Datacard Group, a secure ID and card personalization solution provider, is highlighting its MJ7500 card personalization system and MX6000 card issuance system with a retransfer color printing module at PRINT 09, a trade show geared to all aspects of the printing industry. The Chicago show, which began last week, runs through Sept. 16. The MJ7500 […]

In two freshman residence halls at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., all former coin-operated laundry machines have been converted to eSuds, a coin-free system that allows students to swipe their ID cards, or debit/credit cards, to do their laundry. When eSuds, provided by USA Technologies, was first installed all old machines had to be replaced with […]

Tyfone, a Portland, Ore. mobile financial services provider, has been chosen by Oregon’s largest credit union to supply the infrastructure for the financial institution’s mobile banking service. Tyfone’s technology integrates the secure element , an NFC contactless chip and antenna on standard secure digital memory cards allowing memory card-enabled phones to become instantly capable of […]

The Board of Trustees at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, has approved a new dining plan that allows students to use their ID cards off-campus at restaurants and other retailers. The program, administered by Off Campus Solutions, a subsidiary of Sodexo Services of Indiana, will focus on those businesses closest to campus “and those that […]

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies has rolled out a new electronic lock that can be upgraded without ever taking it off the door. The Schlage AD-Series locks will be introduced at the Door & Hardware Institute Exposition Sept. 16-17 in Kissimmee, Fla., and at the ASIS Exposition in Anaheim, Calif., Sept. 21-23. The modular design of […]

RFinity, an Idaho Falls technology company specializing in secure NFC identification and transactions, has launched a pilot at the Idaho campus of Brigham Young University of an open encryption platform using a secure microSD card with a contactless interface developed by Giesecke & Devrient, a German security technology company. With RFinity’s patented integration platform and […]

The Telekom Austria Group announced that its mobile subsidiary mobilkom austria has launched along with Visa Europe and its wholly-owned A1 Bank a credit card for the Austrian market that includes mobile services. The A1 Visa Card combines the features of a conventional Visa Classic Card with special mobile services such as A1 loyalty points, […]

Barclaycard has launched a new cash back credit card paying 1% on all spending up to about $3,277 and 0.5% cash back after that. In addition, users of the contactless card can receive double cash back on purchases up to $16. “This card is an excellent choice for consumers who spend less than $3,277 a […]

Singapore’s largest integrated resort and family destination, the $6.59 billion Resorts World Sentosa, has installed a wireless RF-online locking system, VISIONLINE from VingCard, a hospitality security provider and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group. The product will be installed in all six hotels at the family destination, which will also feature a casino, Southeast Asia’s […]

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute and GlobalPlatform have agreed to share industry and technical knowledge and synchronize specification development that will advance mobile services across a range of industries. GlobalPlatform, the international specification body for the smart card infrastructure, and ETSI’s Smart Card Platform committee, the standardization body which provided the core specifications for more […]