AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ – Inside Contactless,formerly known as Inside Technologies, announced today the appointment of Stephen Riegel, former Texas Instruments Business Development Manager for the East Coast US as Vice President of Business development for the North American region. Inside Contactless has hired Mr. Riegel to drive business development activities in this region. […]

MINNETONKA, Minn., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq: IDNX) and Northrop Grumman Information Technology (IT) announced today that the two companies have delivered to the Department of Defense (DoD) technical demonstrations to test and evaluate biometric technology as an added layer of security for the DoD’s new department-wide Common Access Card. Northrop Grumman IT is […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 26, 2002–Drexler Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:DRXR), has received Canadian government approval to announce that the 400,000 LaserCard order announced by Drexler on August 14, 2002 and the 350,000 LaserCard order announced February 7, 2002 are slated for use as Canada’s new Permanent Resident Cards for non-citizens. The 750,000 optical memory cards priced […]

Now More Than 6 Million MasterCard Branded Smart Cards in the Region Singapore, August 26, 2002 – MasterCard International today announced that it has issued more than 6 million MasterCard branded smart cards in Asia/Pacific to date. This is a 65 percent increase in smart card issuance within a span of six months. At the […]

Princeton Junction, NJ, August 23, 2002 – Speakers from U.S. government agencies, financial services firms, and retail organizations will address the common opportunities and challenges before them in moving to smart cards at the 10th Annual Conference of the Smart Card Alliance October 7th to 9th at the Marriott Camelback Inn Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. […]

DETROIT & TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 21, 2002–Catuity, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTTY)(ASX:CAT), a leader in loyalty software applications, today announced it has signed an agreement with KESM Transaction Solutions to be the exclusive provider of the loyalty application for Belgium-based Banksys terminals. The Banksys terminal – C-ZAM/Smash – is distributed in North America by BNA Smart Payment Systems, for […]

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 20, 2002–SchlumbergerSema, a business unit of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB), today announced that it has signed a contract with Hutchison 3G UK Limited (Hutchison 3G) to supply USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) smart cards and provide training and support. The contract calls for SchlumbergerSema to deliver its Usimera(a) cards to Hutchison 3G UK, as […]