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Gambling on the Success of Smart Cards: Know in this paper that UK will be ready for EMV compliance in 2005, but technology restrictions may see the financial market doing no more than necessary to comply. Without a willingness to gamble on infrastructure investment, will the UK ever see the full potential of smart cards? Refer the...; Tags: Smart Card, U.K., Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Financial Accounting, Security, Finance; Case studies 2003-08-12
Smart Card Authentication For Mobile Devices: While mobile handheld devices provide productivity benefits, they also pose new risks. User authentication is the best safeguard against the risk of unauthorized use and access to a device's contents. This paper describes two novel types of smart card with unconventional form factors, designed to take advantage of common interfaces...; Tags: Risk, Smart Card, Mobile, Handheld Device, Mobile Device, NIST, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Handhelds, Security, Hardware; White papers 2005-12-28
Smartcards: Enabling "Hi-Tech/hi-Touch" Interactivity in Direct Marketing Campaigns: Businesses are constantly seeking creative, innovative ways to develop their brand image, and the arrival of powerful, cost-competitive chip-based cards opens a whole new range of marketing options. Companies can now benefit from this personalized, intelligent technology to implement easily customized, interactive programs which provide tangible benefits to both the...; Tags: Smart Card, Direct Marketing, BrightCard, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Sales Channel, Digital Security, Marketing Research, Advertising & Promotion, Benefits, Security, Sales, Marketing, Human Resources; White papers 2004-10-01
Regional Fare Policy White Paper: DRAFT: The Regional Transit Action Plan includes a task to analyze regional fare policies. It is anticipated that smart cards, which are included in the Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority's MARTA current procurement of a new fare collection system, will be the long term basis for an integrated regional structure. This...; Tags: Pricing Strategy, GRTA, Regional Transit Action Plan, Pricing, Smart Cards, Marketing Research, Authentication/Encryption, Purchasing & Procurement, Digital Security, Marketing, Security, Business Operations; White papers 2003-07-25
A Role for Smartcards in Digital Media Distribution and Digital Rights Management: Smartcards can play an enabling role in digital rights management. This paper describes innovative uses of Smartcards, interacting with both today's insecure playback devices (primarily Internet-connected personal computers) and future generations of secure rendering devices, as part of a large-scale system for digital media distribution that respects and protects the...; Tags: Smart Card, Digital-rights Management, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; White papers

An Overview of Smart Card Technology and Markets: This paper provides an overview of smart card technology and its potential for significantly increasing payment card functionality. In addition to reviewing the market for smart cards in the US for the year 2002, this paper examines the costs and barriers associated with their wide spread adoption. European and US...; Tags: Smart Card, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security; White papers 2002-04-01
Receipt-Free Homomorphic Elections and Write-in Voter Verified Ballots: This white paper document presents a voting protocol that protects voters' privacy and achieves universal verifiability, receipt-freeness, and un-coercibility without ad hoc physical assumptions or procedural constraints (such as untappable channels, voting booths, smart cards, third-party randomizers, and so on). The paper discusses under which conditions the scheme allows voters...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Ballot, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security; White papers 2004-04-01
MIFARE Contactless Card Technology an INDALA White Paper: In this paper the MIFARE contactless smart card and MIFARE card reader/writer were discussed. It was developed to handle payment transactions for public transportation systems. Although contact smart cards could also do the job, contactless readers are faster and easier to use, and there is virtually no maintenance on the...; Tags: Smart Card, Payment, Public Transportation, Indala, MIFARE Technology, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security; White papers 2002-12-13
Smart Cards and Biometrics: This paper addresses the queries about Smart Card and Biometrics. A smart card includes an embedded computer chip that can be either a microprocessor with internal memory or a memory chip alone. The card connects to a reader with direct physical contact or with a remote contactless electromagnetic interface. With...; Tags: Smart Card, Biometrics, Smart Card Alliance, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security; White papers 2002-05-01
