The City of Ottawa is doing everything it can to get OC Transpo riders on board with the new smart card technology, which is set to launch later this summer, according to OttawaStart. OC Transpo has inked a deal with PRESTO to distribute the first 200,000 smart cards for free to its customer starting June […]
26 Apr, 2012Ottawa gives away 200,000 free PRESTO cards to transit riders
25 Apr, 2012Pepi Food Services gears up to accept contactless payment
Pepi Food Services, a vending and food service provider based out of Dothan, Alabama, has signed an agreement with USA Technologies to go 100% cashless by the end of 2012. Using USA Technologies ePort Connect services, Pepi plans to convert its entire vending machine base to accept cashless and contactless payments, in addition to emerging […]
25 Apr, 2012HID Global embeds chips with a surface area less than 0.3 mm square
HID Global has developed a new a manufacturing process that enables use of some of the world’s smallest integrated low-frequency (LF) chips ever produced for contactless ID applications. The company’s direct bonding technology can mount an antenna to a micro-sized chip surface less than 0.3 millimeters square – smaller then the pinpoint of a needle. […]
25 Apr, 2012Nigeria to start national ID registration
The Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will begin enrolling Nigerian citizens and legal residents into the Nigerian Identity Management System (NIMS) within the next few weeks, reports Business Day. The registrations will comply with the NIMC Act of 2007, which establishes a National Identity Database, ID cards and a National Identification Number (NIN), as well […]
25 Apr, 2012NFC not the next ‘Betamax,’ says Yankee Group
Market research firm Yankee Group is remaining confident in NFC technology, despite a recent survey showing 35% believe it will be made obsolete by other new payment technologies. According to Fierce Mobile, a further 23% in the same survey believe that NFC is too cumbersome and expensive for merchants to implement. So why does Yankee […]
25 Apr, 2012Samsung employees to test NFC mobile IDs
Samsung is looking to use NFC-enabled mobile access credentials in place of ID cards for workers at its Suwon, South Korea offices. According to The Verge, the new system would enable Samsung employees to tap their phones against a reader to access their building and other secure areas, rather than present a traditional ID card. […]
25 Apr, 2012VASCO launches consumer Web security
VASCO Data Security International Inc. launched a version of MYDIGIPASS.COM for consumers to authenticate and securely log in to Web sites and Web applications. The product adds strong user authentication to tens of thousands of online B2B and B2C Web-based applications. Using a soft- or hardware client device, such as DIGIPAS, dormant embedded DIGIPASS, DIGIPASS+ […]