MIFARE technology is used in more than 40 different applications

Automatic Fare Collection   

• Increased convenience, speed and reliability 
• Fast and secure access to public transportation
• Seasonal cards, pre-paid cards and limited-use tickets

   

Access Management

• Security and convenience for physical and logical access
• Access to buildings   
• Time attendance logging
• Logical access to PCs

Student cards

• Physical access to university and student home buildings  
• Access to services such as copy machines
• Micro payment for student restaurants
• Logical access to PCs and services

Loyalty cards

• Card holders can earn points to get discounts and advantages  
• Using MIFARE technology, loyalty points can be securely stored on the card for offline earning and spending
• Fast and convenient usage also at self service counters

Micro Payment

• Speed and security for closed loop micro payments  
• Fast cashless transactions
• Suitable e.g. for shops near subway stations, canteen payments or loyalty cards

Road tolling

• Fast and reliable way to pay for the highway  
• Cost efficient way to collect money for highway operators
• Pre-paid and postpaid card solutions possible
• Convenience for drivers

Event ticketing

• Contactless technology enhancing the experience  
• Stadium access, micro payments, parking and membership services
• Seasonal cards and single tickets
• Anti counterfeiting and black listing

Citizen cards

• Allowing access to government and municipal services such as education, health, administration, public leisure and sports premises 
• These cards grant advantages to specific groups such as students or retired people 

Gaming

• Gaming logon  
• Gaming figures
• Personalization of gaming characters
• Pachinko cards

Membership cards

• Member identification and access management  
• Spread usage in sports and leisure clubs, country clubs

Parking

• Possibility to combine with access management, AFC or loyalty applications
• Fast and convenient paying for parking 
• Reduced cash handling

Mobile ticketing

• Using NFC phones in typical MIFARE applications such as public transportation, access management or micro payment
• Interaction with smart posters

 Other applications

ID cards                            

Campus cards       

Tourist cards             

Library cards       

Amusement park   

 Fuel cards                 

                                                     
Hotel cards                             

• Information services
• NFC Tags   
• Taxi cards
• Smart metering                                    
• Museum Access Cards                                                         
• Product authentication                                                        
• Production control                                                              
• Health cards                                                                  
• Ferry Cards
• Car rentals
• Fleet Management

Multi-application cards

• Combining two or more of the above card types
• Ideally supported by the MIFARE application directory (MAD)

Have we missed an application? If yes, please contact us on: MIFARE@nxp.com