LEGIC neon added to CSSA standard for contactless payment
November 9, 2021 Universal smartcard standard combined with LEGIC mobile technology extends closed loop ePayment capability to smartphones The Common Smartcard Solutions Association’s (CSSA) goal is to create and promote an industry standard for vendor neutral, smartcard-based closed-loop ePayment systems. The standard, openCashfile (oCF), is a data structure that gives advanced cross-compatible electronic wallet capabilities […]
Founding member: Congratulations on 30 years of Hug-Witschi
It is now three decades since Markus Hug and Martin Witschi founded Hug-Witschi AG, based near Bern, after completing their engineering studies. After only two years, the company was divided into the business areas of IT services and hardware and software engineering. The IT division serves small and medium-sized enterprises in the region. The IT […]
Common Smartcard at euvend 2019
From 9 to 11 May 2019, the euvend trade fair will once again open its doors in Cologne. At Europe’s only vending platform, the aim this year is once again for exhibitors to conquer new markets and channels. In this spirit, the industry association for uniform smartcard solutions Common Smartcard will also present itself together […]
Website in a new look
It’s done: The website of the Industry Association for Uniform Smartcard Solutions was launched today with a new design and greater user-friendliness. With the new website, we want to communicate the goals and results of our association’s work even better. Our explanatory film and the equally revised flyer contribute to this in particular. A short […]
Common Smartcard member honoured with Red Dot Award
The EVIS RFID table reader unit for cash register systems Manta was entered for the Red Dot Design Award and was able to prevail against competitors and global brands such as Google, Apple, Sony, LG or Phillips and received the award “Red Dot Award: Product Design Winner 2016”. The EVIS Manta was tested for, among […]
Congratulations: 30 years of EVIS AG – A small company with a big history
Only if something functions stably and securely can it exist long enough to celebrate an anniversary at some point. With this in mind, we congratulate our long-standing member EVIS AG. The company was founded in 1986 and celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. EVIS AG has been a leader in reading units since its inception. […]
EuVend 2015: Three successful trade fair days in Cologne
From 24 to 26 September 2015, the Eu’Vend trade fair in Cologne opened its doors once again. With over 5,000 trade visitors from 59 countries, the event recorded a slight growth in visitor numbers. The industry association for uniform smartcard solutions Common Smartcard also presented itself to the expert audience together with the member companies […]
Common Smartcard elects new board
The industry association for common smartcard solutions e.V. has reorganised itself at its annual general meeting on 20 March 2015 in Meilen (Switzerland). The new chairman is Ulrich Ludwig from Vision ID Engineering. Ludwig has already been a member of the board since 2011 and has headed the technology committee since then. The following were […]
Common Smartcard confirms board of directors
At the annual general meeting of the Industry Association for Common Smartcard Solutions e.V. on 14 May 2014, its board was confirmed in office. The board will thus continue to be led and represented externally by the chairman Walter Neuhaus, Kontroll Systeme SB AG, and the board members Ulrich Ludwig, Vision ID Engineering GmbH, Christoph […]
Common Smartcard wins IT Innovation Award
The Industry Association for Common Smartcard Solutions e.V. has won the Innovation Award-IT 2014 of the Initiative Mittelstand in the AutoID/RFID category. The award-winning solution openCashfile on smartcards convinced the 100-member jury of experts and thus belongs to the top group out of more than 5,000 submitted applications. The standardised card data structure openCashfile enables […]