The Phoenix Group, a distributor of point of sale (POS) terminals in the U.S., announced that it will offer Ingenico’s line of NFC-enabled Telium readers to independent sales organizations throughout the U.S. The multi-year distribution agreement allows the group to market and sell Ingenico’s Telium series POS products, including the iPP220 & iPP320 PIN pads, […]

GlobalPlatform has released a new technical specification that prevents unauthorized applications from communicating with the secure element on a mobile device. According to GlobalPlatform, the Secure Element Access Control mechanism ensures that only legitimate secure mobile services, such mobile payments and ticketing applications, are able to connect with the secure element and access the user’s […]

Microsoft has revealed that its forthcoming Windows Phone 8 OS will come with an NFC-enabled mobile wallet app called Wallet Hub. Introduced today at a Windows 8 sneak peek event in San Francisco, Wallet Hub promises to be “the most complete wallet experience,” according to the company. The service will include NFC payments at the […]

In January 2004 the US-VISIT biometric border crossing system went live. The program was collecting two-fingerprints for comparison against a watch list of known criminals and terrorists to make sure they weren’t allowed into the U.S. It is one of the first biometric border crossing systems in the world and serves as a model to […]

DAILY RFID launched its RFID laundry tag series for linen management and laundry tracking to simplify the tracking process. The new washable RFID laundry tags, available low frequency, high frequency and ultra-high frequency options, are all designed to collect data from hundreds of linen items in few seconds, while being able to withstand the harsh […]

Absa Group announced it plans to begin trials expanding its contactless payment network at the bank’s rugby fan park in Cape Town, according to ITWeb. The first trial of the new Springbok Supporters Club tap-and-go card will be piloted at the Absa Boktown fan park, where fans will be able to tap the card to […]

Finnish Transport Agency, Liikennevirasto, deployed a passive RFID railway tracking system from Vilant designed to improve the safety and service of operations on the state’s rail network. Liikennevirasto monitors the condition of the rolling stock on Finnish rails through a network of detectors installed along the track. Vilant will install 120 specialized RFID reader units, […]

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has started capturing and sharing palm prints along with fingerprints when fingerprinting people. As reported by WCTV, the GBI will now be able to share palm print information throughout the state as part of its expanded “Automated Fingerprint Identification System.” Many crime scene units around the state have been […]

Facebook is about to enhance its photo facial recognition capabilities, having yesterday announced its acquisition of Face.com. Face.com’s technology is used by many developers in various mobile apps. The Facebook acquisition is hoped to give them more opportunities to develop new products and technologies. The acquisition will also help Facebook’s push in the mobile sector […]

SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français), France’s national state-owned railway company, has chosen Ingenico solutions to supply 3,000 of its contactless point of sale terminals across all SNCF sales desks. Ingenico will provide the iCT250 contactless terminal and its associated PIN-pad, the iPP2xx developed with Telium technology. The new terminals will provide SNCF […]