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

Labelexpo Europe 2005

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Dates: September 21-24, 2005
Venue: Parc des Expositions (Brussels Expo)
Location: Brussels, Belgium
URL: http://www.labelexpo-europe.com/
Contact: Rochelle Yates, ryates@labelexpo.com

Description: The largest gathering in the world of labels, product decoration, web printing and converting will take place 21 - 24 September 2005 in Brussels. With over 450 exhibitors, an industry conference, feature areas and competitions, this is THE event on every label converter’s calendar. [end] 

Research and Markets announced the addition of a report concerning the latest state of the Polish contactless payment market.

Entitled “Polish Contactless Payments Market 2011: Issuance, Transactions and Innovations” the report presents detailed analysis based on surveys carried out among all banks issuing contactless payment instruments and acquirers that operated contactless payments on the Polish market.

read more »

The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is focusing on a goal of driving the research and development of biometrics and building the future of the industry around a concern for end-user privacy protection.

read more »

Visa Europe is anticipating a big year for contactless and NFC payments, with issuance projected to leap from 30 million in 2011 to 50 million in 2012.

read more »

Visa Europe has announced that six of Germany’s leading banks are launching Visa payWave contactless services in 2012.

BW Bank, comdirect, DKB, Landesbank Berlin, TARGOBANK and Volkswagen Bank have all confirmed their plans to roll out payWave technology by the middle of next year.

read more »

la Caixa and Visa Europe have begun rolling out their contactless payment system in Barcelona. The bank is set to make all cards and point-of-sale across Barcelona contactless, requiring the distribution of 1 million cards and more than 15,000 new POS terminals.

read more »

In Europe, the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) and EPASOrg has developed a new global standard to help accommodate changes in new payment technologies, according to SupermarketNews.com

read more »