www.smartcardalliance.org Smart Card Alliance - Main USA (Not for Profit) Users & Vendors Association 

www.smartcardforum.asn.au Main Australian Users (Not for Profit) Users & Vendors Association 

www.smartex.com UK, Asian, SA (For Profit) Users & Vendors Organisation common web site 

http://www.ct-ctst.com/CT/ Cardtech/Securtech & Card Technology Magazine - the most up-to-date press release information 

http://www.cardforum.com/  Thompson Publications link into a number of Banking & Card publications 

http://www.fusioncard.com/ USA Fleet Fleet Credit Card Services "Fusion Card"

http://www.gemplus.fr GEMPLUS is a French based global marketing and software technology corporation that holds close to 1/3 market share of the global assembled card market.  GEMPLUS has been highly successful in marketing its proprietary card operating systems over time, and still controls the majority of its volume via proprietary operating systems.  With the advent of more open card OS's GEMPLUS is attempting to re-positioning itself as a software and services company in somewhat the same manner that Digital, HP, Unisys, Amdahl, IBM and others have over the last decade in IT markets.

http://www.gemplus.fr GEMPLUS is a French based global marketing and software technology corporation that holds close to 1/3 market share of the global assembled card market.  GEMPLUS has been highly successful in marketing its proprietary card

Visa-MC-Trial.pdf Judge's decision in US Gov Vs Visa/MasterCard Anti-Trust Case