Duke University students have been using mobile devices to check their DukeCard account balances for years, but a newly launched iPhone application simplifies access to the card program’s site and makes it easier to perform a range of functions, says Matthew Drummond, director of the campus card office at Duke. Previously, the DukeCard Office had […]

A pruning back of industry players has been under way in recent months, as three key companies in the biometrics and identity space have given in to acquisition deals. Within a period of a month and a half, L-1 Identity Solutions was acquired by Safran, L-1 competitor Cogent Systems was picked up by 3M and […]

John Schwartz, program manager for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), was going to begin an update on the program with the words “eight-years ago,” but then thought better of it. It has been that long since Congress mandated that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) create a credential for secure access to ports, and the […]

Maybe you’re a hunt and peck typer. Or perhaps you zip around the keyboard but linger over certain keys. And it’s possible that you type much faster after you’ve had your morning coffee than you do when 5 o’clock rolls around. A person’s typing patterns can be as unique as a fingerprint or signature. That’s […]

To ensure high quality printing for your IDs and to protect your card printer investment and extend its lifespan, remember three simple words: keep it clean. Basic cleaning of desktop printers is a simple, straightforward process that anyone can do with just a bit of research and a basic understanding of the printer’s components. A […]

The issuance of electronic passports is going well with approximately 250 million documents in circulation as of October, according to Barry Kefauver, principal at the consulting firm, Falls Hills Associates LLC. On the other hand, deployment of inspection systems to read the contactless chip in these books is not going as well. Mandates were the […]

As financial aid disbursement goes, newly-minted public company Higher One may be positioned to school the industry. The firm’s $100 million initial public offering on June 17 was well received by analysts, who hail the New Haven, Conn.-based company as an innovator in payment processing in a space still dominated by manually intensive processes. Higher […]

Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., students wanted a bike sharing program, an environmentally friendly transportation alternative, on their campus. These increasingly popular programs place a fleet of bikes in a defined geographic area–an urban location, corporate center or a campus–that can be borrowed or rented at convenient points for short periods of time. Initially the […]

Transit riders are one step closer to ditching that stack of monthly transit passes and switch to a single card they can use to ride the train and make other purchases. Two more agencies have jumped to the front of the pack in a push for an open-payment system that would allow riders to use […]

HID Global’s Trusted Identity Platform was first introduced in March but the identity provider is rolling out more features to the system as the year progresses. A recent partnership aims to enable HID’s iCLASS credentials on NFC chips. This would allow mobile handsets to function as access control tokens and more, says Tam Hulusi, senior […]