One of the new emerging smart card leaders coming out of China, Watchdata, is still not as well-known in much of the world as the “old guard” manufacturers from Western Europe … but that may be changing. The company, which recently established a presence in the U.S., announced that it is 100-million GSM customers. Watchdata […]

The Utah Transit Authority has issued an RFP for a fare collection pilot for its fleet of buses serving the areas ski resorts. The impressive aim of the project includes use of the ISO 14443-compliant system to also read seasonal, contactless lift tickets issued by resorts as well as payment for trips via PayPass and […]

A FIPS 201-compliant solution from Saflink and Johnson Controls is on display at an ‘evaluation lab’ at Saflink’s facility in Reston, Virginia. Interested parties can visit the lab and see the solution that was originally developed for the TSA’s TWIC program. Saflink Announces FIPS 201 Evaluation Lab All-Weather Biometric PIV Solution Showcased With Johnson Controls […]

Speed, convenience and quicker reimbursement all add up to a successful launch of the WIC smart card program in Texas. WIC, a federal program begun in 1974, stands for Women, Infants and Children and provides participants with nutritious foods, counseling, and referrals to health and other social services at no charge. The program serves low-income […]

By Ken Warren, Smart Card Business Manager Europe, Cryptography Research The primary reason for smart card technologies growing success in the marketplace is simple – security. Smart cards are self-contained security units that can provide unparalleled barriers to fraud and piracy. But what if they were actually discovered to be insecure? Even worse, what if […]

Financial houses strengthen authentication with challenge questions, phone authentication and other means of outsmarting hacker sleuths By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor Bank of America’s answer to the new federal guidelines isn’t a biometrics apparatus that detects a legit banker’s paw print or a hardware token that generates passwords on the fly. For now, it’s much […]

Forget fingerprints. A Toronto, Ontario company wants the whole hand involved. And it’s not talking palm prints. It wants to identify the blood vessels in your hand. Identica Corp. has linked its Universal Controller with a hand vascular scanner manufactured by a Korean company. The result is a biometric access control mechanism solution that it […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor For nine years, Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) had, in the words of its ID administrator, “just plain ID cards used for identification and library checkout of materials” and nothing more. A year ago, the small school located in Laredo, Texas on the Mexican border, switched to NuVision Networks’ One […]

Among of the biggest questions surrounding campus card bank partnerships is whether or not to locate a branch on the campus. Of course, a branch can certainly foster a closer relationship between the bank and the future depositors (students, faculty, and staff) but it can be a significant investment for both the bank and campus. […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2006. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. By Mohammad Khan, President, ViVOtech These past 12 months could be considered “the year” of commercial roll out of contactless payment in the United States. MasterCard, Visa, and American Express have […]