Opus Research will hold its 9th Voice Biometrics Conference on May 8-9, 2013 in San Francisco. The conference serves as a function to show applications for voice biometrics, and executives from industries utilizing voice biometrics share lessons learned in the deployment of this technology. Planned discussion topics include replacing passwords, fraud profiles, securing personal virtual […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the winter 2012 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

Authentication platform provider PortalGuard and secure login technology provider Yubico have partnered for a two-factor authentication product. PortalGuard has added Yubico’s YubiKey, a driverless USB token, to add a OTP to the login process for its clients. The two-factor authentication functions during login and password resets to prevent unauthorized access to both cloud-based and on-premise […]

The Secure Remote Payment Council (SRPC) may have a solution to the problems arising from the EMV chip card standard, debit card transaction routing and the mandates from the Durbin Amendment, reports Digital Transactions. The SRPC, a trade group representing EFT networks, has proposed to create a common application to give merchants choice in routing […]

NFC is a technology that often captures the attention and ambitions of the technology sector, but puzzlingly enough one of the most promising applications for NFC — payments — is yet to come to fruition. As reported by the Third Screen, this past week’s MIT Forum saw a bittersweet application of NFC technology. Dubbed the […]

Smartrac has announced the introduction of its new ultra-high frequency (UHF) EPC compliant WebLite with Impinj Monza 5 IC, a well suited solution for item-level retail, logistics, and supply chain applications. With an antenna size of only 46 x 15 mm (1.8″ x 0.6″) and a 128-bit EPC, 48-bit serialized TID, the Smartrac WebLite enables […]

McDonald’s Ireland is working alongside Visa Europe for the anticipated roll out of contactless payments in its 83 hamburger fast food restaurants dispersed across the country, according to Business and Leadership. Customers with contactless-enabled Visa credit and debit cards will be able to pay for transactions of €15 or less in all McDonald’s Ireland restaurants […]

MasterCard Europe announced the 2012 milestones for MasterCard PayPass showing that consumers are embracing the Tap&Go payment experience in 26 counties across Europe – including eight new countries in 2012. Since January 2012 growth in cards enabled with PayPass is up more than 50% and top PayPass countries, such as Poland, have more than 50% […]