Cyberflex Access card from Axalto
Source: Axalto

Randy Vanderhoof, Executive Director, Smart Card Alliance

Randy Vanderhoof is the Executive Director of the Smart Card Alliance, based in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.

The Smart Card Alliance is, in its own words: "a not-for profit, multi-industry association working to accelerate the widespread acceptance of multiple application smart card technology."

Smart Card World spoke today with Mr. Vanderhoof about the new "contactless payment" method now being deployed by credit and debit card issuers and the merchants that accept these cards, with the encouragement, coordination, and educational outreach provided by the newly-established Contactless Payment Council.

You can listen to that conversation with Randy Vanderhoof, Executive Director of the Smart Card Alliance, in its entirety, by clicking here.

You can see a diagram explaining how the "contactless payment" system works by clicking here.

Member companies participating in the Contactless Payments Council include: American Express, Atmel Corporation, Axalto, First Data Corporation, Gemplus, IBM, JCB International Credit Card Co., MasterCard International, Oberthur Card Systems, SMART System Technologies, Inc., VeriFone, Visa USA, and ViVOtech, Inc.