The Queensland government is thinking about scaling back its smart card driver license program, reports the Brisbane Times. The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads is reevaluating partly because the program has cost about A$140 million to roll out and the government has taken on A$88 million in debt, part of which won’t be […]

Frost & Sullivan found that increasing crime rates and terrorism have helped speed up the adoption of biometrics, particularly in the government vertical in the Asia-Pacific region. In its new study “An Analysis of the Biometrics Market in the Government Vertical in Asia-Pacific,” Frost & Sullivan says that in 2011 the market had revenues in […]

Pakistan’s National Database Regulatory Authority launched the country’s new Smart National Identity Card. It held the launch at the eighth symposium of International Civil Aviation Organization on identity documents, biometrics and security standards. The new credentials comply with ICAO standard 9303 part 3 volume 1 and ISO 7816-4, and the government agency hopes that the […]

Tulsa, Okla.-based F&M Bank & Trust (F&M) implemented Online Banking Solutions (OBS) M-Secure Online Banking Services. The M-Secure services will provide multiple layers of security for F&M’s online banking services. The security package includes M-Secure Browser for malware protection, FFIEC-compliant integrated multi-factor authentication services and M-WASP, a Web application security platform to protect against server-side […]

nanotron Technologies, a provider of wireless products that help to protect and find people, animals and valuable assets, has entered the South African mining industry through an agreement with RF/microwave distributor, RF Design. Mining vendors will now be able to utilize the Berlin-based company’s proximity-awareness CSS technology for avoiding heavy mining machinery collisions with people […]

A series of bugs in the Calgary Transit’s new “Connect” electronic fare payment system is continuing to delay its launch, according to the Calgary Herald. The agency began testing the Connect card payment system for public transit last spring, allowing passengers to pay for their bus and CTrain rides electronically in lieu of cash, tickets […]

GO Transit, the regional public transit service for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, has announced that it is discontinuing its monthly pass to make way for the new reloadable smart transit card, the Presto card. According to a spokesperson for GO Transit, the monthly pass will no longer be available after Jan. 1, 2013. […]