Datacard Group introduced a software upgrade that will enable U.S. card companies employing Datacard or CardWizard software to adjust to EMV smart cards. Datacard Group plans to institute a two-step process as it rolls out the new software upgrade in an effort to make the integration of smart card personalization as simple and affordable as […]

Vietnam’s Mekong Development Bank has introduced a biometric debit card that can give banking services to the country’s unbanked population. The card contains biometric fingerprint authentication provided by Temenos. Mekong incorporated its T24 biometric capabilities into the T24 system the bank already uses. Mekong hopes to increase its number of accounts. Throughout the country, only […]

The Co-operative Bank, a commercial bank in the United Kingdom and Guernsey, is the latest bank to launch contactless payments on credit and debit cards, according to which.co.uk. Customers will now be able to make purchases of up to £20 using their contactless-enabled credit and debit card, without the requirement to enter a PIN number […]

Actonite announced it had formed a partnership with China UnionPay Data (CUP Data) to supply Aconite’s Affina Enterprise smart card lifecycle management system in a showcase deployment. As part of the deal, CUP Data aims to provide its 120 client users with multi-application and post-issuance smart card management services. This step will help banks provide […]

CreditCall announced it has joined the EMV Academy, the EMV training and consultancy organization committed to facilitating the migration to EMV chip based payment systems in the United States. With the addition of CreditCall, EMV Academy will now feature CreditCall’s EMV Level 2 Kernel products in all EMV Academy workshops. Coupled with CreditCall’s products, EMV […]

The U.S. GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy will be hosting an industry day on Aug. 7 to get information and answer industry’s questions from the Federal Cloud Credential Exchange (FCCX) Tiger Team. The team is a group from several agencies that are moving more government services online. It facilitates the Federal government’s adoption of identity […]

VoiceVault released the next generation of its voice recognition and verification engine, which has been producing incredibly accurate results. The new technology boasts an incorrect acceptance rate of 0.01% and false rejection rates of less than 5%, effectively setting the bar for voice verification accuracy. The increased accuracy of the new biometric voice technology also […]