The German Banking Industry Committee (Deutsche Kreditwirtschaft) today launched its “girogo” project: a huge contactless payment trial in Hanover, Braunschweig and Wolfsburg. Over 1.3 million bank and savings bank customers will now be offered tap-and-go facilities in an array of shops and filling stations for fast and easy payment of sums up to 20 Euros. [...]

ScholarChip® – a US-based provider of advanced applications for the educational community – has released its school safety and operations applications for phones equipped with NFC technology. ScholarChip’s School Safety and Operations (SSOS) platform includes applications for taking attendance in classrooms and on school buses, monitoring hall traffic, paying for public transportation, making mobile payments, and [...]

Datacard Group announced an equity investment and strategic partnership with DeviceFidelity, Inc. – a company that develops Near Field Communications (NFC) based plug-and-play technologies, services and payment applications for mobile devices worldwide. This partnership enables Datacard Group to offer DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay® suite of solutions which use microSD technology to transform smartphones into interactive contactless mobile [...]

CITURA, the multimodal Bus-Tram-Parking transportation network of Reims greater area, launched its new contactless ticketing system with C.ticket®, ASK contactless paper ticket and LoGO, ASK desktop reader, when the brand new tram was inaugurated. In 2010, Reims greater area transportation network changed name and visual identity. It was an ambitious project focused on sustainable development [...]

Identive Group, Inc. and INSIDE Secure today announced the delivery of the ten millionth smart ticket to a popular vacation destination in southeast Asia. The thermal printed guest tickets are used at the resort for contactless admission to various attractions and guest facilities. “Our customer has experienced a three-fold increase in visitors over the past [...]