U.S. Bank has officially launched its global EMV commercial card, designed to offer U.S.-based corporate travelers greater convenience when traveling abroad.

The U.S. Bank global EMV card contains the magnetic stripe technology used in the United States, in addition to the EMV chip technology - with full chip-and-PIN capability - widely used in Canada, Europe and other geographies. 

There have been a lot of questions circulating around regarding the recent news of Barclays contactless cards and how customers could have their data potentially stolen without even knowing it, according to SC Magazine UK.

Barclays answered, reassuring customers that “the only information which can be obtained from a contactless chip is the same which is already printed on the front of the card. This does not include secure information such as PIN or signature (CVV) code.” 

Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS) announced it is ready to deliver its to smart card products to manufacturers in China.

This, following the Chinese Government, along with People’s Bank of China (PBOC) confirmation that all banking cards in China would use smart card technologies by 2015. PBOC has already published the specification for these cards, called PBOC 2.0, which includes the certification scheme. 

Payment card manufacturers have a set way of doing things. With near field communication on the horizon it could be seen as a disruption to some in the industry. The Datacard Group partnered with DeviceFidelity Inc. to offer the company’s In2Pay suite of solutions that use microSD technology in smart phones for contactless payments. The end result is a mobile wallet customers can use at contactless point-of-sale terminals featuring debit, credit or prepaid accounts.

Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan spoke with Matt Stern, vice president of business development at Datacard about the partnership and what NFC will mean for card manufacturers.

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The world of mobile payments took a step forward in September when the Google Wallet was rolled out. The mobile application provides secure storage of payment information and uses near field communication (NFC) to complete a transaction. It takes a simple tap of the phone to make a purchase.

The Google Wallet is only available to Sprint customers with Samsung Nexus S 4G or Samsung Galaxy Nexus smart phones. So, the app isn’t exactly spreading like wildfire. Besides being limited to one type of phone in the U.S., questions are being raised about the security of the app. ViaForensics, a digital forensics firm specializing in mobile security, released an analysis of the Google Wallet at the end of 2011. The analysis found that while the Wallet is generally secure, it leaves too much information unencrypted on the phone. 

Discover announced it is implementing a 2013 EMV mandate for acquirers and direct-connect merchants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. This industry alignment will streamline certification and deployment efforts and enable a manageable transition for all parties involved, including issuers, merchants and acquirers.

To date, Discover has prioritized its global EMV-deployment efforts towards markets which have mandated or have significant chip-card technology presence already.