with RFID: A Case Study of the Octopus Card Lam Tak Ming The Hong Kong Polytechnic University mslam@polyu.edu.hk Abstract: Octopus cards are an electronic payment system based on a wireless RFID technology developed in Hong Kong. Users simply hold their contactless smartcards over an electronic reader‚ and the payment is deducted from the card automatically. If users link their cards to their credit card to upload money‚ there is no cash transaction
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Credit repair has the power to transform your financial life and help you meet creditor guidelines. We are in a period of hard economic times. For the last three years lenders have tightened their requirements. Consumers everywhere are finding it difficult to get home loans‚ automobile financing‚ and even credit cards. Millions of credit cards holders have been contacted by their creditors and told that their credit limits have been reduced‚ and in many cases even informed that their cards have been
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main thank-you is to my mother for giving me the opportunity of this high-quality education‚ for her care and love. Letter of transmittal Dear Professor Rehman‚ I am very pleased to inform you about the completion of the required credit internship in the Retail and Corporate Unit of JSC “RBS (Kazakhstan)”‚ which lasted from March 10 till April 17 under the supervision of Abildayev Issa‚ Senior Relationship Manager. Your cooperation in helping to prepare this report as a faculty supervisor
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WINTER INTERSESSION 2012/2013 Continuing Education Credit Extension & Credit-Free Courses Classes Beginning December-February Continuing Education Table of Contents General Information and Catalog Requests 860-512-2800 CREDIT PROGRAMS Credit-Free Programs ............................................................... 860-512-2800 Application for Admission for New Students ............ 11-12 Assessment Testing Information ...................................... 8 Assessment
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Global Warming is causing the cost of food to increase worldwide Global warming is causing the price of food to increase all over the globe because of severe weather changes. Over the last few decades‚ the world we know has had drastic changes. The price of food has been affecting us all globally‚ and now scientists believe they know why. Global warming was thought to be a myth‚ or a hoax to scare people all around the world. Now scientists have found out that farmers are forced to charge more because
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Mobile phones are one of the most positively viewed inventions in the technological era. Considering that fact a serious question arises. Are there any advantages and disadvantages of using a mobile phone? Earlier days‚ when we were out of home or office‚ we needed to search for a public telephone booth to make a phone call. Now‚ we pick up our mobile phone and dial. It is a fact that having a mobile phone nowadays is a sort of a necessity. Mobile phones‚ formerly use only for making a call‚ were
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Jabari Bell Ms. Lowry ENG 1101 28 October 2013 Diagnostic Essay Should people give up their privacy in exchange for convenience or free services? Is your personal business for sell? Anybody with common sense would jump at the chance to receive a free phone service. But most individuals don’t think about the potential risks that come with allowing a company to access your calls and computer. First of all‚ I would want to know if the phone service is reliable. Just because it is free of charge
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the undecided voters in an election. A presidential candidate who switches his issue points is never a good thing. In my eyes‚ it is foreshadowing that the President may not follow through with their campaign promises. Gene McCarthy was an American politician‚ who served on the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms and the U.S. senate for three more terms. McCarthy was very similar to McKay in the sense that he was the Democratic candidate challenging incumbent Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Java Card Security: How Smart Cards and Java Mix Section 1 -- Java Security Goes Both Ways | | There are a large and growing number of Java systems running the gamut from Java gizmos such as Java rings‚ through smart cards with built-in Java interpreters (the subject of this chapter)‚ to complete Java Development Kits and Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). Java is simultaneously making in-roads on many fronts. In distributed systems‚ Java-based servers and servlets are becoming as
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role of the five C’s of credit in the credit selection activity. The five C’s of a credit system is used by lender to gauge the creditworthiness of a potential borrower. The credit selection activity weighs five characteristics of the borrower and conditions of the loan‚ attempting to estimate and gauge the probability of default. The writer is going to discuss the role of five C’s of credit which are character‚ capacity‚ capital‚ collateral and conditions in the credit selection activity. Terms
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