NexID is a spinoff from West Virginia University and Clarkson University that develops technology to determine if a fingerprint image is from a live finger or a spoof. Both optical and capacitive fingerprint readers are suspect to spoofing, but NexID’s software algorithms can be used to train these scanners to recognize spoofs, explains Mark Cornett, […]

Ingenico has launched its contactless payment solutions in Spain for Repsol, an oil and gas company, and Caprabo, a supermarket company based with online shopping and delivery service. Both companies have chosen Ingenico’s iPP320 POS terminal, which has the required certificates from leading world markets including EMV 4.0 levels 1 and 2 and the PCI […]

Transport for London (TfL) is conducting a pilot of wave-and-pay technology that would enable passengers to use their contactless-enabled bank cards across the public transport system, according to The Financial Times. London commuters will be able to start paying some bus fares as soon as this week – including the Underground and Dockland Light Railway […]

Polish telecom operator MoSoCo (Mobile Solutions Company) Poland selected Sequent’s NFC mobile technology platform for its MoSivo loyalty service. MoSivo enables consumers to add all of their loyalty card and prepaid programs onto their mobile account. The Sequent service will first do this via an RFID sticker, but customers will soon be able to use […]

Emerging Threats, an open source and commercial threat and malware intelligence provider, joined OATH, the Initiative for Open AuTHentication. This group works with other standards groups to promote strong authentication. OATH provides open standards for secure, two-factor authentication, including hardware tokens, smart cards and PKI, among other technologies. OATH’s open standards give users choices in […]

The PinPoint Group has launched its complete line of AeroMASTER, AeroCREW and AeroRACK tool and asset management systems specifically designed for aerospace manufacturers, maintainers and operators worldwide. Developed under a partnership with IDZ Technologies, the PinPoint system employs RFID technology and GPS tracking to enhance the accountability and control of tools, ground support equipment and […]

Schneider Moden, a Germany-based fashion retailer, has partnered together with Enso Detego for the detego Basic Store software for RFID shop automation at its two newly opened fashion retail stores. By using RFID software solution to supervise the flow of fashion articles on the shop-floor, Schneider Moden has complete article visibility and can respond quickly […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that more than 100,000 trusted travelers have been issued NEXUS cards in the Buffalo/Niagara region of New York. The applicant who became the 100,000th regional NEXUS cardholder was a local youth hockey player from Niagara Falls, Ontario. The NEXUS cardholder and his family became aware of the NEXUS program […]