MasterCard and Commonwealth Bank have announced the launch of a QkR, a new mobile app that enables movie theater goers to browse and purchase refreshments from their seats. The app (pronounced “quicker”) is now being piloted at Australian cinema chain Hoyts at multiple La Premiere theaters around Sydney. Each La Premiere seat armrest contains an […]
27 Jan, 2012MasterCard pilots NFC payments in Aussie theaters
26 Jan, 2012Corinth Library gears up to improve efficiency
The Johnson County Library, Kan. will soon move forward on the installation of RFID equipment and adding tags to all of the books and audiovisual materials at the Corinth Library. After evaluating a similar system at the district’s Antioch branch, the library is implementing RFID to improve the movement of materials, aiding staff to better […]
26 Jan, 2012New biometric market report for India released
A new report on the market for biometric technology in India forecasted a 42.4% compound annual growth rate for the industry in the four year span. TechNavio, a market intelligence reporting company, reviews and forecasts the period of 2010 through 2014 from In addition to forecasting the growth of the market, the report also identifies […]
26 Jan, 2012Precise develops smart cases for mobile devices
Precise Biometrics has developed a new line of “smart cases” for brands of tablets and smart phones to be released in 2012 and 2013. The new smart cases have built-in card reader and fingerprint sensor enabling users to both secure their devices as well as replace various password-based security for protected online sites and applications. […]
26 Jan, 2012Gartner’s 2012 Magic Quadrant features Equifax user authentication
Gartner Group’s 2012 Magic Quadrant for unique and innovative user authentication products features Equifax’s multifactor authentication product Anakam TFA Two Factor Authentication. Gartner predicts that by 2017 more than 50% of enterprises will use cloud-based authentication services like Anakam, up from 10% today. Anakam Identity Services targets the government and health care industry. It manages […]
26 Jan, 2012SHAZAM chooses Adaptive Payment mobile POS app
SHAZAM, a member-owned and -controlled EFT network and processor, has chosen Adaptive Payments’ Pentagon mobile POS payments application. With the Pentagon platform, merchants can accept PIN debit, signature debit and credit transactions from iPhone and Android phones and tablets. Pentagon uses Adaptive Payments’ 5DSecure five factor-dual channel authentication technology for PIN debit transactional authentication by […]
26 Jan, 2012Barnes International complies with latest Visa Global Personalization Requirements
Barnes International announced that its updated Visa GPR Test module now complies with the latest version of Visa’s Global Personalization Requirements. The updated test tool will offer evaluation of a chip product to ensure it meets industry and payment scheme certification standards. This reduces a product’s time to market as the chip is aligned to […]