AIB Merchant Services, a merchant acquiring joint venture between First Data Corporation and Allied Irish Banks p.l.c, announced the launch of its first contactless payment terminals, activated at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, in Dublin. The contactless technology will enable customers to pay for refreshments up to the value of €15 by simply tapping their […]

Romanian bank BRD, a unit of Société Générale, has selected Oberthur Technologies to supply multi-application payment cards. These cards have payment scheme applications, as well as the ability to host transport, access control, PKI or biometric apps. BRD will be launching the MultiPass Transport card, which Oberthur developed in collaboration with Bucharest transport operators RATB […]

Three University of California, Riverside scholars have received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to launch a program that will use facial recognition software to identify unknown subjects in portrait art. The project, called “FACES: Faces, Art, and Computerized Evaluation Systems,” was conceived by Conrad Rudolph, professor of art history and […]

The National Retail Federation, the world’s largest retail trade association, is urging the Federal Trade Commission to move cautiously in establishing regulations for mobile payments. “Mobile technology and processes are just beginning to emerge and we won’t know which practices the public will like or what methods will provide new benefits until the technology begins […]

Travelers into Dubai International Airport will have the option of using an automated border crossing checkpoint, according to GulfNews.com. Initially deployed in Terminal three, but expected to be rolled out throughout the airport, the system will read the passports and check the facial image and iris against a watch list. The entire process takes about […]

Key Source International announced GSA approval for it’s biometric keyboard and stand-alone biometric pod. KSI products are approved under FIPS 201 for Federal Employees and civilian contractors. The KSI-1700/GFFB biometric keyboard and the KSI-1008F biometric pod meet these requirements for FIPS 201. Marktron of Frederick, Md., whose primary focus is on OEM’s, systems integrators and […]

EMVCo, the EMV standards body jointly owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, will host its fourth annual EMV User Meeting on June 20 – June 21 at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown in Toronto, Canada. Open to all users of EMV technology, the two-day event will bring together senior EMVCo representatives and global users […]

MarketsandMarkets has released a new report predicting that the NFC applications market will surpass $10 billion by 2016 at a compound annual growth rate of 38% from 2011 to 2016. Mobile payment will continue to be the major driving factor in the NFC market up to 2016, during which time it will “cannibalize” the smart […]

Digital certificate provider GlobalSign has launched its new iOS Identity Certificates for iOS device authentication. The certificates provide two-factor authentication for access control to business services. These certificates are designed for use with iOS devices including iPad, iTouch and iPhones and can be used in conjunction with Exchange, ActiveSync, VPNs, WPA2 and Enterprise Wi-Fi networks. […]

The RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest, an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Canada, is adopting RFID technology to innovate with access control and cashless payment systems. More than a quarter-of-a-million music fans will be able to use their RFID “Bluesband” wristband to pay for food, drink and other goods […]