23 Jul, 2012Report: Consumers prefer mobile wallets from banks over other providers
Consumers would choose mobile wallets provided by banks over other non-traditional mobile wallet providers, according to Auriemma Consulting Group’s (ACG) lastest Mobile Payments Report. ACG’s report found that 18.4% of consumers would choose a mobile wallets provided by a bank (American Express, Barclays, Lloyds TSB, etc.), while 11.6% of consumers would prefer mobile wallets from […]
23 Jul, 2012RFI Global receives Visa approval for mobile product testing
UK-based test lab RFI Global has been accredited by Visa to perform tests on a number of products for the mobile financial services industry, including mobile handsets, Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICC), microSD and embedded secure element combinations. RFI Global will test these products in compliance with the Visa Mobile Contactless Payment Specification to ensure […]
23 Jul, 2012DARPA awards research contract for active authentication techniques
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Coveros Inc., a developer of secure agile software, a research contract to create new approaches for actively authenticating computer system users. The goal of the project is to enable real-time detection of unauthorized use of computer accounts. These new systems will help combat attacks on computer […]
23 Jul, 2012DART updates fare boxes to support new smart transit card
The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) is updating their fare boxes to accept new smart transit cards for riders when boarding buses, according to a local news brief. The new fare boxes, funded by a federal grant, will enable residents to purchase a reloadable transit card, which allows riders to load as much […]
23 Jul, 2012Austrian city creates digital public library using NFC tags
The Austrian city of Klagenfurt is building its first public library using nothing but NFC tags and QR codes, according to Engadget. The Project Ingebord initiative has placed 70 NFC and QR code stickers (pictured) around the city, each containing a link to a freely downloadable public domain work via Project Gutenberg and other free […]
20 Jul, 2012Smart card values to exceed $7.2 billion by 2017
Electronics.ca Publications reports that the market for smart cards will reach $7.3 billion globally in 2017. The report entitled “Smart Card Technologies and Global Markets,” revealed that the smart card values reached $4.7 billion in 2011. That figure is projected to reach $5.1 billion in 2012, with a compound five-year annual growth rate (CAGR) of […]
20 Jul, 2012FBI to start collecting tattoo information
The FBI’s Biometric Center of Excellence (BCOE) has decided to start tracking tattoos as a biometric identifier, reports MSNBC. The information will be added to the center, which already creates and improves biometric databases. In order to gather its information, the center reached out to academia, industry and law enforcement seeking currently existing databases of […]
20 Jul, 2012Dutch banks and operators nix NFC joint venture
TRAVIK, aka Sixpack, the would-be joint venture between Dutch telecos KPN and Vodafone Netherlands, and banks ING, Rabobank and ABN Amro, has announced that it will officially disband. According to Bell ID, the joint venture called it off due to the growing availability of trusted service manager (TSM) products and services, which has rendered its […]
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