The Payments Processing Information Sharing Council, a forum for sharing information about fraud, threats, vulnerabilities and risk mitigation practices in the payments industry, has elected its steering committee for the 2010-2011 term. Made up of seven payment industry leaders, the committee will set the agenda of the organization and determine the council’s upcoming initiatives. Appointments […]

Gemalto announced that it has surpassed 25 million smart card-based identity credentials shipped to the U.S. federal government. This total is evenly split between government identity credentials, used for securing the identities of federal government employees and military personnel and for electronic passports. 
 Some of Gemalto’s newest products for the U.S. government include its […]

Digital Identification Solutions AG announced that a program of ID personalization products the company has ever launched will soon have shipping approval. The new EDIsecure CMS 4.0, as well as the IDExpert SmartACT 1.2 Card Management Software already have full shipping approval, the new Business Line and Professional Line range of retransfer personalization solutions will […]

PhysOrg.com posted a piece on a new type of radio node which monitors the temperature of blood bags that were unused during an operation, to ensure the cold chain was not broken. The main theory behind these nodes is to monitor the blood bag and track its history without interfering with other sensitive electrical equipment […]

The Indian government has announced plans to link up the ten-digit Permanent Account Number (PAN) and the sixteen digit Unique Identification Number (UID) that will soon be given to its citizens, according to a Financial Express article. The decision is coming from lengthy talks between the Finance Ministry, whom is overseeing the creation and distribution […]

DAILY RFID revealed its new series of lightweight PDA RFID readers which appear in both low- and high-frequency versions. The DL710 and DL720 are designed to accommodate information management, information collection and wireless data transfer. The two options available, an LCD touch screen interface or a standard keyboard, both feature WiFi, Bluetooth and GPRS capabilities. […]

Eastcompeace Smart Card Co. has joined GlobalPlatform as an Observer Member, granting the company access to the activities of all GlobalPlatform Technical Committees. The company will also participate in GlobalPlatform’s Advisory Council and the Mobile Task Force, where GlobalPlatform’s specifications for the mobile telecoms sector are developed. GlobalPlatform is an international member driven association aimed […]