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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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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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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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Legislation drives EMV for transit

by David de Coning October 5, 2011 Transit
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Recent legislation passed by the transport authorities in South Africa will drive the implementation of electronic fare collection using an EMV card issued by local banks. The card will be dual interface EMV, and will carry a specific data structure to enable the cards to manage the fare collection process. In the first phase cards [...]

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What’s in store for ABnote at Cartes 2011?

by Steven Singer September 20, 2011 Identity
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We’re always heavily focused on Cartes at this time of year. But what makes this year truly different is the time and effort that we have expended thinking about the specific challenges that we have seen our customers facing over this last year. So with a bigger stand (for the 5th year running!) the ABnote [...]

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