In an effort to better control drop-out rates among students as well as absenteeism among teachers, the Gujarat government in India has decided to install biometric systems in all their state-run primary schools to keep tabs on attendance, according to a Sindh Today article. As the rates concerning missing teachers and students in the area […]

Norfolk International Airport in Virginia is now accepting MasterCard PayPass at the airport’s 10 exit lanes serving some 7,200 parking spaces. Affiliated Computer Services, Dallas, is managing the implementation. The new payment option will help customers move through the parking lines quicker, said Cathleen Conforti, senior vice president of Global PayPass at MasterCard Worldwide. ACS’ […]

Wells Fargo recently launched its first student funds disbursement program at Texas A&M University, College Station. The program, which directs students to a Web site to select how they want to receive financial aid or other refund payments from the university, streamlines the university’s operations by outsourcing payment preference collection and payment processing. “This new […]

Coca-Cola will try out a new RFID-enabled self-service beverage dispenser this summer which, if successful, would create a speedy and cost-efficient format for the soft drink giant to test market new products. The Coke Freestyle, to be tested in fast food restaurants in Georgia, California, and Utah, offers customers up to 100 beverage choices and […]

3M has introduced a new respirator that uses RFID technology to ensure that the safety equipment is functioning at its proper levels. The new respirator, which is distributed by 3M’s Occupational Health and Environmental Safety division, is equipped with RFID tags and accompanying software that enables employers to monitor the device’s cleaning, maintenance and inspection […]

SAFRAN Group’s Sagem Orga and MorphoTrak have received FIPS 201 approval of its technology for the PIV program. The General Services Administration-approved products include smart cards and readers that satisfy security standards of the PIV program. With the GSA certification, the two firms are now an official source of PIV smart cards, PIV logical and […]

Participants at Visa’s Asia Pacific Security Summit 2009 in Malaysia see EMV chip cards as helping to drive the future of electronic payments and minimize counterfeit fraud. According to a survey taken during the summit, 75% of the security experts attending say they have EMV-compliant cards in their wallets. Additionally, the poll revealed that with […]