New Era of Convenience Unfolding as Consumers Pay Via the ‘Wave’ of a Card PHOENIX, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) announced today that its advanced electronic payment technology will now help support MasterCard’s PayPass(TM) “contactless” payment program. The inaugural appearance of these Hypercom(R) solutions will soon arrive in select Orlando-based Fazoli’s Italian […]

EMV Specialist Consultancy Team provides EMV Strategy and Migration Paths to Leading International Financial Institutions Phoenix, AZ and Woking, UK, August 20, 2003 – The First National Bank of South Africa, a division of FirstRand Bank Ltd, a leading bank in South Africa, has selected advanced networking technology and up to 5,000 EMV-certified ICE? card […]

EMV Specialist Consultancy Team provides EMV Strategy and Migration Paths to Leading International Financial Institutions Phoenix, AZ and Woking, UK, August 20, 2003 – The First National Bank of South Africa, a division of FirstRand Bank Ltd, a leading bank in South Africa, has selected advanced networking technology and up to 5,000 EMV-certified ICE? card […]

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 21, 2003–Visa International announced today the launch of a new smart card product costing just US$1.98 and has further reduced the costs of a range of card products launched under the Visa Smart Breakthrough Card program. The price reductions mean that Visa smart card costs have fallen up to 40 per cent […]

 TORONTO, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 24, 2003–Canada is joining the global migration to a new generation of Visa cards containing a chip with a microcomputer, Visa Canada announced today. The Visa chip card is capable of supporting multiple applications and data securely, and can make cardholder-specific decisions such as approving or declining transactions without unnecessary communications expense. […]

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 17, 2003–Schlumberger Smart Cards and Terminals (NYSE:SLB) released its annual smart card analysis today. After a year treading water, shipment rates of microprocessor cards surged back into double-digits with a 13% rise in 2002. Although the general economic climate impacted margins, there are still strong prospects: As a corollary of the increasing need […]

DENVER and PHOENIX, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – In a major attack on credit card and electronic transaction fraud, First aSuretee, LLC, a First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC) subsidiary, and Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today introduced a point-to-point electronic transaction and identification verification system for the U.S. government and corporate America. The new solution has the […]

MasterCard Partners with Chase, Citibank, MBNA and Multiple Merchants in an Orlando, Florida Market Trial to Offer Consumers a “Simpler Way to Pay” Purchase, NY, December 12, 2002 – MasterCard International today announced MasterCard PayPass™, a new “contactless” card payment program that provides consumers with a simpler way to pay. Using MasterCard PayPass, consumers simply […]

Hypercom Corporation Announces: Inside Job At Credit Bureau Is Latest In Multi-Billion Dollar Credit Rip-Offs ID Theft, Credit Card Skimming, Stolen Cards Cost $4 + Billion Annually New Technologies Ready To Roll To Combat Card Criminals: Industry Must Move Faster The $2.7 million + loss resulting from the ID theft credit fraud at a New […]

Company offers new standards-based solutions for MasterCard and Visa issuers Paris, France — November 5, 2002 — Datacard Group introduced a portfolio of solutions at CARTES 2002 today that greatly simplifies the transition from magnetic stripe cards to EMV (Europay/MasterCard/Visa) compliant smart cards. Banks, service bureaus and other card issuers can use these solutions to […]