Japanese teleco KDDI has selected Gemalto to help roll out NFC services to KDDI’s 34 million subscribers. According to Gemalto, the company is providing KDDI with its Allynis Trusted Service Manager (TSM) software and UpTeq NFC high-end security device to aid in the deployment of multiple contactless services ranging from mobile payments, transit ticketing, e-driver’s […]
30 Mar, 2012KDDI taps Gemalto for mass NFC deployment in Japan
30 Mar, 2012Canary Islands goes contactless with Visa and Ingenico
Ingenico is working together with Cajasiete, a financial services provider based in Canary Islands, Spain, on the deployment wireless terminals to support a new program of contactless payments at throughout the islands. Cajasiete has issued more than 5,000 of its SINcontacto cards, offering customers contactless payments using Visa payWave technology. For the initial roll out, […]
29 Mar, 2012BNC Bank taps IronKey to protect commercial customers
BNC National Bank, a national bank serving customers in North Dakota, Arizona and Minnesota, is offering sit commercial customers IronKey Trusted Access to improve online security and help protect customers from cyber thieves targeting online banking users of ACH and wire transfer services. Trusted Access enables the bank to meet and exceed Federal Financial Institutions […]
29 Mar, 2012NXP, HID bring mobile access to NFC phones
NXP Semiconductors and HID Global announced a partnership to create a global, generic mobile access solution for NFC-enabled mobile phones. Developed jointly by the partners, the solution takes existing contactless cards that employees use to enter corporate buildings and parking garages and transfers them to the embedded NXP secure element on an NFC-enabled phone. According […]
29 Mar, 2012New biometric accessories target law enforcement needs
Fulcrum Biometrics teamed up with At-Scene, a mobile law enforcement application company, to create the iBolo TM law enforcement mobile app, which is integrated with the FbF mobileOne biometric fingerprint accessory. The product lets officers in the field use smart phones and other types of mobile devices to identify, categorize and track contacts, suspects and […]
29 Mar, 2012Texas agency deploys NEC criminal ID solution
The Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) has deployed NEC’s IntegraID Mobile Identification Solution (Mobile ID) for use by all Texas law enforcement agencies to quickly search the Texas DPS repository for real time positive identification. The TxDPS Mobile ID database can handle biometric information for up to 9 million people. Data types it accepts […]
29 Mar, 2012CPP launches new terminal line, adding mobile wallet and EMV capability
Certified Payment Processing (CPP) recently unveiled their new line of payment processing terminals, under the brand name Proxima. Proxima is offers support for future payment processing technologies, with the ability to handle mobile wallet payments, contactless and EMV smart cards. It also features a full-color display, high-speed Ethernet or dial-up connectivity and backlit keypad. Currently, […]