The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is moving forward with its proposal to monitor and enforce the number of riders boarding the subway without paying for a ticket, according to a local news report. LA Metro recently approved locking the gates at all Red and Purple line subway stops, requiring riders to purchase a […]

Bank Newport, one of the oldest mutual savings banks in Rhode Island, has contracted with TeleSign to provide tokenless two-factor authentication for online customer accounts. Bank Newport chose the TeleSign product to ward off phishing, pharming and malware attacks. The authentication triggers when a customer logs into an account from an unknown device. The software […]

Precise Biometrics launched a new smart casing for smartphones and tablets that incorporates an embedded fingerprint and smart card reader, allowing agencies and enterprises to enable high security through mobile access. This Tactivo case works works with different applications, including Precise’s BioSecrets app, to securely store passwords and other sensitive information in an iPhone or […]

While the biometrics industry touts the reliability of using scans to tie people to their identification records, new research suggests that the aging process may have an unintended effect on biometrics. As reported on Nature’s website, Kevin Bowyer, a professor of computer science at Indiana’s University of Notre Dame, did research that compared iris scans […]

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia says it will release an Android version of its Kaching mobile payments app within six weeks – albeit without NFC, according to ZDNet. Andy Lark, chief marketing officer of Commbank, told ZDNet Australia that the Android version of Kaching will not leverage embedded NFC technology because Google and other device […]

SIA Central Europe, an IT systems operator supporting bankcard issuance and transactions, is looking to work with financial institutions in Hungary and other Central European countries to deliver NFC-enabled mobile services, according to QR Code Press. SIA is hoping to create new mobile payment services that are viable for mass adoption among bank customers in […]

FirstGroup, a UK bus and rail operator, is moving forward with its planned introduction of a smart card ticket system in the town of Bristol, according to a local news brief. The new technology will offer customers touch-in and touch-out contactless payment using their contactless bank cards. This will reduce cash transactions and boarding times, […]

Yubico, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of online identity protection, says its YubiKey is being chosen by more and more Swedish schools and municipalities to meet the government’s requirements for strong two-factor authentication. Lerum Kommun, Sweden is the latest region to deploy YubiKeys for staff and students who need to access cloud-based school systems. The […]

Salvatore D’Agostino, CSCIP, IDmachines A major goal of HSPD-12 was to have an interoperable credential across logical and physical contexts for employees and contractors. The goal remains elusive. The GSA’s approved product list was developed to help meet this goal. Some changes need to take place to better achieve this. The approved product list consists […]

Kinetic and JCDecaux have announced positive results for their NFC-enabled outdoor advertising pilot in Reading, UK. Launched this past March, the pilot saw more than 3,000 people scan the NFC-enabled poster sites, which were set up across Reading and in the Oracle shopping mall over a four-week period. According to a survey conducted by the […]