2006 MULTOS in the News Archive
06-16-2006 - Inteligensa Launches Keycorp's MULTOS in Latin America
Sydney - June 16, 2006
Secure electronic transaction solutions provider Keycorp Limited (ASX: KYC) today announced that Inteligensa had launched Keycorp's MULTOS product range to its Latin American customers
09-17-2006 - Keycorp technology certified by MasterCard
iTWire (Article by Stan Beer) - Sydney - September 17, 2006
Secure electronic transaction solutions provider Keycorp Limited (ASX:KYC) has received worldwide MasterCard certification under the MasterCard PayPass M/Chip approval scheme for its MULTOS technology.
10-04-2006 - Banrisul Bank Plans High-Tech Debit Card
Card Technology - October 4, 2006
Banrisul, a state-owned bank in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, plans next year to begin rolling out a chip-based debit card carrying a digital certificate for online banking identity verification, according to Mauricio Coelho, director of public key infrastructure at Brazil's Information Technology Institute.
11-01-2006 - StepNexus Joins GlobalPlatform
StepNexus Release - November 1, 2006
StepNexus has joined the membership of international smart card standards body, GlobalPlatform
11-03-2006 - Bell ID signs contract with CU Electronic Transaction Services (CUETS) in Canada
Bell ID Release - Rotterdam - November 3, 2006
Bell ID expands its market leadership in the Canadian market as second Canadian FI selects ANDiS4EMV software for multi-phase migration to smart card technology
11-06-2006 - Kreditkort Iceland and StepNexus enable MULTOS cardholders to download two factor authentication application for secure home banking
StepNexus Release - November 06, 2006
StepNexus Services is supplying two factor MasterCard Chip Authentication Programme (CAP) applications to protect Kreditkort Iceland customers in Europe's first commercial post-issuance service.
11-13-2006 - PayPass hits Mexico with CPI, Keycorp, and Banamex
ContactlessNews - Monday, November 13, 2006
Monterrey Mexico will be the first city in Latin America to see PayPass contactless in use. The card, manufactured by CPI, will use utilize the dual interface chip with the MULTOS operating system developed by Keycorp. Where will the Mexican consumers first wave to pay? McDonald's of course.
11-24-2006 - MasterCard Announces Reduced-Price Contactless Card
CardLine Europe - Friday, November 24, 2006
MasterCard Worldwide announced yesterday the availability of a $2.99 smart card with both the conventional contact interface and a contactless interface for use with the MasterCard PayPass pay-with-a-tap system.
12-06-2006 - MasterCard Worldwide Announces Enhanced Support to Roll-Out Contactless Payments
Smart Card Alliance - November 06, 2006
Cost of MasterCard® PayPass™ M/Chip 4 Card Reduced by Approximately a Fifth of the Price to USD$2.99
read more…12-08-2006 - Hong Kong's mandatory citizen smart card expedites travel, secures financial transactions
Contactless News (by Andy Williams, Contributing Editor) - Friday, December 8th, 2006
Even though the Hong Kong 'territory-wide' Smart Identity Card project went live three years ago and even though it is issuing some 8,000 cards a day, it's still going to take until April next year for every eligible citizen to receive the upgraded smart cards. read more…12-19-2006 - MARX Data Security to utilize Raak Technologies' cryptographic middleware for two-factor authentication
SecureID News - Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
MARX Data Security, with offices in Germany and the U.S., has chosen Texas-based Raak Technologies' RaakSign middleware for use in its tamper-resistant USB CrypToken. RaakSign enables users to securely store their digital certificates and keys on the token for use with applications such as Windows login, Web access, digital signatures and email signing.
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