Lancaster, PA (date)— IDenticard , a leading producer of biometric security identification, asset tracking and access control systems, and Debitek, a leader in the manufacture and sale of smart card and off-line magnetic stripe card technology, have formed an alliance to make IDenticard’s top-line access control and imaging systems compatible with Debitek’s electronic cash systems for corporate and university campuses. Debitek is a subsidiary of Ingenico, the world’s leader in EFT POS terminal shipments and secure transaction technology. 

Datacard Begins Shipping Popular New Desktop Card Printer; Early Sales of New SP35 Card Printer More Than Double Datacard’s Original Forecast 

AUSTIN, Texas, December 9, 2002 - SchlumbergerSema, a business unit of Schlumberger Limited, announced today that acting as prime aggregator and systems integrator, it has delivered to Citi Cards the smart cards, card readers, loyalty applications and software applications for its smart card products, including Citi.You® Card and Citi Smart Card®. Citi Cards selected the SchlumbergerSema solution, which includes Cyberflex Palmera* 32K, a high security, multi-application financial smart card for credit/debit, loyalty and personal data management. 

BOSTON, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/– Student Advantage, Inc. (Nasdaq: STAD - News) today announced that it received a Nasdaq Staff Determination on December 4, 2002 indicating that the company fails to comply with the market value of publicly-held shares requirement for continued Nasdaq National Market listing set forth in Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(2), and that its securities are therefore subject to delisting from the Nasdaq National Market. The company intends to appeal the Staff’s determination to the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel which will stay the delisting until the appeal has been heard and the Panel has rendered its decision. There can be no assurance the Panel will grant the company’s request for continued listing. 

MasterCard Partners with Chase, Citibank, MBNA and Multiple Merchants in an Orlando, Florida Market Trial to Offer Consumers a “Simpler Way to Pay” 

Based on Smart Card Technology, ResIDent Enables Governments to Deliver 

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 26, 2002–San Diego State University (SDSU) has chosen U.S. Bank to add banking services to its SDSU Card. The SDSU Card provides official identification and a variety of conveniences for more than 40,000 students, faculty and staff. As part of its commitment, U.S. Bank will also sponsor the inaugural SDSU Month and deploy three U.S. Bank ATMs on campus in the spring of 2003.