San Francisco-based Union Bank of California N.A. is offering its customers MasterCard PayPass contactless payment technology on their debit cards. To use the feature, Union Bank customers tap their PayPass-enabled debit cards on a PayPass reader at the point of sale of participating merchants. For transactions under $25, many merchants don’t require customers to sign […]

Companies using Google Apps Premier Edition can get an additional layer of security through an agreement the search engine signed with Arcot Systems Inc. The Arcot A-OK On-Demand authentication service is a software credential that resides on a users computer, says Carol Stone Alexander, vice president of marketing at the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company. The software […]

The National Institute of Scientific Investigation, the CSI of the Republic of Korea, has purchased Animetrics’ 2D and 3D imaging for facial biometric systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. NISI selected Animetrics’ products because of the technologies ability to create a synthesis of faces from a single photograph. “The potential use for police […]

Toronto-based Sirit Inc. is working with Microsoft to bring NFC to Windows Mobile devices, the company announced. Microsoft intends to develop application programming interfaces and other native support in the Windows Mobile operating system for NFC and contactless technology. The result will be providing original equipment manufacturers and applications developers a consistent and easy-to-use platform […]

Sagem Morpho, a Tacoma, Wash.-based biometric vendor, announced that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has deployed a statewide fingerprint identification system dedicated to remote identification. The Sagem Morpho Rapid ID system enables Florida public safety officers in the field or other remote locations to positively identify sex offenders, probationers, and individuals with Florida criminal […]

The Port of Tampa in Florida is having its security upgraded before the 2009 Super Bowl. The 40,000 port workers will begin enrolling in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, which will be rolled out in September. Workers have primarily used a flash pass to gain entry into the port, but soon the smart card […]

Phoenix Check Cashing, Inc. has completed the purchase of the BioPay Paycheck Secure business from Solidus Networks, which does business as Pay by Touch. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Solidus announced last month that it would be selling off its assets. Pay by Touch experienced financial problems and as a result decided to […]

Titanium Group Ltd., San Jose, Calif., has developed a facial recognition sign-on system for the Hong Kong Immigration Department. The biometric sign-on solution, with audit trail, uses human face authentication combined with traditional user ID and password for securing the department’s Electronic Passport System. Further information was not available.   

Bundesdruckerei GmbH plans to demonstrate how secure identification can help in every facet of an individual’s life. The Berlin-based company will showcase these different technologies at CeBit, March 4 – 9 in Hanover, Germany. The central topic for all the sectors will be secure identity in a digital world. Bundesdruckerei is known as a manufacturer […]

Futronic Technology Company Limited, a Hong Kong-based fingerprint biometric vendor, announced that its latest version of its FinLogon software supports Microsoft Vista and Windows 2008 Server. FinLogon is fingerprint authentication software for Microsoft Windows Logon control using fingerprint biometrics. With the touch of a finger, users can logon Windows of local computer or Active Directory […]