis, OBSC CEO (see the photo) anticipates a fair 2005 year.


 SCT10 is Issued - EMV Now seeking value for the cost [SCT News le : 24/01/2005]
EMV, the ’Big Bang’ in card payment systems, has been anticipated now for nearly 10 years.It is a case study of the costly and painstaking process of replacing one installed system with another.


 On course for a 1 cent RFID Tag! [SmartcardsTrends Newsletter Issue3 Vol2 le : 24/01/2005]
photo One penny for the RFID tag is the new “calling cost” for RFID technology, definitively sounding the death knell for the barcode. According to a recent announcement by a U.S. start-up based out of Colorado Springs.


 SCT9 is Issued - New ISO 7816 Era on Fast Track [SCT News le : 03/12/2004]
ISO-7816 is kicking into high gear. One of the key historical pillars of the card industry, in fact, its pedestal, the WG4 for JTC1/SC17, more specifically, has experienced for the past year a marked acceleration in its proposal, revision, completion


 SCT8 is Issued - Is Asia Taking the Lead in Smartcards? [SCT News le : 30/10/2004]
For the ‘gold-diggers‘ of the European SmartCard industry, conquering the Far East has been much more rewarding than prospecting the ”Far West”...


 Schlumberger BV has decided to sell its remaining shares in Axalto Holding NV [SCT News le : 17/09/2004]
This transfer will be made through an accelerated bookbuilding procedure towards institutional investors.


 Is MMC Kidnapping the SIM card Future ? [SCT Newsletter April/May 2004 Issue le : 11/09/2004]
photo Is the SIM card, the uncontested flagship of the smart card industry, in its final hour? Since the evolution of certain handsets, the card is now confronted with an unexpected new arrival on the scene.


 Ingenico Half Year 2004 Sales increased of 27.3% [SCT News le : 11/09/2004]
photo Consolidated gross margin rose to 39.4 percent in the first half of 2004, from 36.8 percent in H2 2003. Both of Ingenico’s Business Divisions outdid their H2 2003 performance.


 SCT September Summary [SCT le : 10/09/2004]
photo Tags and Chips Industries Warming Up. RFID– is it the buzzword of the year? Hype or hope? Hype and hope, no doubt. RFID is clearly the “Next“ wave that will revolutionize the supply chain and retail.


 Passports: How to be Future Proof ? [Smart Cards Trends June/July 2004 Issue le : 09/09/2004]
photo “Most of all we don’t know how the chip integrated in a passport will function for the full 10 years of the document’s validity, and how its security will be able to respond to evolutions in threats.


 SCT June-July Summary [SCT le : 29/06/2004]
photo Contactless Now Smart Way to Pay ! PayPass, ExpressPay, Visa Wave
 The three flagships of the Armada, or three warhorses dressed in armor. For which battle?


 .NET Brings Web Services to Smart cards [SmartCardsTrends April/May Issue le : 26/05/2004]
photo Is Microsoft back? No, but it would seem so.


 NFC Technology Enters the Scene [SmartCardsTrends Feb.-March Issue le : 18/03/2004]
photo The NFC technology is also indicative of a general tendency to render technology more transparent by simplifying its usage to the point of making it natural (Ambient Intelligence).


 Ingenico Full Year 2003 results decreased of 17% [SCT News le : 15/03/2004]
photo But return to internal growth (+21% during the second half of 2003) and to positive operating income are confirmed.


 Cingular to Acquire AT&T Wireless, Create US Nation's Premier Carrier [SCT News Digest le : 18/02/2004]
$41 billion cash deal to create number one wireless carrier with 30% market share in the US.The combined company would have 46 million GSM customers.


 Oberthur Card System Full year 2003 Revenues Decrease 2.3% [SCT News Digest le : 13/02/2004]
photo For Q4 (euro 121,4 million) growth is clearly driven by business in the banking sector where contrary to Gemplus, Oberthur gained 16% sequentially with shipments of 37.5 million cards.


 Gemplus Full Year 2003 Revenues decreased of 4,9% [SCT News Digest le : 11/02/2004]
photo But Gemplus is now going to surface reporting a very strong fourth quarter up 22,4% quarter-on-quarter (euro 232,6 million).


 Axalto Full Year 2003 Revenue increased of 8,9% [SCT News Digest le : 27/01/2004]
photo Cards fourth quarter revenue of $206 million was up 2% sequentially and 6% year-on-year.


 Infineon is confident that demand for security controllers will grow steadily until the end of fiscal year 2004 [SCT News Digest le : 19/01/2004]
photo Secure Mobile Solutions’ first quarter revenues are 15% up on a year-on-year basis (Euro 465 million vs Euro 405 million). They represent 28,6% of the total revenues vs 26,4% last year for the same period.


