© SmartCard Networking Forum Smart News Round Up Mick Davies, Strategic Consultant, London Connects

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Mick Davies, Strategic Consultant, London Connects


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Q: Who is the odd one out?David Miliband

John Prescott

Phil Woolas

Charles Clarke


A: Charles Clarke

• …Home Secretary. All the others have responsibility for Local Government at ODPM

• John Prescott – The Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State

• David Miliband - Minister of Communities and Local Government

• Phil Woolas - Minister for Local Government


Q: What are the missing words from our Guest Publication?

“… adoption of smart cards as standard for stored payments (e.g. replacing swipe cards) (E9)”


A: Electronic Payments

• This is taken from Priority area 6: Payments• For ‘Good’ councils, G12 requires smart card

interfaces for council library, sports and leisure services

• G12 was later clarified to read "Interim hybrid solutions that combine legacy magnetic swipe card or bar code based systems with smart card readers are an acceptable outcome by March 2006, although councils will need to demonstrate a long-term strategy to adopt smartcards as the corporate standard."


Q: Which transport card plans to enable non-ticketing

purchases?


A: Transport for London’s Oyster

• Oyster is currently designated a closed scheme by the Financial Services Authority (FSA)

• Seeking either to become an e-money issuer or work with a partner

• Mayor Livingstone tells Londoners: “Oyster users will be able to pay for their car parking or for a pint of milk in the local shop with their Oyster card, instead of using cash”


Q: Where is the EU’s new Centre of Excellence for Smart

Cards based?


A: Sheffield

• Full title: The European Centre of Excellence for Smart Card Development and eInclusion

• Opened by Ian Watmore in May 2005

• Managed through Sheffield City Council e-Government ICT Unit

• Temporary web site: www.smartcardexcellence.org


Q: Who handed out Scottish certificates in smart card

development in April?

Sid Bulloch

Tom McCabe MSP Mel Gibson

Alex Salmond MP


A: Tom McCabe MSP

• Given to officials from 11 councils involved in Scottish Citizen Account Smart Card Consortium

• Ahead of roll-out of cards to 1million elderly and disabled people


Q: What’s the new East of England Smart Card Forum

called?• Smart Articles

• Smart Asides

• Smart Angles

• Smart Alecs


A: Smart Angles

• covers the East of England Regional Assembly area

• dedicated to disseminating best practice in smart card schemes, using National Project outcomes.

• contact Geoff Doggett, Mid Suffolk District Council


Q: How much is the National ID Card Scheme going to cost?


A: ?

• Home Office says £5.8 bn

• London School of Economics £18 bn.

• Biometric readers:– £250-£750 (Home Office)– £3,000 - £4,000 (LSE)


Q: Who said:

Tony Blair

Dominic Peachey

Charles Monheim

This could be used to pay for parking tickets, rail tickets, cans of drink, cigarettes or anything else normally sold through a

vending machine.

This could be used to pay for parking tickets, rail tickets, cans of drink, cigarettes or anything else normally sold through a

vending machine.


A: Dominic Peachey - FSA

• This was quoted as an example of something that did not necessarily create e-money in a News Item on the SCNF website

• The FSA will shortly be re-issuing its guidance in line with the EU guidelines.

• Keep an eye out for it or you can contact Dominic directly for advice at [email protected]


Q What are their contactless cards called?


A:

• MasterCard: PayPass

• Visa: Wave

• Amex: ExpressPay (will soon be rolled out to all Blue Amex Cards in the USA)


Q: So what are Citibank doing?


A:

• Trial of several thousand users who have a mobile phone that communicates with a contactless reader at checkout counters (near field communication)

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© SmartCard Networking Forum Smart News Round Up Mick Davies, Strategic Consultant, London Connects