A new report from Juniper Research has found that more than one in four mobile phone users in the U.S. and Western Europe will use an NFC-enabled handset to pay for goods in-store by 2017, compared with less than 2% in 2012. According to Juniper, NFC payments will reach $180 billion worldwide by 2017 as […]

Daily RFID introduced a new RFID pet tracking tag, developed to be an unobtrusive RFID tag to that is equipped on the animal’s collar. Known as the ultra-high frequency animal card, the smart RFID pet tag has a storage capacity of 96 bits / 512bits / 2000bits to hold vital pet information, such as medical […]

The Smart Card Alliance has selected officers for its newly-formed Mobile and NFC Council. Brent Bowen, vice president of business development for INSIDE Secure, will serve as chair of the council, with Chandra Srivastava, business leader at Visa, taking on the position of vice chair. Doug Morgan, chief strategy officer at C-SAM, will serve as […]

Animetrics has released ForensicaGPS, a new facial biometric tool for local, state and federal law enforcement. With the tool, law enforcement can identify criminal suspects even from low-resolution photos or video. The tool uses Animetrics’ patented facial recognition technology to turn low-resolution 2D facial images from a digital photo or video frame into a 3D […]

GoldKey Security Corporation has launched GoldKey Soft-Tokens for iOS and Android devices. With the token a mobile device becomes a software authenticator that, with a PIN, can achieve two-factor authentication. The solution helps secure authorized mobile devices for private Web resources access for activities such as online banking. The tokens use an authentication method called […]

Dates: September 18-20, 2012 Location: Tampa, Florida Venue: Tampa Convention Center URL: http://www.biometricconference.com/ Description: The 2012 Biometric Consortium Conference and Technology Expo, presented by AFCEA, NIST and NSA, will address the important role that biometrics plays in identification and verification of individuals for government and commercial applications worldwide. The Conference will be two and a […]

The May meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

The government of Panama has chosen a consortium led by Morpho and comprised of Thomas Greg & Sons, a specialist in secure printing, and IAFIS, Morpho’s partner for implementation and management of biometric projects in Latin America, to supply e-passports. Under the contract, Morpho will supply biometric enrollment stations for capturing photographs, fingerprints and signatures […]

Jacksonville International and Tallahassee Regional airports have opened expedited security lines with services from Flex Pass. The service is different from other screening programs in that there is no background check – participants don’t even have to give a Social Security number – or biometric component. Clear, the other privately run expedited security program, conducts […]

The Malaysian government is planning to use RFID technology to prevent counterfeiting of nests used to make the Chinese delicacy bird’s nest soup, according to the BBC. As people in China believe that eating bird’s nest is good for their skin, they’re willing to pay as much as USD $100 just for a handful. This […]