Watchdata has announced that it has teamed up with DBS and Visa to produce a 3-in-1 single-chip smart card that offers consumers multiple capabilities for cashless payment.

Oberthur Technologies has successfully completed the CUP (China Union Pay) certification for its Shenzhen manufacturing center in China.

Watchdata has already issued more than ten million multi-application smart cards to various card issuers in Singapore. Currently it is the only card vendor capable of supplying fully CEPAS-compliant cards.

Chinese smart card supplier Eastcompeace has launched a subsidiary company with its first overseas factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Innovision Research & Technology plc has signed its first contract in China with a Top 10 Smart Card Vendor to supply RFID tag technology for Chinese contactless smartcard and ticketing markets.

Watchdata has officially launched its multi-application product URpass™, which combines the convenience of a contactless smart card and the security of a USB key.

Watchdata has announced that it has developed the new CEPAS-compliant ez-link card. This makes the company the first card vendor that fully complies with the CEPAS standard of Singapore.

Aconite has announced that its strategic partner Datacard Asia Pacific has been awarded the contract to supply Aconite’s smart card management solution, Affina® Enterprise to ICBC for the management and post-issuance of their smart card portfolio.

Watchdata will be participating and showcasing its latest smart card products at the 2008 Cartes tradeshow in Paris, France from 4th to 6th of November.

China Finance Online will deploy Aladdin eToken PRO USB smartcard devices to enable secure customer access to its StockStar investment analysis tools and services.