ICMA Announces New ACE Members 05:36PM, 15-Mar-2009 The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) announced that 5 members have successfully achieved Advanced Card Education (ACE-M) accreditation. ICMA introduced the ACE programme to recognise the knowledge, experience and dedication of leading professionals in plastic card manufacturing.

Ingenico Receives Class A Certification 05:35PM, 15-Mar-2009 Ingenico announced that it has received Class A certification from Global Payments for the i6550 touch screen, signature capture payment solution running on Global Payment’s new Global Transport technology.

Collis' SmartWave Box Wins Award 05:35PM, 15-Mar-2009 Collis’ SmartWave Box was 1st runner’s up as the “Most Innovative And Advanced Payments Software/Hardware Product” at the EPCA/ECR 2008 Awards.

Collis Receives GPTW Award 05:35PM, 15-Mar-2009 Collis is very pleased to have received the Great Place To Work (GPTW) 2008 Award. Collis has received the GPTW Award 3 years in a row. It is with great pride that employees find Collis a great place to work. Committed to providing excellence in consultancy, products & services to a global market, Collis is pleased that employees are as enthusiastic about Collis as its customers.

WAY Systems way5000 Is PCI-PED Approved 05:34PM, 15-Mar-2009 Innova Card announced that the way5000, the newest product from WAY Systems’ has been PCI-PED-approved. The way5000 is a new generation of small, portable and wireless transaction processing terminals.

SAFE ID Wins Award At CARDEX 2008 05:34PM, 15-Mar-2009 SAFE ID Solutions was named winner of the "Outstanding Solution Provider Award 2008" at the CARDEX Award Ceremony in Cairo, Egypt in recognition of the company's outstanding performance in the region.

Artema Hybrid Is TA 7.0 Compliant In Germany 05:33PM, 15-Mar-2009 Hypercom announced the official approval of its Artema Hybrid terminal for compliance with the new Technical Appendix (TA) 7.0 specification from the Central Credit Committee (Zentraler Kreditausschuss - ZKA) in Germany. As such, it is the 1st device to be awarded type approval for the German Electronic Cash card scheme. Artema Hybrid was also the 1st payment terminal to pass the mandatory functional tests needed for this approval.

Collis Interac Terminal FTT Approved 05:32PM, 15-Mar-2009 Collis is pleased to announce that the Collis Interac Terminal Functional Test Tool (FTT) has been approved by Interac Association. With this approval, Collis is now able to certify Interac Direct Payment (IDP) and Shared Cash Dispensing (SCD) terminals to the Interac Association’s IDP/SCD Terminal Specifications, as well as to the Interac Association’s Integrated Circuit Card Specifications for debit cards.

Bell ID's FIPS201 Solution On Approved Products List 05:32PM, 15-Mar-2009 Bell ID is pleased to announce that its ANDiS4FIPS201 Card & Application Management solution has been placed on the GSA Approved Products List in recognition of its compliance with the “FIPS 201: Electronic Personalisation” standard.

Redegroup Celebrates Bronze Award Win 05:32PM, 15-Mar-2009 Australian Plastic Card Company’s Redegroup Division proudly celebrated their Bronze Award at the 25th National Print Awards held at the Palladium at Crown Casino, Southbank, Melbourne, Australia recently.