Second-hand buying and selling has taken on a new level of security as RadioShack is now using customer fingerprints to help stop fraud and establish concrete audit trails for transactions. RadioShack has partnered with M2SYS, and will use the company’s Bio-Plugin image capture software biometric identification software to capture the fingerprints of customers who partake […]

As countries the world over continue to implement electronic government services for citizens, the need to prove identity online is becoming a vital necessity. A white paper from UL Transaction Security details the current state of eID in Europe and the growing number of implementations across the continent. The white paper, “Electronic Identities in Europe,” […]

Mobile aggregator txtNation has partnered with RapidNFC — Europe’s largest provider of NFC tags and related products— to launch a solution that supports direct carrier billing using NFC. The Payforit service will enable users to tap their NFC-enabled device to a specified tag, launching a personalized interface. This interface will then allow for one-click payment […]

The seventh annual WIMA conference held in Monaco, France released its competition winners. The competition is designed to bring the latest NFC innovations in applications, solutions and hardware. The competition was open to all exhibitors and researchers attending the event. Best Start-Up: Jorge Marcos, Sistelnetworks, vWand NFC stylus The vWand is designed to bring NFC to non-supporting […]

Transport for London (TfL) revealed that NFC contactless payments have accounted for 1 million transactions on the city’s bus lines. A release from TfL’s website estimates that as many as 10,000 people are using the contactless debit, credit or charge cards each day to pay their bus fares. Support for contactless payment cards giving riders […]

Identive has launched its iAuthenticate smart card reader solution, which has been certified by Apple’s MFi program for use with iPhones and iPads mobile devices. The iAuthenticate reader will enable customers to use their Apple mobile devices to self-authenticate to secure networks, web sites and payment systems via chip-based smart IDs or credit cards. Initially […]

The Smart Card Alliance’s Access Control Council will stay the course, as the use of standards-based, secure identity credentials for both physical and logical access as well as government ID will remain the focal point of its activities in 2013. The Access Control Council made strides in 2012, advancing the use of standards-based secure identity […]

Global safety science company UL has been accredited and authorized to operate a MIFARE Test Center focused on the functional certification of MIFARE enabled products. A release from UL reveals that the company’s MIFARE Testing Center will provide certification services for all current and future MIFARE solutions, including MIFARE Classic, MIFARE Plus and MIFARE DESFire. […]

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has conducted a consultancy study to aid in the development of a Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payment infrastructure. According to a release on HKMA’s website, the objective of the study is to identify a proper means for establishing a safe and effective NFC mobile payment infrastructure with the […]

Identification, security and RFID specialist Identive has revealed plans to increase backing for the rapidly developing near field communication (NFC) market in Japan by launching a Japanese language iteration of IdentiveNFC.com. The new language addition — which now joins English and French — will enable Japanese businesses, developers and consumers direct access to the Identive’s full […]