A new software specification promises to save banks months of time that would otherwise be spent reconfiguring their Web servers and databases to handle online payments.

Visa U.S.A. said it has completed the development of hardware that retailers need to process smart card transactions, but terminal software that's required before the smart cards can be read by ...

The cards also have personal identification numbers (PIN) that must be used in order to process transactions. With this increased technology, EMV smart-chip cards are more difficult for hackers to ...

Although 18 agencies have launched projects using smart cards to identify people or control access to buildings and systems, the technology remains difficult to implement and is gaining traction ...

Lock maker Assa Abloy and On Track Innovations (OTI) have each purchased companies they hope will strengthen their capacity to serve the market for smart cards. Assa Abloy’s Identification Technology ...

Readers will also learn how smart card technology and secure microcontrollers enable additional system-level security measures, and how these multiple layers work together to guard against ...

In the new round of technological evolution of intelligent management systems, the Intelligent Entrance and Exit Management Systemis gradually maturing as an important tool for enhancing security and ...

Combining an RFID smart card with biometrics adds an extra layer of security. The hand recognition technology binds the owner to the card, so companies don’t have to worry about a lost or stolen card ...

New banking technology and shifts in telephone usage are changing the economics of the smart card industry, where worldwide sales of cards containing microprocessors are set to outstrip sales of ...

The Smart Cards, used in transit systems of Paris, London, and Washington, D.C., would eventually replace the MetroCard’s magnetic-strip technology and low data capabilities with a computer chip that ...

The General Services Administration (GSA), experts in smart card technology development, was commissioned to develop a maritime smart card requirements analysis using information and data gathered ...