Datacard Group, a provider of secure ID and card personalization solutions, has announced an equity investment and strategic partnership with DeviceFidelity, makers of the In2Pay mobile payments solution. As per the agreement, Datacard will offer DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay suite of solutions, enabling financial institutions and wireless carriers to issue customers a credit, debit, prepaid or multi-account […]
06 Feb, 2012Datacard Group, Device Fidelity partner for mobile payments
06 Feb, 2012Visa chip cards hit 1 million in U.S.
Visa has announced that more than 1 million EMV chip-enabled cards have been issued by U.S. financial institutions as of December 31, 2011. Just 18 months ago there were no Visa-branded EMV chip cards issued in the U.S. according to Visa’s Stephanie Ericksen, who attributes the sudden growth to U.S. issuers accepting Visa’s EMV and […]
06 Feb, 2012Cubic responds to Clipper card exploits
Cubic Transportation Systems, distributor of the electronic transit Clipper card, has responded to the recent news of a Ph.D. student in IT Security allegedly breaking the encryption in Clipper and similar transit cards. According SF Weekly, David Oswald, a student at the Ruhr University of Bochum in Germany, broke the encryption using items purchased through […]
06 Feb, 2012North Dakota State Univ. research team develops antennaless RFID tag
A research team at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at North Dakota State University (NDSU) has developed an antennaless RFID tag designed to offer enhanced tracking of metal and liquids. The patent-pending technology aims to alleviate traditional problems associated with tracking metal objects or containers filled with liquid. The antennaless tags could […]
06 Feb, 2012VeriTeQ offers implantable microchip for traceability of breast implants and other medical devices
VeriTeQ announced its plans to offer the FDA-cleared VeriChip microchip, a rice grain-sized passive RFID microchip, for the identification of breast implants and other medical devices. The company is already working to identify medical devices, such as vascular ports, for the proper identification of the port and medication dosing requirements through an existing contract with […]
06 Feb, 2012Yubico and SSO Easy partner for two-factor authentication SSO
Yubico and SSO Easy have partnered to create a simplified two-factor authentication for single sign-on (SSO). Designed for users who must implement strong two-factor authentication for access to SAML-based SSO servers, critical applications and sensitive information, this solution utilizes Yubico’s YubiKey driverless USB-token to log in with a one-time password. The new capabilities are available […]
06 Feb, 2012Windows Phone 8 leak reveals NFC
The upcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system, aka “Apollo,” will contain support for NFC, multicore processors, new screen resolutions, and removable microSD card storage, according to an exclusive video intercepted by PoketNow. In the video, senior vice president and Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore highlighted the new platform’s contactless payments capabilities, claiming Windows 8 devices […]