Indala Corp. has begun phase two (of four) to supply Microsoft employees worldwide smart cards allowing them to gain access to their offices or computers. The new cards, with more memory, will also allow employees to use the cards in vending machines and in the company cafeterias. Leading Access Control Manufacturer Begins Production of Combination […]

By Rhea Wessel, Contributing Editor Joe Banker rides this city’s subway every morning from his apartment outside of the city to his office high rise. Each month, he pays roughly €100 ($128) for his transport ticket. This month, however, he was sent to London on short notice for two weeks. Banker has grossly overpaid for […]

Based on an open architecture, Renesas Technology’s USB Card Reader Platform with a PIN Pad can deliver a cost-effective solution to secure e-commerce and remote banking transactions, the company announced. The Renesas trusted reader platform can provide an off-the-shelf development solution, allowing card reader manufacturers to develop transactional systems with the advanced security at the […]

Zebra’s dual-sided color P420i printer has been chosen by a southwest Florida school district to print its 11,000 employee ID badges which are part of a GE-installed system that includes access control, video surveillance, alarm monitoring and photo ID badging. Print Photo ID Badges that Double as Access Control Credentials Used by Florida School District’s […]

At first glance, card system vendors don’t seem to be as much a part of a European campus programs as they do in the U.S. But look a bit deeper and you will find country or region-specific organizations helping campuses build their programs. According to one such vendor – London-based Fortress GB, – card requirements […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to roll out a smart card-based fare system. What’s unique about the program is that it will take the fare system direct from paper tickets and tokens to the smart card. “Most transit agencies use mag stripe cards (before migrating […]

Berklee College of Music announced today the successful launch of its new, upgraded campus ID card; “The Berklee Card.” The card is used for identification and swipe access to services and cashless payments all over campus – at the bookstore, libraries, copy center, vending machines, laundry facilities, all on-campus food service locations – and at […]

Two companies plan to give retailers more security tools designed to help them reduce the costs of credit card fraud, ID theft, and payment disputes. The agreement includes fraud-fighting software from siVault and signature capture card payment terminals from Hypercom. Joint Solution Features SiVault’s Signature-Based Payment Solution and Hypercom’s Optimum L4100 Terminals SAN JOSE, Calif. […]

Thanks to the web reloading aspect of its SmartCity student card, the University of Central Florida in Orlando is the recipient of the Davis Productivity Awards, an honor given to state government employees whose work promotes innovation while delivering increased Productivity. Students and staff at the University Of Central Florida (UCF) have been reloading their […]

USA Technologies, which provides technology to campuses allowing students to pay and monitor their laundry through their campus cards, now has targeted vending machines. The company says its e-Port terminal, a wireless cashless transaction device designed for vending machines, will accept contactless cards as if they were swiped and will help “break open the vending […]