The Canadian government is working with financial services companies to enable consumer’s to use bank-issued credentials and payment cards for access to government services, negating the need for special purpose IDs and passwords that are infrequently used and thus difficult to remember. Toronto-based SecureKey Technologies was hired by the Canadian government to launch the credential […]

New research from American Express shows that more than half (52%) of U.S. consumers aged 18-24 are likely to try new technology-enabled payment tools – e.g. NFC-enabled mobile payments – compared with 23% of 55-65 year olds. Furthermore, 58% of 18-24 year olds find mobile apps “somewhat or very convenient” for online purchases, compared with […]

viaForensics, the company hired by Channel 4 News to crack the Barclays card, has apparently demonstrated that it can also lift data from any Visa-branded card, according to The Register. Previously, the mobile security company exhibited how it could extract data from Visa cards issued by Barclays. Now, viaForensics claims it can lift the customer’s […]

GuestLogix, a provider of retail and payment technology solutions to airlines, has upgraded its XPDA onboard handheld point of sale device to accept contactless, NFC and EMV payments. Customers on any flight using GuestLogix readers are now able to tap and pay for in-flight snacks and services using their NFC-enabled mobile phones, contactless credit or […]

UPM RFID announced the new UPM Web ultra-high frequency (UHF) and UPM Trap near field (NF) UHF inlays based on the Monza RFID chip from Impinj. The UPM Web product is suitable for item-level retail, logistics and supply chain applications. It is particularly designed for unique identification of items such as apparel and electronics. The […]

PiiComm has been selected by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Canada to provide an RFID-based asset tracking solution to monitor various assets stored at locations in over 170 missions worldwide. The contract includes RFID enabled handheld mobile computers from Motorola and customized software developed by PiiComm which has been certified for […]

MorphoAccess VP from MorphoTrak Inc. took the top honor at the Security Industry Association’s 2012 New Product Showcase, winning the Best New Product Award at the awards ceremony at ISC West. MorphoAccess VP is a physical access control reader that integrates multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint biometric technology into a single sensor and device, thus […]

Jorge Solis would like you to imagine three houses next to one another. One has a small dog bowl outside with the name “Fife,” the next has a regular sized bowl with “Max” on it and the last has a large dog bowl with the name “Killer” inscribed. Which house will a burglar try to […]

Six out of 10 consumers in the UK would avoid using NFC to make mobile payments, according to new research from VoucherCodes.co.uk. Out of 2,000 adults surveyed by VoucherCodes, 60% said they would avoid using NFC to pay for goods even if they had the capability to do so. Of these, 36% cited security as […]

Japanese teleco KDDI has selected Gemalto to help roll out NFC services to KDDI’s 34 million subscribers. According to Gemalto, the company is providing KDDI with its Allynis Trusted Service Manager (TSM) software and UpTeq NFC high-end security device to aid in the deployment of multiple contactless services ranging from mobile payments, transit ticketing, e-driver’s […]