12-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today the European Parliament adopted amendments to the EU visa rules (Regulation 539/2001), including a new visa waiver suspension mechanism to ensure that visa free travel does not lead to irregularities or abuse. “The new visa waiver suspension mechanism will contribute … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Politics, Travel
Tagged Cecilia Malmström, EU visa, EU visa rules, VISA, visa waiver suspension mechanism, visa-free regime
Colombes, France, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Oberthur Technologies, one of the world’s largest providers of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, today announced its selection by Samsung Electronics to provide PEARL, the state-of-the-art NFC embedded Secure … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, France, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom
Tagged GALAXY S4, Google, HID Global, Mastercard, NFC payment, Oberthur Technologies, PEARL, Samsung Electronics, VISA
Brussels, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Schengen area of free movement allows more than 400 million EU citizens from 26 European countries and an increasing number of non-EU citizens, to travel without internal border controls. Today the Commission presented its third Schengen ‘health check’, a … Read the full press release
New money transfer service: Scan & Pay NFC: contactless payment possible with immediate effect Online safe for personal documents With additional new features, Erste Bank und Sparkassen continue to focus on innovative products in connection with ‘Austria’s most modern bank … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Retail, Technology, Telecom
Tagged ATM cards, Contactless Payment, credit cards, Erste Bank, Maestro ATM cards, Mastercard, money transfer service, near field communication, Netbanking, netbanking app, NFC, Pay-Pass, Peter Bosek, QR-code, Quick-Contactless, sCredit Card, Sparkassen, VISA
Brussels, 27-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — How well are countries outside the EU living up to their commitments when it comes to offering visa-free travel to EU citizens? Today, the European Commission adopted its seventh report about breaches of the principle of … Read the full press release
Brussels, 8-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Citizens from 16 Island Nations will soon be able to travel to the Schengen area without needing a visa. This will open up to opportunities and advantages both for the EU and the nationals of these … Read the full press release
Improving visa procedures Brussels, 8-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The border-free Schengen Area cannot function efficiently without a common visa policy which facilitates the entry of legitimate visitors into the EU, while strengthening internal security. The EU has set up a common visa policy … Read the full press release
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