Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS) announced it is ready to deliver its to smart card products to manufacturers in China. This, following the Chinese Government, along with People’s Bank of China (PBOC) confirmation that all banking cards in China would use smart card technologies by 2015. PBOC has already published the specification for these cards, called […]

Mobey Forum, a bank-led organization for the advancement of mobile commerce, has welcomed its first non-banking Full Member – northern European payment solutions provider Nets. Mobey Forum has also announced that it has opened full membership to all supervised payment institutions. “In order to effectively drive the evolution of the mobile financial services ecosystem Mobey […]

Secure transactions consultancy Intelling has released a white paper called “eID in South Asia,” which discusses several ongoing eID projects within the region. The white paper serves as a preview to Intelling’s Smart Insights Report on eID in South East Asia, which it plans to release in April. The white paper serves as a preview […]

Market research firm RNCOS has released a report called “The Biometric Market Forecast to 2014,” which predicts double-digit growth for the sector by 2014. As reported on AZOSensors.com, RNCOS believes the market will grow by a 21% compound annual growth rate from 2012 to 2014. Companies’ efforts to combat identity theft and enhance corporate security […]

Iris ID Systems Inc., formerly LG Electronics’ Iris Technology Division, and HID Global announced that the IrisAccess platform iCAM7000 can be used with select near field communications-enabled BlackBerry 7 smart phones. The BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 smart phones with HID Global’s iCLASS digital credentials will be compatible with the installed base of iCLASS readers that are […]

Identive Group has revealed a new open-standards based solution that enables users to access secure buildings with the tap of a smart phone. According to Identive, the solution integrates the PLAID government-grade access authentication protocol with the secure processor within an NFC-enabled smart phone. When used with Identive’s new line of TouchSecure readers, the NFC […]

AuthenTec announced that its Eikon Digital Privacy Manager now comes pre-configured with Symantec Validation and ID Protection Service (VIP). The addition of Symantec VIP to Eikon fingerprint readers enable users to perform three-factor authentication via a single swipe of a finger, combining something you are with something you know and something you have – the […]