During the dark ages of student identification cards at the University at Albany – that would be before 1996 – a typical student needed a student ID card and meal plan card, plus a card to pay for library photocopies, a wad of downtown bus tickets, a dormitory door key, change for laundry and cash […]

GE Public Finance to Provide Innovative Lease Financing for Alanco’s Prison Tracking Systems Alanco Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ALAN) today announced that it has agreed to work with GE Public Finance Inc. to provide innovative lease financing solutions for its TSI PRISM(TM) wireless RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tracking systems for prison security management. The TSI PRISM […]

Gemplus (Paris Euronext: Euroclear 5768 and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card-enabled solutions, announces the delivery of a complete and secure SIM-based mobile commerce solution to SFR, the second largest operator in France. SFR s Wireless PKI commercial pilot, SECURISIGN – digital signature via a mobile phone,, enables subscribers to purchase products […]

At issue: The federal government requires commercial-vehicle operators to inspect specific equipment before and after each trip, including the vehicle’s tires, brakes and emergency exits. Beyond filling out paperwork, there’s no way to ensure the vehicle inspections actually occur. Zonar uses a wireless technology called radio-frequency identification (RFID) to verify inspections. The way it works: […]

In the October issue, we examined student credit card statistics, broke the news of Schlumberger’s campus unit sale, and profiled vendor General Meters. If you’re a subscriber to the monthly newsletter (thank you!), this is old news. If you are not yet a subscriber, click on the subscribe link above and come see what you’re […]

The Datacard® Affina™ Life Cycle Management System enables Japanese cardholders to download applications to their Visa smart cards. Paris, France — November 5, 2002 — Datacard Group today announced that the Datacard® Affina™ Life Cycle Management System has enabled Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd. (SMCC) to become the first issuer to enable new applications to […]

ExxonMobile recently announced the availability of a Speedpass-enabled Timex watch for use at Speedpass points of sale. The watches, ranging in price from $35 to $40, look and function like a regular watch with the added benefit of a radio frequency transponder inside the timepiece. Customers can instantly pay for purchases at more than 7,500 […]