SK Telecom (SKT), Korea’s biggest mobile provider, is cutting a $346 million deal with Hana Financial Group to bring wide-scale NFC mobile payment to Korean wireless users, according to The Korea Times. In the deal, SKT, owner of more than half of the country’s mobile-phone subscribers, will buy 49% of Hana Card, a marginal credit […]

To celebrate the fifth anniversary launch of PayPass in the Asia/Pacific region, Mastercard is teaming up with BHPetrol to kick off a new campaign called “Tap & Give,” which will provide the Kwanis Down Syndrome Foundation a portion of every PayPass customer transaction performed at BHPetrol stations. The Kwanis Down Syndrome Foundation is a non-profit […]

ActivIdentity Corp., a provider of strong authentication and credential management, announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire CoreStreet Ltd., a provider of distributed identity credential validation solutions. ActivIdentity will pay approximately $20 million, primarily cash, but also include stock and warrants. The acquisition is subject to closing conditions and is expected to […]

Gemalto announced that Banca Intesa in Serbia has selected its Ezio Classic reader to secure e-commerce services. The reader will enable users to make online purchases with EMV security. Banca Intesa determined to implement Gemalto’s authentication solution to protect its online customers from card-not-present fraud. To operate the Ezio Classic reader users insert their banking […]

UK Chancellor Alistair Darling has said that the government’s ID card Scheme is done, according to a news report in the TimesOnline. Darling said his “intervention would probably sound the death knell for ID cards.” The program is a victim of spending cuts following pre-budget report. Darling had suggested that the cards may no longer […]

The Computer Science Corporation (CSC), a developer of biometric and other technological solutions, has announced that it has received International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 17025:2005 accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation for their Test Lab, a biometrics testing laboratory for CSC’s Identity Labs in West Virginia. The accreditation serves as recognition […]

Axiell, technology and business solutions provider for UK public libraries and archives announced a new partnership with Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems. The two made their announcement at this year’s fifth annual RFID in Libraries Conference, held in London. The new partnership will expand the services and products provided to meet the needs of UK’s libraries, […]