Todos’s iPhone application, forthcoming Android application and updated onMobile Java MIDP technology give banks a solutions for user authentication and transaction verification using mobile phones. Todos onMobile portfolio adds context, informed consent and risk perception in the form of Todos’s unique technology: Dynamic Signatures using Sign-what-you-see and Secure Domain Separation. Dynamic Signatures enables a bank […]

SNCF and Gemalto presented a new service enabling travelers to purchase and recharge their transport tickets using a contactless mobile phone which incorporates near field communication. The technology is being demonstrated at the Gemalto booth during the Cartes & IDentification 2009 exhibition.
 The integration of NFC technology into consumer mobile phones will enable travelers to […]

Giesecke & Devrient is consolidating its payment division’s portfolio of products, systems and services under the umbrella brand name Convego. This transition to a consistent nomenclature, being unveiled at the CARTES international trade show in Paris, will give the company a more coherent market presence. Convego will consolidate all of G&D’s payment activities within a […]

The winners of the 2009 Sesames were announced before the opening of the CARTES & IDentification exhibition in Paris. Gemalto was the only company to take home more than one award, winning Sesames for best hardware and mobile application. The winner for best hardware was awarded to Gemalto, Leti and Raisonance for their contactless smart […]

Entrust Inc. will provide the unified security infrastructure for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This agreement helps DHS enable cost-savings, meet HSPD-12 requirements, encrypt communications and data, and deploy secure credentials for both physical and logical access. Facilitated by partner XTec Inc., who is the HSPD-12 solution provider for DHS, the Entrust deployment will […]

Under a new pilot program, Manchester, United Kingdom area youth aged 16 years or older who have a valid passport will soon be able to apply for a biometric ID card, according to a Yahoo News article. Those behind the program expect the cards to be received as a useful alternative to carrying around one’s […]

Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have identified a new approach to facial biometrics that yields 95% accuracy, according to a Science Daily article. As opposed to other facial biometrics systems, which utilize predetermined characteristics of the face to authenticate a user’s identity, the new system takes in the whole face and determines […]