HID Global has launched its first mobile contactless USB reader, one of several announcements the company made during the CARTES and IDentification show in Paris this week. Two others involved one of its contactless readers being part of the first mobile payment terminal system to achieve MasterCard PayPass certification and its MIFARE Easy Reader Board […]

HID Global announced that it has reorganized some of its business and created the Identification Solutions (IDS) business to supplement its Identity and Access Management offerings. IDS aligns HID’s business and incorporates technology in the areas of e-government, cashless payment, industry and logistics, food and animal ID and HID Connect to strengthen the value proposition […]

Datacard Group, a secure ID and card personalization provider, has released its Smart Card Designer Tool for Datacard identification software. With it, smart card issuers can personalize smart cards quickly by reducing the time and costs associated with developing customized smart card applications. The new solution also enables issuers to design smart chip encoding processes […]

Golden, Colo.-based XceedID Corp. has announced a new 125 KHz proximity card series offering compatibility with HID prox technology. The cards, produced in cooperation with HID Global Corp., are comparable to HID Global’s own proximity cards and offer compatibility with HID Global’s complete line of HID proximity card readers. XceedID’s new offering is the result […]

German-based Digital Identification Solutions has rolled out its newest printer, its EDIsecurer LCP 9000 Laser Color Personalization System, a desktop card production solution capable of producing fraud-resistant ID cards. The printer is on display at the CARTES and IDentification Show in Paris. The EDIsecurer LCP 9000 integrates high quality XID Retransfer color printing and secure […]

NXP, a semiconductor company initially founded by Philips, and microcontroller manufacturer Renesas Technology Corp. announced they have expanded the licensing agreement on NXP’s MIFARE technology, aiming to build momentum for the availability of advanced payment and Near Field Communication offerings in contactless infrastructures. As a historical MIFARE licensee, Renesas now has further access to NXP’s […]

Oberthur Technologies was the only two-category winner in this year’s Sesames Awards, repeating its successes from 2007 when it also gathered in two honors. The awards, which represent innovations in the smart card and ID industry, were presented during the opening of the CARTES and IDentification show in Paris. There were 35 finalists in the […]