By Chris Corum, Executive Editor Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 12 months, you have certainly heard discussion, debate, rhetoric, and/or fear mongering related to the new U.S. passport technology. The topic has been widely debated in technology and civil libertarian circles and the press has not foregone the opportunity […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Payment by cell phone is about to get a big boost from an association of Europe’s largest mobile phone operators. In February, after two years of testing, Simpay announced specific launch dates for its payment product. “Simpay launches in Spain in Quarter Two of this year, and in Belgium and […]

In response to the feedback we’ve received from many of our subscribers and partners, we are proud to announce the premier issue of a new print compilation of AVISIAN ID News. Regarding ID will make its debut on March 15 and will offer a compilation of articles from CR80News, SecureIDNews, ContactlessNews and RFIDNews. So you […]

< ? $key="7654"; ?> Is a new day dawning for campus cards? There are always changes just around the corner. In this issue, we explore some new things – our new print magazine, a new campus card outsourcing model, a new monthly Imaging Corner – and some not-so-new things with new twists. Read on … […]

Take one computer science professor, add another versed in identification card technology, and the result is a university card system that its president calls one of the most secure in the country. And in this world of hackers and ID theft, a highly secure system brings a lot to the table. “We’re the second oldest […]

This is only the beginning … The vast majority of our readers know something about personalizing an ID card (some more than they would probably like to admit). In deference to the ubiquity of ID card production, CR80News is beginning a monthly feature called the Card Imaging Corner. Over the next year we will explore […]

Do you want a card program, but the money just isn’t there? That was the dilemma facing Sweet Briar College, a 600-student, all women’s institution in central Virginia. “The college had studied installing a card system several years ago, but purchasing and maintaining our own system was cost prohibitive,” said Paul Davies, Sweet Briar’s vice […]

While it’s still called CardTech/SecurTech, the show’s promoter is pushing separate identities for the two sides of the name, more so this year then in the past. In fact, it’s being billed as “one event, two technology sectors.” “The show has been saddled with an EMV reputation. A lot of people think it’s a credit […]

The selection of a campus card banking partner nearly always involves a consideration of fees. Financial institutions charge fees to customers and non-customer users of their services in order to stay in business and build value for their shareholders. Campus decision makers typically want to minimize fees charged to their student cardholders and/or share in […]

MULTOS smart cards can now be used for PC logon and single sign-on functions using the SCB Access™ product from SCB Solutions. The cardholder need only remember the PIN to unlock the card and the specific set of encrypted usernames and passwords are made available to the appropriate applications. SCB Solutions and MAOSCO Announce a […]