RBI directs payment firms to display company name in products

Last Updated: Friday, January 2, 2015, 18:57

Reserve Bank has directed entities offering services such as e-wallets, smart cards and White Label ATMs to prominently display their company name in products to ensure transparency.

US needs to upgrade to `smart card` technology to curb frauds

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 15:17

Security experts have pointed out that the United States need to incorporate smart card technology, which offers a much higher level of encryption and security than the magnetic strip cards used in America.

'Use of smart cards in PDS can help save Rs 20,000 cr a year'

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 23:59

The technology helps keep a track on what is happening on real time basis.

Now, recharge Metro smart cards online

Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 15:37

In a bid to ease ticketing and recharge facilities for commuters, Delhi Metro on Thursday launched online recharge facility for smart card users.

Smart card for train journey on Howrah and Mumbai routes

Last Updated: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 13:24

Passengers will soon be able to use smart cards for buying train tickets on the busy Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes and also in the Kolkata Metro.

Farmers to get ATM friendly smart cards

Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2012, 15:43

In order to make agricultural credit is easily available to farmers; the government announced on Friday that Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) would be transformed into smart cards which could be used at ATMs also.

Metro smart cards may soon be used in buses

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 15:24

Very soon, Delhi Metro commuters can use their `Smart Cards` for travel in DTC and cluster buses in the city.

Metro: Automatic refilling facility of smart cards

Last Updated: Sunday, January 15, 2012, 15:41

More than 61 lakh Metro Smart cards have been sold since the Metro came into existence nine years ago.

Delhi Metro: 34% rise in use of smart cards

Last Updated: Monday, May 16, 2011, 23:10

Delhi Metro registered an increase of 34 percent in smart card users at 20 most crowded stations during the `Smart Card` week observed last week.

Chandigarh to get country`s first PDS smart cards

Last Updated: Friday, May 28, 2010, 11:28

Chandigarh will soon become the first city in the country to distribute smart card-based ration cards to below poverty line (BPL) families who benefit from the Public Distribution System (PDS).