Monaco announced the implementation of an electronic national Identity card that is compliant with the European standards ICAO-EAC and IAS-ECC. Oberthur Technologies developed the system for Monaco, with enrolment and personalization, as well as an issuance system of the electronic document to the citizen. Since March 30 each Monegasque citizen has been able to apply […]

In the second year of a partnership between the Smart Card Alliance and SourceMedia, the theme of CTST is enabling secure identity and payments in a mobile world. CTST: The Americas 2009 will take place May 4 – 7 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. The conference sessions are broken down into five tracks: identity […]

Three of Switzerland’s leading telecommunications companies, Orange, Sunrise and Swisscom, have formed a work group to compile standards that would make NFC technology easier to adopt by service providers, leading to production of more NFC-compliant phones that can be used for payments and ticketing. By the end of 2010 the group hopes to be able […]

One of the UAE’s top banks, the National Bank of Abu Dhabi has rolled out Visa’s contactless payWave card for its customers. The card will eliminate the need for PINs, online approvals and signatures for low value purchases. “Visa is working with banks across the Gulf Cooperation Council to introduce payWave and National Bank of […]

As debates have raged regarding the inclusion of an contactless smart card chips in Swiss passports containing the holder’s biometric information, experts such as Zurich’s Rapperswil Technical College professor of Internet technology Peter Heinzmann have spoken out on the potential for abuse, according to a Swiss Info article. The debate sides see the matter as […]

Unisys Corporation, developer of various biometric technologies and solutions, has announced that it has been chosen by Australia’s Queensland Transport to provide facial recognition services for their new digital driver licenses. The five-year contract between the two entities stipulates that Unisys will provide facial recognition software, image capture devices, case management software and various service […]

In an effort to curb mishandling of narcotics prescriptions that see the pills being sold on the street to addicts, the Florida state legislators are sponsoring legislartion that will attempt to regulate “doctor shopping,” or the act of moving from doctor to doctor to gain multiple prescriptions for one condition or find a doctor that […]