Infineon Technologies AG announced that IBM will manufacture Infineon-designed integrated circuits (ICs) used for secure identification applications, including electronic passports compliant with international travel regulations and the U.S. Personal Identity Verification cards. The planned production at IBM’s chip fabrication plant in Burlington, Vt. provides U.S. manufactured components for suppliers to U.S. government electronic identification programs. […]

Entrust has announced the delivery of multipurpose global ID cards to INTERPOL officers to expedite uninterrupted travel on missions in the pursuit of transnational criminals. The solution consists of the INTERPOL Global Smart eID & eVisa, which provides secure access to INTERPOL facilities and networks. Officers only need this single multipurpose smart card for secure […]

Entrust Inc., is extending its public key infrastructure technology to provide the Entrust Credentialing Service, an end-to-end hosted solution for organizations to issue unified smart card credentials. This system is tailored for enterprise, citizen or government environments that want to secure physical and logical access, virtual private networks (VPN) and other enterprise functions and capabilities. […]

Dutch bank ABN AMRO is piloting MasterCard’s Maestro PayPass contactless payment technology, according to The Financial. Maestro will allow ABN AMRO customers to make cashless card payments of up to EUR 25 without entering a PIN. The Financial says that the current trial will be followed by an internal pilot among the bank’s employees in […]

Deutsche Post DHL is now offering its customers a new bio-sourced payment card from Gemalto that can be used to pay for the mailing of letters and packages and for express deliveries. The new POSTCARDS GOGREEN are made from a renewable material derived from corn, sugarcane and potato starch, and have the same physical format […]

A unique use of a campus card is happening at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, said Wendy R. Welch, vice president of client services at CardSmith. The school has issued campus cards that correspond with each university owned and operated vehicle which can be used for fuel purchases. “As the drivers check out the […]

Gemalto announced receiving MasterCard accreditation for its Gemalto Consulting Services. As the first digital security company to join the MasterCard M/Chip Accredited Third Party program, this officially endorses Gemalto’s consulting capabilities and its vendor-independent services in contact and contactless deployments worldwide. Gemalto’s consulting service is designed to expedite the adoption of EMV and contactless PayPass […]

Merill B. Halpern, manager of card services at the United Nations Federal Credit Union, talks about the organization’s decision to deploy EMV cards to its members. With more than 4,000 members outside the U.S. the credit union had to do something to accommodate those customers living in areas where EMV is used. “We were hearing […]

ColorID, a supplier to the campus card industry, presented at this year’s 5th annual Illinois State ID meeting hosted at Illinois State University at Bloomington. At the meeting, ColorID shared information on advanced technologies, including biometric iris and fingerprint capture devices, secure computer sign-on solutions, ID printers and biometric employee background checking products. Some 20 […]

Shifting focus from technology to legal ramifications of identity By Ross Mathis, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications In the area of identity management there has been significant work related to the technical exchange of identity information and the actual authentication processes. There has not, however, been a focused look at the legal issues, particularly those that […]