EMV: Global Framework for Smart Card Payments: This white paper examines the present environment for smart card-based payment applications, offer insight into the EMV specifications and what their impact will be, and explore the key requirements for effective, cost-efficient smart card solutions?now and in the future. These plastic cards, which are embedded with a computer chip, offer...; Tags: Smart Card, Payment, VeriFone Inc., Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security; White papers 2003-06-16
The Electronic Purse: One smart-card application of particular interest to central banks is the electronic purse or wallet, which carries a preloaded monetary value and can be used as a means of payment for multiple small-value purchases. This report provides an overview of current major electronic purse projects and other prepaid card applications...; Tags: Smart Card, Payment, Purse, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Operational Accounting, Security, Finance; White papers 1996-01-01
Catuity scrambles to rescue business after smart-card deal ends.(News): Byline: Andrew Dietderich Faced with a potential Nasdaq delisting, the loss of its biggest customer and a 80 percent decrease in revenue, Detroit-based Catuity Inc. is down. Even so, the software company says not to count it out. The...; Tags: company, smart card, SMART CARDS, software; Research articles 2004-09-13

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Windows for Smart Cards gaining broad industry acceptance; Microsoft previews new GSM extensions for Windows for Smart Cards at GSM World Congress.: M2 PRESSWIRE-2 February 2000-Microsoft: Windows for Smart Cards gaining broad industry acceptance; Microsoft previews new GSM extensions for Windows for Smart Cards at GSM World Congress C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01022000 CANNES, France -- Today at the GSM World Congress,...; Tags: Authentication/Encryption, GSM, Microsoft Corp., SECURITY, SOFTWARE, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2000-02-02
Datacard Group Reaches Milestone in Providing Complete Solutions for Smart Card Programs; Seamless Solutions Simplify Transition to Smart Cards: PARIS -- Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions, announced today at CARTES 2005 that it has surpassed 100 complete smart card issuance solutions implementations worldwide. These simple and scalable solutions, which are designed to make smart cards as easy to issue as magnetic stripe...; Tags: Datacard Group, smart card; Research articles 2005-11-15
Brazil: Visa introduces chip-based smart cards cards.: Visa will start this month to replace ordinary credit cards for chip-based smart cards in Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It will invest US$70mil to replace within the next 2 or 3 years the 21.5mil credit cards it has issued in Brazil, so...; Tags: chip, credit card, smart card, Visa Inc.; Research articles 1999-08-26
Brazil: Visa focuses on smart cards.: Visa International will introduce chip smart cards into the Brazilian market as of next week. At present the company has 20mil magnetic credit cards in the country. The Bradesco bank will replace 15mil credit cards for the new card. According to V Visa...; Tags: company, credit card, smart card, Visa Inc.; Research articles 1999-08-16
Bank of America launches its first smart cards for clients.: Bank of America introduces its first smart card technology with the release of the new version of its WANDA Electronic Services software. The smart cards enable users to manage international accounts, transfer funds and initiate payments. The cards are eqBank of America introduces its first smart card technology with the...; Tags: Bank of America Corp., card, smart card; Research articles 1998-05-01
Smart Cards outlook in APAC - The Next Era: SINGAPORE -- Frost & Sullivan's Smart Card and Auto ID Practice in Asia Pacific (http://www.smartcards.frost.com) will host an analyst briefing webinar on the smart cards outlook in the Asia Pacific region in 2008 region on January 30, at 11:00 hrs (GMT+08:00hrs) Singapore time. The growth of smart cards is...; Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Frost & Sullivan, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-01-28
CHINA: CHINA UNICOM HORIZON'S CDMA NETWORK EMPLOYS GEMPLUS R-UIM SMART CARDS.(magnetic cards)(Brief Article): China Unicom's recently launched CDMA network, employs R-UIM Removable Universal Identity Module cards by Gemplus, provider of solutions empowered by smart cards, according to a Company release. Unicom's network is the first in the world to be base China Unicom's recently launched CDMA network, employs R-UIM...; Tags: card, CDMA, China Unicom; Research articles 2002-01-14
Outsourcing in action. (Special Supplement: Smart Cards).(Kereskedelmi es Hitelbank contracts with Oberthur Card Systems for smart cards): Hungarian bank, Kereskedelmi es Hitelbank decided to get some outside expertise on smart cards and Oberthur Card Systems provided it with a winning plan of action. Hungarian bank, Kereskedelmi es Hitelbank decided to get some outside expertise on smart cards and Oberthur Card Systems...; Tags: Oberthur Card Systems, outsourcing, smart card; Research articles 2002-11-01