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ABnote Europe Earns MasterCard’s Trusted Service Manager Certification

by maria dragon March 19, 2012 NFC

ABnote Global, a leading global provider of secure documents, issuance systems and related services, announced today that its European data center has earned approval as a MasterCard Trusted Service Manager (TSM).  The TSM certification for the data center in France complements the TSM certifications previously received by ABnote’s Australian and New Zealand data centers, which [...]

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Cards and Payments Australia

by Richard Taylor March 14, 2012 Identity
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Leading on from Cartes North America Following on from last week’s success at the Cartes North America show in Las Vegas, where ABnote was a Platinum sponsor, we are now looking forward to the Australian Cards and Payments Show which will be held in Sydney on 20th and 21st of March. At Cartes North America [...]

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ABnote Video on NFC and TSM Services

by Richard Taylor February 27, 2012 Infrastructure
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We have recently produced a short video on the development of NFC and the role of the TSM from an ABnote perspective. Click on the the following link to view and let me know what you think. ABnote NFC and TSM Alternatively visit us at the Cartes North America Exhibition on in Las Vegas - March 5th to [...]

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ABnote 1st to receive MasterCard® TSM Certification in Australasia

by Christine Blewett January 28, 2012 Infrastructure
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Mastercard TSM Certification On January 25th ABnote Australasia achieved MasterCard Trusted Service Manager (TSM) Certification for Australia and New Zealand. The TSM hubs, located in Ingleburn NSW and Christchurch NZ, are the first in Australasia to successfully complete the compliance process and receive approval by MasterCard’s Mobile Partner Program. MasterCard certification allows ABnote to provide TSM [...]

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Pathways to NFC

by David Montgomery January 6, 2012 NFC
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Hopefully you read my earlier blog on NFC Contactless Stickers in which I outlined the reasons why a contactless sticker is a great way for an Issuer to begin to build their NFC strategy and experience. I think stickers are a good first step along the path to supporting full NFC capable devices. Kaching! In [...]

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Is the payment card dead?

by Richard Taylor November 20, 2011 Infrastructure
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I have just attended the Cartes Exposition in Paris.  Cartes is reportedly the largest exposition dealing in the subjects of cards, ID and mobile payment.  This year’s exposition was certainly influenced by the resurgence of interest in the topic of mobile contactless payment.  NFC and TSM was the topic on every body’s lips.  Conference topics [...]

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What’s a TSM?

by Jerome Chavanel November 14, 2011 Infrastructure
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CARTES is just around the corner and like every year, it will bring innovation, discussion, presentations and analysis of trends. But this year, NFC will be on every lip. With NFC, comes the usual discussion on how to bind two worlds (cards services like payment and transit, and Mobile world). Nobody will have the same [...]

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The impact of smart phones on payments in S Africa

by David Bulmer November 12, 2011 Infrastructure
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Recent surveys into the types of handsets used by South Africa have yielded surprising results. Upwards off 20% of all cellphone users choose to utilise a smartphone as their preferred device. This adoption bodes well for the future of mobile payments. With the flurry of NFC enabled Android and Nokia phones combined with an increasing [...]

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NFC – Contactless payment stickers

by David Montgomery November 9, 2011 Infrastructure
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One of the great things about working in a technology company is the opportunity to work on new and innovative projects with customers.  And part of that great experience involves sharing the collective learning, which in turn helps customers move confidently to adopt new technologies. NFC Payment Pilot The other day, I was discussing the [...]

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Mobile wallets must be fit for purpose

by John Ekers October 28, 2011 Infrastructure
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I was in the US this past July and  purchased a new wallet.  It was from my wife’s home town, made of leather and big enough for my Australian and international cards.  Fast forward to today.  What seemed like a good purchase at the time is now  a point of frustration.  It’s too large for my [...]

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