Lenel Systems International will be using HID Global’s EasyLobby Secure Visitor Management software integrated with Lenel’s OnGuard access control application to enable end users to grant different levels of access to visitors, contractors and employees. HID’s EasyLobby provides corporations, government agencies, educational institutions, health care and property management customers with visitor management capabilities. When a […]

e-Security solutions provider Cryptomathic has created a technical advisory board to provide guidance to the company on its technology and strategies. Cryptomathic appointed three industry leaders to this board. Kerry Brown, who has nearly 30 years of experience in the field, has been involved with several technology start-ups, including ViVOtech, QSecure and Cryptite. Whitfield Diffle, […]

Annual volumes of smart payment and banking cards shipped are forecast to increase from 1.1 billion in 2011 to 3.5 billion in 2017. This is one of the conclusions from IMS Research’s report The World Market for Payment and Banking Cards – 2012 Edition. “In terms of volumes, the payment and banking card market is […]

With the emergence of Google Wallet and the slow migration toward mobile payment transactions, researchers at the University of Toronto had an idea. How about creating an app just for identification purposes? It would act as a simple form of ID, like a driver license, but it would reveal only the specific information needed for […]

Now that VISA and MasterCard have released road maps to EMV in the United States, the initial implementation milestone is fast approaching. With a first deadline in the fall there are some in the industry who wonder if the deadlines are too aggressive and whether the project could drag on for 10-years. “The size and […]

New Hampshire-based 2D-3D facial-recognition technology developer Animetrics Inc. introduced a server-based facial recognition technology which uses biometrics to enhance and improve the facial resolution in photos or video surveillance footage, reports Mass High Tech. The software application, called ForensicaGPS, is geared toward law enforcement and intelligence agencies to help them better identify suspects. The software […]

Fujitsu announced the newest addition to its FerVID Family of chips for RFID tags, the MB89R112, a chip for high frequency (HF) RFID tags that includes 9 KB of FRAM storage. The FerVID Family uses ferro-electric memory, or FRAM, for fast write speeds, high frequency rewritability, radiation tolerance, and low-power operation. The new chip boasts […]

Last month, the contactless payments threshold rose from £15 to £20, meaning that 45% of retail chip-and-pin payments now fall under this threshold, according to Retail Week. It is in retailers’ interests to promote this form of payment, says Simon-Kucher & Partners director Ben Snowman. The global consulting firm found in a recent study that […]

A survey of the 250 Oslo residents who participated in Telenor and DNB’s NFC payments pilot last summer yielded overwhelming positive results, according to Telonor. Launched in May 2011, the four month “Tap2Pay” pilot involved a select number of Oslo consumers using NFC-enabled Samsung phones to make MasterCard PayPass contactless payments at several retail stores […]

Telefónica Digital has announced a partnership with Visa Europe to deliver a variety of mobile commerce services to Telefónica subscribers across Europe. The agreement will see both companies co-invest in the development of new products and services in the NFC payments, mobile wallet, mobile point of sale, and merchant offers markets. According to Telefónica, the […]