HID Global announced the upcoming launch of “Customers Come 1st” promotion during the ASIS Internation Conference, Sept. 21 – 23, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. The promotion is designed to rally HID customers to submit their ideas for new products, features and services they would like to see in security identity solutions. […]

Barclaycard gave its employees and customers a chance to try out its new contactless card by making donations to three charities. The event occurred during its sponsorship of the Mayor’s Thames Festival. Guests could use a limited edition contactless card preloaded with about $8 to donate to one of the charities using contactless readers to […]

The University of Oregon, Eugene, has joined the ranks of those schools utilizing hand scanners to control entry to specific buildings. As in many of the other universities which have opted for the technology, this university is using the scanners to control entry to its Rec Center. University officials cited two reasons for the change: […]

Suprema, a developer of biometric systems, has announced the successful issuance of 1.2 million shares in their company totaling $36 million. With the new flow of money, Suprema has planned a number of research and development projects to add onto their product line of fingerprint-based biometric products and systems. Among these include development of multi-modal […]

The United States Customs and Border Protection’s US-VISIT has assisted in apprehending a fraudster, according to a KY Post article. The apprehension and arrest of the international traveler utilizing forged documents occurred at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The US-VISIT program operates by matching one’s biometric information with their travel documents ensuring that the person traveling […]

To tackle the issue of fraudulent identification cards and forms in its country, the Israeli government has proposed a law requiring capturing and storing biometric information on all its citizens, according to a New Tang Dynasty Television article. While acknowledging it would alleviate the issue surrounding the reported 350,000 fake IDs in use in the […]

Zenius Solutions, a Silicon Valley NFC software company supporting mobile payments and contactless acceptance devices, has announced the completion of the first end-to-end live acceptance of a contactless credit card on a mobile phone. ZeniusMobilePOS with real-time authorization reads information from a contactless card, performs transaction processing, and connects with the Authorize.net payment gateway for […]