The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd., Aavin, in Chennai, India has gotten off to a rough start, with many participants complaining about incorrect data stored on government-issued smart cards, reports The Hindu. This past Saturday, consumers and milk suppliers were able to verify information for issuing smart cards, but Aavin supplied incorrect or […]

VeriFone Systems has received certification of its EMV/NFC-enabled payment processing solution from Vantiv, a provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for U.S. merchants and financial institutions. The two companies have cooperated on certification of the VeriFone Evolution payment platform for EMV payments. According to VeriFone, each device in the VX Evolution family […]

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, New York has started using a self-checkout system that makes use of RFID technology, according to a local news report. In the past, if patrons wanted to check out a book or CD, they had to wait for a librarian to do it for them. With the RFID […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has named Doug Morse to the role of vice president, customer experience. The new executive level position created by Cubic provides a focal point for everything related to customer service and satisfaction. Morse assumes responsibility for ensuring that customers worldwide are achieving their goals with Cubic technology and services. Morse also will […]

The introduction of biometric multimodal fusion has helped lead to greater accuracy in biometric authentication, but its adoption rate is still overall fairly low, reports ZDNet Asia. Biometric authentication today is relying on more methods to determine a person’s identity. Rather than just using fingerprints, identities can be determined through face, iris, vein and body […]

SyferLock Technology Corp. has released iOS and Android versions of its GridSoftToken two-factor authentication product. These versions expand GridSoftToken’s deployability, as it was previously only available for use with the Windows OS. The soft token technology lets users enable two-factor authentication to access systems protected by SyferLock GridGuard by using a mobile device as the […]

The German Banking Industry Committee has partnered with Infineon Technologies to launch one of Europe’s biggest contactless payment trials in the metropolitan area of Hanover, Braunschweig and Wolfsburg. The “girogo” project will offer more than 1.3 million bank customers tap-and-go payment functionality at an array of merchants, shops and gas stations. The contactless bank cards […]

The NFC Forum has appointed TÜV SÜD Product Service to provide its Radio Frequency (RF) Analogue Test Tool Validation Service. TÜV SÜD, a global provider of product testing and certification, will validate all RF Analogue test tools used as part of the NFC Forum Certification Program for testing the RF Layer of the communications stack […]

India recently opened its first RFID-based electronic toll collection (ETC) plaza at Chandimandir in Haryana’s Panchkula district. The technology enables road users to make toll payments without stopping at the plaza and, in turn, reduce traffic congestion and commuting time. With the new electronic system, toll statements can also be obtained online so that users […]

In the wake of information leaks to Web sites like WikiLeaks, the Department of Defense is instituting a PKI hardware-based authentication system on its classified network, the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet). To that end, it’s evaluating a new smart card for use as a hardware token. Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana is […]