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

North American distributor joins forces with RFIDWizards.com

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Can/U.S. Enviro-RFID, a distributor of RFID-based solutions in the U.S. and Canadian markets has announced a strategic partnership with RFIDWizards.com, an online community a membership of 55,000 RFID professionals. The team-up will work to create an online presence for suppliers to access Canadua and U.S. Enviro-RFID’s distribution channel.


The partnership announcement was made as Can/U.S. Enviro-RFID launched a new Internet-based content management system for its customers. The system offers users the ability to search the distributor’s RFID solutions catalog by target industry, product category, supplier or an array of other formulas. The content database will enable resellers to market RFID products without accompanying installation or consulting services, as those will be available from other suppliers listed in the Can/U.S. Enviro-RFID channel.

In the new relationship with Can/U.S. Enviro-RFID, RFIDWizards.com will supply technical and marketing expertise, assisting suppliers with the marketing of their solutions at the Can/U.S. Enviro-RFID Web site. [end] 

American Express has announced that it is adding its Consumer, Open Small Business and Serve cards to the Isis Mobile Wallet platform.

American Express now joins Chase, Capitol One and BarclayCard in enabling its card holders to make NFC payments and collect rewards using an Isis-enabled mobile phone.

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POS Portal, a national distributor of point-of-sale terminal modules, has selected Ingeico’s Telium series of NFC and EMV-enabled products for sale and distribution to its independent sales organizations in the U.S.

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Virgin Mobile has set a May 15 launch date for the LG Optimus Elite, the first device in the operator’s lineup to feature NFC and Google Wallet.

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American Express has launched its Campus Edition prepaid card, a reloadable card available at more than 500 Barnes & Noble college bookstores across the United States. The card will provide college students with a spending and budgeting tool that can be used wherever American Express Cards are accepted.

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SMARTCON, an EMV product specialist based in Brazil, and SCIL, a New York-based EMV products provider, have announced a partnership that will provide EMV products and services to U.S. and Canadian financial services companies.

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Denizbank, a private bank with 588 branches in Turkey, has joined Turkcell’s Cep-T Cuzdan platform, enabling its customers to make contactless payments with their NFC-enabled handsets.

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