New Wall-Mounted Fingerprint and Smart Card Reader for Physical Access Control Quebec City, Canada – February 6th, 2003- Labcal Technologies Inc., a company delivering authentication solutions based on Fingerprint, Public Key Cryptography and Smart Card Technologies, now extends its offering, by launching a new device in the SmartPrint range of products, the SmartPrint Mountie (SAC-2500). […]

BY JANE ADAMS, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Last month we wrote about the different components that form contactless smart card chips and we followed the manufacturing process from silicon to finished card. This month we’ll take a more in-depth look at current product strategies and trends in the development of contactless chip technology. Protocol trends It’s only […]

American Express employees are using a contactless card storing a biometric template to gain access to their office facilities at the Amex World Headquarters in New York. The fingerprint template software and access readers are developed by Bioscrypt. Though this was not confirmed by the companies involved, sources indicate that the card contains a 1k […]

Datacard Group and Identix Incorporated (the world’s leading multi-biometrics security technology company), announced they have signed an OEM distribution. MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA – October 21, 2002 – Datacard Group, a world leader in secure identification solutions and Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq: IDNX), the world’s leading multi-biometrics security technology company, today jointly announced that the two companies have […]

Hypercom Corporation Announces: Inside Job At Credit Bureau Is Latest In Multi-Billion Dollar Credit Rip-Offs ID Theft, Credit Card Skimming, Stolen Cards Cost $4 + Billion Annually New Technologies Ready To Roll To Combat Card Criminals: Industry Must Move Faster The $2.7 million + loss resulting from the ID theft credit fraud at a New […]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD), a company known by most colleges and universities for its CS Gold(TM) single card identification system that allows students to use their cards for a variety of activities from access control to meal plans and stored value, just announced another innovative service that will be […]

FREMONT, Calif. and LUND, Sweden, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – ActivCard(R) (EUROPE: ACTI) , the leader in IDentity Management (IDM) software for remote access, single sign-on and digital ID card solutions, today announced an expanded cooperation with its partner Precise Biometrics AB (publ), developer and provider of world-leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints, […]

IDenticard utilizes smart card technology to create identification credentials crucial to higher education for network security, physical access control, electronic cash and financial transactions, and inventory management. Continuous advancements and collaborating efforts made by Identicard offer more solutions to the higher education market. Recently, IDenticard has announced teaming up with ITC Systems, Horizon, and Bioscrypt […]

CANTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 7, 2003–International Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IEIB), announced its new BioRead(TM) Secured Series Fingerprint Access Control System. President of IEI, John Waldstein, commented, “We are very pleased to be able to offer our new biometric fingerprint system to our dealers. The biometric segment of the access control market is considered to be the […]

Drexler Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:DRXR), the leading supplier of multi-biometric ID cards for U.S. homeland security applications, has been invited to speak at the “Fifth Annual Needham Growth Conference,” January 7-9, 2003, at the New York Palace Hotel. Needham & Company, Inc. is an investment banking and securities firm headquartered in New York City. Drexler Technology’s […]