The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council has published a white paper examining how the transit industry can best make use of NFC technology.
“One of the major challenges facing transit agencies today is how to capitalize on the ever-growing popularity of mobile phones with a solid mobile strategy,” said Transportation Council Chairman Craig Roberts. “This white paper builds on the knowledge base developed in earlier white papers to foster a greater understanding of NFC technology, explain its role in the transit industry, and shed light on key issues facing the transit industry in developing a mobile strategy.”
The NFC Forum and WIMA, a global conference and exhibition for NFC applications, have issued a call for entries for the 2012 Tap Into Innovation: NFC Global Competition.
Over the next two months, the Smart Card Alliance will be hosting some events geared toward the financial services and security industries.
The first is a webinar designed to help merchants and acquirers adapt from magnetic stripe cards to EMV chip cards. This free webinar, entitled EMV for Merchants and Acquirers: U.S. Migration Considerations, will take place on Thursday, October 6 at 1 p.m. EDT.
AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the fall 2011 issue of CR80News.
The interactive feature allows for a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were sitting in front of you. Even flipping the pages looks great with this new feature.
The Smart Card Alliance announced its 2011-2012 board and seven-member executive committee. Elections were held during the 10th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC.