Those chip-enabled smart cards are no good if the terminal can be easily hacked into stealing your data.

A controversial Visa program to offer low prices on smart card terminals in Europe has some manufacturers worried that their industry will face more price competition and, eventually, consolidation.

Tustin, Calif. – A smart-card terminal controller system-on-chip from TDK Semiconductor Inc. provides sufficient functionality to replace at least five chips and it is supported by two application ...

Austin, TX, September 22, 2003 – Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals, a division of Schlumberger, today announced that it has changed its name to Axalto to bring more visibility and reinforce the ...

Helcim remains committed to fair, transparent pricing. The Smart Terminal is available for one-time purchase or affordable ...

SCM Microsystems has released a new smart card terminal that meets requirements for the German eHealth Card program. The company’s eHealth 100 will allow secure sharing of patient information and will ...

To evaluate the opportunities and challenges of smart cards, it is important to understand a few key components of smart card mechanics. Like a PC chip, the embedded smart card chip enables card-based ...

New data has revealed that the use of tap-to-phone technology—where businesses turn smartphones into point-of-sale devices (POS)—has boomed over the last year. In the UK, tap-to-phone adoption ...

Identifying the need for a single-chip, low-cost terminal chip for smart-card applications, TDK Semiconductor has introduced the 73S1121F (Picture). With it, you can build systems that can directly ...

La Ciotat, France, March 29, 2004 – Innova Card, semiconductor fabless company designing and supplying secure solutions for smart card terminals, today announced a round of financing in the amount ...

Chip-enabled "smart" credit cards are supposed to be the solution to mass theft, preventing the kinds of attacks recently launched on Target, Michaels and Neiman Marcus customers.