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Intéressant car cette confusion pourrait bien se produire en Europe aussi et casser la confiance
Although contactless payments are growing in Asia-Pacific, there is still a lot of confusion in the region over the similarities and differences between RFID (radio frequency identification) and contactless smart card technology, Frost & Sullivan warns.
A new Frost & Sullivan report says that the Asia-Pacific market still lacks a clear understanding of what smart card technology is able to do in terms of security and processing. This lack of understanding has led to security and privacy concerns by consumers about the use of contactless smart card technology in e-passports, travel documents and contactless payments, the U.S.-based consultancy says.
Contactless smart cards have become popular in several applications such as mass transit, government transactions, banking and access control in Asia-Pacific. By contrast, RFID is more popular for tracking items and goods, such as supply chain and logistics management, Frost & Sullivan says.
The report seeks to allay users’ concerns about using contactless smart cards for confidential transactions by explaining that smart cards have high levels of authentication and security technology built into them.
“RFID as well as contactless smart cards are seeing healthy growth levels in the Asia Pacific region,” says Frost & Sullivan analyst Michelle Foong. “New applications continue to emerge and prices of devices such as cards, tags, and readers are falling, as the market matures in some of the key applications.”
Foong says that confusion between the two technologies could eventually impede the potential growth of both the RFID and contactless smart card markets. “Industry participants need to work towards increasing market awareness of both technologies’ capabilities and features, so that users are able to make better informed decisions when selecting the type of technology to be used for specific applications.”
