RFID Smart Cards: Smart Card Alliance Adds 21 Members; Security Fastest Growing ...

From PR Newswire (press release)  ... services. -- ASK, http://www.ask.fr, manufactures contactless microprocessor smart cards, paper tickets and RFID smart paper labels. ...

The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for profit, multi-industry association working to accelerate the widespread acceptance of multiple application smart card technology. Our membership includes leading companies in the banking, financial services, computer, telecommunications, technology, healthcare, retail, and entertainment industries, as well as a number of government agencies. The convergence of these major industry players is unprecedented and represents a shared vision and commitment to providing an interoperable platform for the delivery of a new generation of products and services based on smart card technology. The Alliance was created when the industry’s key organizations, the Smart Card Industry Association and the Smart Card Forum, joined forces in early 2001. The newly combined membership brings together leading users and technologists from both the public and private sectors. Membership is open to anyone focusing resources and energy on the utilization of smart card technology.