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US Department of Defence to roll out e-money services
30 Sep 2010

The US Department of Defence (DoD) is considering a rollout of electronic money services on its chip-based smart cards for military personnel.

A request for information (RFI) has been issued by the department, with the aim of discovering whether or not adding emoney payment functionality to the Common Access Card would be a viable option.

The card is issued to a wide selection of personnel, including all members of the military and reserves, civilian employees at the DoD, state employees of the National Guard and contractors.

"Under this RFI, DoD is exploring options to provide an end-to-end enterprise solution by adding electronic payment functionality to identity cards using commercially-adopted, standards-based systems," the document stated.

"Further, this payments solution could be federated across the government and cascade throughout the entire PIV (personal identity verification) family of cards."

E money purses can be topped up online, allowing users to then make cashless payments for goods and services, with funds deducted from their remaining balance.