A dual interface reader with contact and contactless capabilities to support the increased demand for badging and other personal ID applications, has been launched by SCM Microsystems. This ...

Gemplus is reinforcing its contactless access control offer by introducing “GemProx,” a contactless reader product range dedicated to rapidly growing markets such as identity, proximity payments, ...

All Ethos readers are capable of reading legacy Proximity credentials, MIFARE DESFire® smart card credentials, LEAF enabled smart card credentials and mobile credentials. MILWAUKEE, WI -- October 14, ...

Beginning a volume rollout, London has issued 80,000 contactless smart cards for the London Underground and the rest of the city's public transportation system. The cards use a Philips Semiconductors ...

Aaron Rodewald, an operations and finance manager at St. John's Church, demonstrates a device that allows churchgoers to donate money using contactless payments, in Hoxton, London. AP LONDON — ...

If an access control system can combine convenience with a high level of integrity it will be popular with end users, many of whose employees may view security as nothing more than an unavoidable ...

Mastercard has teamed up with identity solutions firm Idemia and Singapore-based fintech MatchMove to pilot a biometric fingerprint card to authorise in-store payment transactions in Asia. The card, ...

The EMV specifications technology body EMVCo has revised its contactless payment terminal requirements to ensure a consistent payment experience for cards, smartphones and wearables. EMVCo is adding ...

Square wants to reinvent payments, but don't call it a "disruptor." While Ben Pfisterer, country manager for the payments technology company, admits Square's terminals are "somewhat" in competition ...

Forget about swiping or dipping your credit or debit card. After taking hold across the globe, contactless cards are beginning to expand in the United States. A 2018 study from A.T. Kearney indicates ...