L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. expanded its line of government access control solutions with the release of the TWIC-Station, a new access control device capable of reading a range of secure government credentials based on the FIPS 201 standard including Transportation Worker Identification Credentials, Personal Idetification Verficiation IDs and Common Access Cards. The device also offers […]

Contactless chip provider INSIDE Contactless and First Data, a Denver-based electronic commerce and payment processing service, have signed a three-year agreement to develop contactless payment stickers which can be affixed to mobile phones or other devices. First Data will market the sticker as the GO-Tag, while INSIDE will supply its MicroPass payment sticker prelaminates exclusively […]

Berklee College of Music in Boston and CardSmith, a Doylestown, Pa.-based campus card provider, have announced a multi-year extension of their campus card services agreement which enables CardSmith to provide the school with a management service and solution for its Berklee Card, the college’s multiapplication ID card. The card features a prepaid flexible spending account […]

ViVOtech, a Santa Clara, Calif. provider of contactless and NFC mobile phone payments and UK-based Eagle Eye Solutions, a mobile couponing provider, have agreed to integrate their respective systems to provide a consolidated solution for retailers. The new partnership will enable retailers to issue mobile vouchers to customers–promotional, gift, loyalty, etc.– either via standard SMS […]

While making their case for a more than $100 million upgrade in biometric technologies, Immigration New Zealand, the country’s immigration agency, stated that had the biometric systems been in place by 2006, the agency would have caught known terrorist and co-conspirator in the 9/11 attacks Rayed Mohammed Abdullah, according to a Stuff.co.nz article. Further, identity […]

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago have developed an RFID-based tracking system which allows them to monitor the condition of containers of nuclear waste with the click of a mouse. The system could augment the DOE’s current management system, which is charged with monitoring tens of thousands of […]

TOP Food and Drug, a Washington State grocery chain operated by Haggen Inc., has deployed an RFID-enabled customer relationship program in its stores. The program, TOP Connection, uses RFID-enabled key tags (or adhesive tags for cellphones) to target customers with tailored marketing promotions and value-added services. The TOP Connection system uses a software platform from […]