 â€œWe’re going to deploy 10 million e-ID cards in Belgium over 3 years“ [SmartCardsTrends December Issue le : 07/01/2004]
photo Zetes developed the Java identity applet and set up the tools for personalization and the methodology and the procedures for distributing the cards and the PIN/PUK codes.
Interview of M. Ronny Depoortere, Business Unit Manager of Zetes PASS.


 Innova Card: The Smartcard Concept for Trusted Terminals [SCT Newsletter October Issue Yvon Avenel le : 01/12/2003]
photo Innova Card is jockeying for a cutting edge position in the emerging market of security


 2003 Infineon’s Revenues increase 26% year-on-year thanks to Telecoms, Security & Chip Card Solutions [SCT News Digest le : 10/11/2003]
photo Secure Mobile Solutions’ fourth quarter revenues were Euro 470 million, an increase of 21 percent over the previous quarter, and a growth of 27 percent compared to the fourth quarter of last year.


 Strong rebound on the SIM card market [SmartCardsTrends October Issue le : 31/10/2003]
photo Smartcard chip shipments have picked up since the middle of the second quarter. What was initially taken for a “peak” last April has become a “plateau”.
Interview of Christian Fleutelot, Marketing and applications Director Smart Card Ics at


 The behaviour of the China market skews the interpretation of the global market [SmartCardsTrends October Issue le : 31/10/2003]
photo The global market for SIM cards has grown sharply in volume terms. It's mostly due to the escalated development rate (4 or 5 million new subscribers per month) of the Chinese market.
Interview of Frédéric Laporte, VP Strategy, Telecom Business Uni


 Gemplus ‘s Q3 results : Operating profit breakeven [SCT News Digest le : 29/10/2003]
Operating profit at breakeven driven by top line growth and further cuts in operating expenses. Gross margin up by 0.9% point quarter-on-quarter.


 Axalto third quarter revenue of $ 202 million increased 27% year-on-year [SCT News Digest le : 22/10/2003]
Axalto revenue of $202 million increased 25% sequentially and 27% year-on-year basis. Pretax operating income of $22 million significantly increased from $8 million in the last quarter and $7 million in the third quarter of 2002.


 Sagem Q3 Net Income has Registred exceptional gain thanks to Gemplus Securities sales (10,6 euros M) [SCT News Digest le : 20/10/2003]
+25% in Sales, +127% in Net Income, +26% in Operating Income on a year-on-year basis. The Defence and Security Division activity amounted to euros 229.5 million to a 30.4% increase.


 Inside Contactless will be introducing its RF Microcontroller early 2004 [SCT-Yvon Avenel le : 24/09/2003]
photo The MicroPass will be an aggressive player in the secure RF memory market. This first version should particularly stand out for its low power consumption, speed (most 16-bit instructions are executed in a single clock cycle) and its security features


 Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals becomes AXALTO [SCT Yvon Avenel le : 22/09/2003]
photo “A significant evolution, recalls Olivier Piou President of Axalto. It adheres to the policy unveiled by Schlumberger in view of reducing company debt by the end of 2004.“
----> The full story in SCT Newsletter


 SIM card is a prerequisite for Wi-Fi Access [SCT Yvon Avenel le : 05/08/2003]
photo Overwiew and comments about the first WLAN-SIM (v0.1) specifications published this summer by the WLAN Smart Card Consortium.


 IBM and Adobe brings new cryptography capabilities to PDF files [SCT News Digest le : 10/07/2003]
The authenticity, integrity and confidentiality of documents are enhanced by the combining IBM PC-based encryption module and the new capabilities of Acobat 6.0


 Highest Level (EAL7) of certification for Schmulberger SC&T 's development methodology [SCT News Digest le : 07/07/2003]
The Schlumberger methodology, which was developed together with Trusted Logic, uses a mathematically proven environment for loading, verifying and executing Java byte-code.


 FROM THE INDUSTRY :

 Oberthur Technologies Q2 Revenue Up Sharply (+ 20.2%, at €217.2 million) [Oberthur Technologies le : 23/07/2008]
Boosted by strong growth in SIM card and Identity sales and integration of XPonCard on May 1st 2008.


 L-1 Awarded Expanded U.S. Passport Card Program Including New U.S. Border Crossing Card [L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. le : 23/07/2008]
The U.S. Passport Card is a convenient, wallet-sized document for land and sea travel between the United States and Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda.


 Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli to join Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) [The Kudelski Group le : 23/07/2008]
Yves Pitton, Group Vice President– Special Projects Strategy will assume Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli’s operational activities.


 Wavecom Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results [Wavecom le : 23/07/2008]
The Company reported a net profit of €0.6 million for the second quarter 2008, compared to a net loss of €2.3 million recorded in the previous quarter and a profit of €5.0 million for the same period the year before.


