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Contactless payments was the hot topic at Retail Solutions this year, seen on stands as varying as Visa’s, Barclays as well as the hugely popular ‘Store of the future’ stand from Fujitsu (Radio One managed to omit that fact too and focussed on their excellent ‘does my bum look big in this’ mirror).

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STS doesn’t always make a habit of promoting other people’s literary endeavours, however we are always willing to encourage and highlight the work of people we consider visionaries in our field. One of these industry visionaries is Mike Hendry, a consultant who has worked globally with banks, retailers and service providers, specialising in electronic payments.

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Malaysia and the UK have been the global leaders in the roll-out of smart cards into the consumers’ hands. This roll-out, driven by the growing use of EMV-based credit and debit cards, is gradually being replicated into new markets as these cards replace magnetic stripe cards.

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Smart Technology Solutions Limited (STS), an innovator in providing smart card solutions, announces the launch of its contactless payment system, Touchlink. Touchlink, based on its award-winning Emvelink, a plug-in for the STS SmartNS framework, offers all retailers and banks a versatile platform for the introduction of contactless payment schemes.

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Smart Technology Solutions Ltd. (STS) announces that it has provided Capita Software Services' range of managed services with a flexible, easily integrated platform to cater for emerging and future smart card and payment applications.

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It seems that contactless is the word of the week in the payments industry, everyone is talking about it, but no one is quite sure what they are going to do about it, I guess everyone is waiting to see who jumps first.

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Smart Technology Solutions Ltd. (STS) announces that, on behalf of Canon's strategic partner, ECR Retail Systems, it has developed the software to provide chip & PIN functionality for the Canon KT-1 Mobile Point of Sale terminal.

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YESpay International Limited has seen continued success with it's EMBOSS bureau service with recent customer acquisitions including Jollyes and Hotel Chocolat. YESpay's EMBOSS, providing a pre-accredited, PCI certified solution, has utilised STS' award-winning Emvelink since 2004.

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STS is proud to announce the release of its new EMV Level 2 kernel, Emvelink Mobile. Designed specifically for Windows CE devices, Emvelink Mobile is the world's first EMV Level 2 kernel supporting multiple handheld terminals. Emvelink Mobile has been brought to market in conjunction with partner manufacturers including Canon and Fujitsu, to facilitate the next wave in payment acceptance.

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Smart Technology Solutions has strengthened its software offering through the release of the new version of its world's leading EMV Level 2 software, Emvelink. The benefits of the market-leading advancements in the STS software include:

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I made three mistakes this weekend, the first was agreeing to go shopping with my wife, the second was opting to drive into central London on a drizzly day near Christmas and the third was entering one of London’s biggest department stores on a drizzly day near Christmas.

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With the recent finalisation of the chip and PIN migration in the UK, Smart Technology Solutions Limited finds it timely to look at what the future holds for both EMV and smart cards in general in the UK. Will the UK be a prelude to how EMV will be rolled out in other countries and a predictor for future technology globally?

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The chip and PIN rollout in the UK has seen a delayed take-up from the hospitality industry, primarily due to the specific needs for the acceptance of payments.

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Smart Technology Solutions continues to position our partners at the forefront of new technology with the release of support for VeriFone's new MX870 system. With this support, STS becomes the only systems integrator globally capable of supporting the MX870 with full EMV Level 2 functionality.