Slovenia’s bank, Banka Koper, has chosen XIRING to supply it with more than 10,0000 smart card readers as part of the bank’s roll out of its authentication solution based on the MasterCard Chip Authentication Program (CAP). Xiring supplies more than 10,000 pocket smart card readers, which allow on-line authentication of an account holder using a […]

ACG’s new read/write reader has received MIFARE certification from Austria-based Arsenal Research, an independent certification institute, which guarantees the company full interoperability of any combination of certified cards and readers within any application. ACG’s product portfolio also includes certified MIFARE cards. Walluf, Germany – ACG Identification Technologies GmbH, a leading component and technology supplier in […]

Gallaudet University, a 140–plus year-old Washington, D.C. school for the deaf and hard of hearing, wanted to add cashless payment capabilities to its existing HID proximity cards that controlled dorm access for students. The college didn’t want to replace its point of sale (POS) infrastructure, but the existing cash registers accepted only magnetic stripe cards. […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Need a federal ID card but you haven’t been through ‘NACI’ yet? That seems to be one of more frequently used buzzwords floating around Washington, D.C., even though the NACI requirement has been part of the federal lexicon since the early 1950s. That’s right, NACI, or National Agency Check and […]

“The downside is that the cost of EPC Gen 2 tags will be higher than Gen 1 tags. Here’s why. A Gen 2 microchip will have about 40,000 transistors, compared with just 12,000 for a microchip used in a Gen 1 Class 1 EPC tag. Silicon chips for Gen 2, if made with the same […]

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program that collects biometric and biographic data from visa applicants and visitors to the United States has achieved unprecedented results in helping U.S. agencies identify criminals and other violators seeking entry to the country, senior DHS officials announced today. On Sunday evening, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers sent […]

Dates: May 18-19, 2005 Venue: Hilton Berlin Location: Berlin, Germany URL: www.electronic-passport.com Contact: Information, [email protected] Description: The Electronic Passport Forum focuses on the most relevant issues related to the introduction of the new biometrics-enabled machine-readable travel documents. It is the only global event that showcases, with live demonstrations, the entire lifecycle of our future electronic […]