Google has released a cloud-based version of the Google Wallet app that supports all credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. According Google, the new app stores your payment cards on Google’s secure servers, instead of in the secure element of the mobile phone. The secure element still stores a wallet […]
01 Aug, 2012Google releases cloud-based Wallet
01 Aug, 2012GSA hosting industry day on federal identity solutions
The U.S. GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy will be hosting an industry day on Aug. 7 to get information and answer industry’s questions from the Federal Cloud Credential Exchange (FCCX) Tiger Team. The team is a group from several agencies that are moving more government services online. It facilitates the Federal government’s adoption of identity […]
01 Aug, 2012Isis adds fuel retailers for summer launch
Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, has announced that fuel dispenser technology providers Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Wayne will integrate Isis’s SmartTap technology in select gas pumps in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City to accompany Isis’s official market launch later this summer. The upgraded pumps will allow customers to pay […]
01 Aug, 2012Study: Biometrics to become more commonplace
The Biometrics Institute has released its 2012 Industry Survey, a look at the trends and developments in the industry over the last 12 months. The survey also polls members of the industry to learn what will be the probable developments in the near future. In this third year of the study, the institute has found […]
01 Aug, 2012VoiceVault sets bar for voice biometric verification
VoiceVault released the next generation of its voice recognition and verification engine, which has been producing incredibly accurate results. The new technology boasts an incorrect acceptance rate of 0.01% and false rejection rates of less than 5%, effectively setting the bar for voice verification accuracy. The increased accuracy of the new biometric voice technology also […]
01 Aug, 2012Report: RFID in healthcare and pharmaceutical markets to reach US$1.7 billion
Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA), a publisher of off-the-shelf market research, announced the release of a new global report predicting the global market for RFID in health care and pharmaceutical markets to reach $1.7 billion by the year 2018. In the report, entitled “RFID in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals: A Global Strategic Business Report”, GIA attributes […]
01 Aug, 2012Taiwanese bank taps G&D for NFC payments pilot in Taipei
Taiwan’s Cathay United Bank has announced a partnership with Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) to launch an NFC payments pilot on the Taipei public transit network. The pilot uses NFC-enabled Mobile Security Card SWP microSD cards from G&D Secure Flash Solutions, which bank customers can pop into their mobile phones to make contactless mobile payments for […]