Archive for September, 2009
When it comes to card business, almost everything is different between US and Europe. US market is huge and very mature. US never migrated to EMV, while Europe has almost completed the migration. (Well mostly) EMV is the defining point between these two markets. Europe has chosen the card to be the safest and made a [ READ MORE ]
NFC is the most popular issue among the payment system providers, mobile network operators, banks, transport authorities and the list continiues. It offers so much for all parties involved. The most common understanding of people is to use the mobile phone as a contactless payment device or a contactless tag. In this scenario; -Customer uses a [ READ MORE ]
As a Turkish professional and being already spent 14 years in card business in Turkey, I’d like to summarize the current situation of contactless card market in Turkey. Turkey has a highly active card business in terms of figures and technology. It is in the top 3 countries in Europe according to Visa EU and MasterCard [ READ MORE ]
ISO 14443 is a collection of rules regulating the contactless smart cards and readers working at 13.56 Mhz. The main idea is to create a interoperability between contactless smart cards and contactless card readers. There are 4 parts of ISO 14443: Part 1 – Physical characteristics With the introduction of contactless chips in different forms like [ READ MORE ]
Worldwide software solution developer for smartcards, terminals and consumer devices Trusted Logic has been acquired by Gemalto. See the Press release for details. Gemalto had already acquired Multos and Mifare4mobile before and now the company is holding a unique position among the card vendors. [ READ MORE ]