NXP and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) announced the introduction of NXP’s new Fast Pay contactless security chip and a new line of G&D contactless payment devices based on this IC. Fast Pay-based devices have been designed to provide consumers in the U.S. and Canada with a contactless payment solution. Fast Pay is ISO 14443 Type […]

Evermedia Biometrics, a developer of iris recognition systems, has finalized an agreement with Nations ID, a developer of information security and management systems, to jointly develop a multi-modal Match-On-Card (MOC) system. The major intent behind a MOC system is to remove the need for storing biometric templates of users on a central database, as the […]

Following the success of a fingerprint scan program that replaced the previous system for purchasing lunches at an Ohio middle school and high school, the local board of education is looking to expand the program to be broadened at the high school and be implemented at three new schools in the district, according to a […]

CenTrak, a provider of RTLS systems for the indoor tracking of equipment and people, has debuted its IT-740 Staff Badge, touted by the firm as the world’s thinnest hybrid active RFID tag currently on the market. Measuring in at a thickness of only 3 millimeters, the badges are nearly as thin as ordinary, non-RFID enabled […]

Marymount University in Washington D.C. has partnered with PNC Bank to add banking services to the campus ID card. Marymount’s 4,000 students and employees can now add the PNC account to the multi-purpose BlueCard. Three on-campus ATMs, at least four financial education seminars per year, one free incoming wire transfer per month, and one overdraft […]

How a small subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft became a global leader in identity management By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications HID Global enables workers to get in the front door of offices around the world. Many people see the three letters, either on their cards or access control readers, but odds are they don’t really […]