 Rapidly Broadening Interest in RFID [IDTechEx le : 23/07/2008]
By Dr. Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx.


 SanDisk Announces Second Quarter Financial Results [SanDisk Corporation le : 22/07/2008]
Reducing Future Supply Growth and Capital Expenditures.Total second-quarter revenue was $816 million, a decrease of 1% on a year-over-year basis.


 Motorola, Alien Technology and Impinj Top New Passive UHF RFID Reader Vendor Matrix [ABI Research le : 22/07/2008]
Alien Technology and Impinj claimed the second and third spots in the company’s new evaluation of worldwide passive UHF RFID reader vendors.


 TowerGroup Expects Global Islamic "Credit" Card Market to Grow to Six million Account By 2012 [TowerGroup le : 22/07/2008]
The Islamic banking model, which rejects the assessment of interest in favor of structured fees, is gaining momentum around the globe as petrodollars accumulate and developing economies mature.


  Claim Jumper Restaurants Selects VeriFone’s CarsidePAY and TablePAY [VeriFone Holdings, Inc. le : 22/07/2008]
Convenient VeriFone ON THE SPOT Solutions Provide Convenience, Speed and Cardholder Security with Payment for Carside Carryout Service and at the Table.


 Tyfone Invited by the Federal Trade Commission to Discuss a Paradigm for Contactless Payment Systems [Tyfone le : 22/07/2008]
The event is co-sponsored by the University of Washington Law School's Technology and Public Policy Clinic, and will be held at the UW campus in Seattle.


 Tumbleweed Licenses Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptography [Certicom Corp. le : 22/07/2008]
License with Certicom's Security Builder Solutions Will Help Ensure FIPS 140-2 and Suite B Compliance.


 NXP Semiconductors Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results [NXP Semiconductors le : 22/07/2008]
Gross margin improved from 34.7% to 36.5% year-over-year. Comparable YoY decrease of 1.9% and comparable QoQ sales decrease of 0.6%.


 SMARTRAC delivers first volumes of inlays for active cards [SMARTRAC N.V. le : 22/07/2008]
Including a battery, switch, display and microchip, these cards are able to generate one-time-passwords (OTP) that increase the security of ePayment processes significantly.


 Hypercom Artema Modular Unattended Payment Terminal Receives Interac Device Certification [Hypercom Corporation le : 22/07/2008]
The new certification from Canada's leading electronic payment association means that integrators can use the device securely in all types of indoor and outdoor vending and ticketing machines, and multi-media kiosks.


 NXP statement on the court decision to allow the publication by Radboud University Nijmegen [NXP Semiconductors le : 21/07/2008]
NXP’s objective as the manufacturer of MIFARE Classic chips, is to transparently update all system integrators and operators of infrastructures which use MIFARE Classic in a timely manner.


 Extension of COFRAC accreditation field and certification of ICAO compliance for FIME [FIME le : 21/07/2008]
FIME's rigour and quality has been officially recognized to increase reliability, secure and optimise the development of ePassport projects.


  VeriFone’s Continued Listing on New York Stock Exchange Extended [VeriFone Holdings Inc. le : 20/07/2008]
Updates Restatement Process.


 Cross Match Announces Retirement of CEO James W. Ziglar [Cross Match Technologies, Inc le : 20/07/2008]
Mr. Ziglar is retiring after a distinguished 44-year career that has included investment banking, law, academia, and service in the federal government.


 Acquisition of Digimarc's ID Systems Business: L-1 Identity Solutions Adjusts Offer Price [L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. le : 18/07/2008]
To Reflect Expected Number of Shares Outstanding and Option Exercises, Total Cash Consideration to be Paid by L-1 Remains Unchanged at US $310 Million.


 Hong Kong: Citibank & Octopus Launch Multi-Function Credit Card [Citibank le : 18/07/2008]
The Card not only has both credit card and contactless smartcard payment functions, but also offers Citibank's cashback in addition to the existing Octopus Rewards scheme.


 CPI Card Group Welcomes New Sales Representatives [CPI Card Group le : 18/07/2008]
CPI Card Group welcomes two new sales representatives: Ed Prisby and Mark Costello


 NFC-based Proximity Mobile Payments May Require a “Bold First Move“ [Smart Card Alliance le : 18/07/2008]
New Smart Card Alliance Research: NFC-based Proximity Mobile Payments Collaboration Model Best For Rapid Industry Adoption


 Consortium Established to Develop and Promote Close Proximity Wireless Technology "TransferJet" [Sony Corporation le : 18/07/2008]
TransferJet wireless technology enables a high speed data transmission rate of 560Mbps, while eliminating the need for complex setup and operation.


 OTI Enters French Electronic Parking Market with Acquisition of ID Parking [On Track Innovations Ltd, le : 17/07/2008]