Is TransLink, a regional smart card designed to tie some 28 transit agencies in the San Francisco Bay area together stumbling along “like a broken-down bus?” According to the Contra Costa Times, it has been a “bumpy ride” for TransLink. It didn’t help matters when one of the directors for BART, the area’s rail system […]

Three of Canada’s largest wireless carriers plan to deploy today a mobile payment service that will enable customers to send, request and receive money via their mobile phones. Zoompass, managed by Enstream, is a joint venture from Bell, Rogers and Telus. Mobile phone users can register for the service online and then download the Zoompass […]

Santa Clara University in California has launched TipNow, a text-based anonymous reporting tool designed to increase campus security. TipNow is a tip collection and management system for anonymous tips originating from electronic mail and cell phone/personal digital assistant SMS or text messages. The system is designed to facilitate automated notification of campus security personnel regarding […]

Medical identity theft is a problem and many individuals may not even know they’re victims, according to a New York Times report. Fraudsters can steal a Social Security numbers or take medical insurance information and impersonate the policy holder. This is possible because most medical office don’t ask for identification beyond insurance information. Consumers don’t […]

Collis announced that it has implemented a new module for French CB contact cards in the Collis EMV Personalization Validation Tool. This new module covers the Groupement des Cartes Bancaires card personalization specification. Contactless cards will be supported in the near future. The Collis EMV Personalization Validation Tool (Collis EMV PVT) is a tool designed […]

Blackberry phone users will soon be able to utilize new security technology developed by IT software company Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), according to a TMC News article. The G&D Mobile Security Card utilizes the soon to be released Blackberry Device Software 5.0 and provides incoming and outgoing message encryption, e-mail signature services and user authentication. […]

Roger Sullivan, president of the Liberty Alliance Project that represents roughly 150 companies involved in the biometrics industry, has warned Canadians to be vigilant as Ottawa adopts fingerprint and facial biometrics for its borders, according to a Globe and Mail article. Sullivan explains that while biometric adoption can be very helpful to the operations at […]