VoiceTrust announced it has acquired Montreal-based voice technology developer Perceive Solutions. The acquisition means VoiceTrust is able to extend its product portfolio to include Perceive’s free-form speech products as well as gain a significant foothold in the Canadian market. Executives from both companies say the merger will enable more future developments in product offerings for […]

MarketResearch.com has released a new report predicting that approximately 46% of all mobile phones will be NFC-enabled by 2016 – up from just 5% in 2011. According to the report, “Near Field Communication Market Global Forecast &Analysis (2011-2016) By Products,” the NFC applications market will grow “exponentially” alongside the handset market, with revenues jumping from […]

A team of researchers at the University of Montpellier in France have developed a way to embed a thin aluminum RFID tag on to paper. Using a process of thermal evaporation the team was able to deposit an aluminum coil antenna on to paper for use as an RFID tag, which could potentially open up […]

Global Industry Analysts Inc. released a report forecasting the outlook on the global smart card market to reach 10.9 billion units by 2015. GIA credits the growth driven largely by major initiatives in the financial, government and security sectors, with the telecom sector at the way ahead of the pack as the largest end-user. Increasing […]

Clarity Services, a provider of thin-file and underbanked consumer data reporting, has called on Experian to provide identity verification and fraud detection services for its subprime market product. Clarity will use Experian’s Precise ID platform in its Clear Subprime ID Fraud product to provide identity verification points and a custom Clarity Fraud Score. With this […]

California-based hosted and enterprise solution provider SutiSoft has announced new and different signing options for SutiSign, its electronic signature product that enables electronic signing of documents. Users can opt for a system generated signature that automatically populates based on a user’s name. This can be used as a representation of the signature. Users may generate […]

Thinking of changing your mag stripe campus ID card to contactless? Campus card provider CBORD may be able to help. The company is offering a free webinar March 27 that will enable participants to learn the latest about contactless credentials for colleges and universities. The webinar will review the variety of contactless options available and […]