Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

Evolis at the Cannes Film Festival

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Evolis and its partner Tech-Event are managing the printing of 50,000 access badges for the Cannes International Film Festival this month. An impressive layout of transparent printers in blue lagoon reflections will welcome visitors to Cannes for the most important cinema event in the world. Twenty seven Pebble printers will personalize the visitors’ badges with photos, texts and barcodes. [end] 

Smart Communications, a mobile operator based in the Philippines, has announced the launch of its new Smart Money “Tap2Pay” mobile payments solution.

The first service of its kind in the Philippines, Tap2Pay lets users make payments with a simple tap of their NFC-enabled phone at the point of sale.

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Evolis announced the launch of the Evolis Dual Encoder that supports both smart contact and contactless cards. This dual encoder is compliant with the Evolis range of card personalization systems.

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The Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary, one of Europe’s largest music festivals, has introduced a cashless payment system using contactless payment cards and NFC technology.

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Gerardo Talavera, Managing Director, Americas, Evolis Inc.

Smart cards, both contact and contactless, have become standard technologies for applications such as identification, access control, loyalty programs, transportation and banking.

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Intellitix has announced two key appointments and a new UK office to focus on the European festival market in 2012. This comes after Intellitix activated more than 1 million RFID wristbands in North America this summer.

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Event planners at the Glastonbury contemporary performing arts festival are considering the use of electronic RFID wristbands at next year’s hosted event, according to Spacelab.

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