A six-college consortium, known as the Colleges of the Fenway, and CardSmith have launched a single student ID card that will be acceptable at each of the campuses. The new digital image cards will be used for swipe access to services and cashless payments at campus bookstores, food service locations, self-service vending, and other points […]

New Zealand is utilizing New York-based CryptoMetrics’ facial recognition technology as part of its new passport initiative. Using the company’s SecurIDent, the country can carry out advanced face biometric-based “Watch List” Checks on all passport applications. TUCKAHOE, N.Y.–CryptoMetrics, a leading global provider of facial recognition and fingerprint biometric solutions to the government, aviation security, law […]

If you’re looking for a simple way to keep track of visitors to your facility, a San Diego, Calif. company may have the answer. Visitors can swipe any state issued drivers license through the reader, and their information is captured instantly in the VisitorBook ID-e Software. No additional data input is necessary. The security desk […]

Smart card provider Axalto has been chosen to supply at least eight million personalized Vitale 2 cards to the French population starting in 2007 as part of an upgrade of the country’s current health card. Designed to simplify the administrative process for healthcare reimbursement, the card cuts down on paperwork, speeds up the reimbursement process […]

Swedish security company Precise Biometrics AB has launched its Match-on-Card designed to comply with HSPD-12, offering agencies the ability to conduct off-line biometrics authentication using smart cards and fingerprints. LUND, SWEDEN – Precise Biometrics AB, a world-leading biometric company that develops and sells user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints and smart cards, has further […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Operating under a “hurry up and wait” scenario, states have been scrambling since last year to determine how they’re going to comply with the Real ID Act passed in May 2005. The act is broad enough that states aren’t really sure what will be required of them to make their […]

HSPD-12 mandated ID cards will be ready for new federal employees by October By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publishing Come mid-Autumn all new federal employees can expect to be issued a state-of-the-art smart card capable of granting secure access to designated buildings and services. However, it may be several years before every single existing […]

Axalto will be providing cards and readers as part of the national ID program of Qatar, a middle eastern country bordering Saudi Arabia. The fingerprint match-on-cards will be given to every Qatar citizen above age 16 and will include personal data as well as the person’s fingerprint. The cardholder will be able to access e-government […]

The commercially-available ViVOpay 5000 reader from contactless payment solution provider ViVOtech has received MasterCard certification for both the PayPass mag stripe program in the U.S. and the OneSmart PayPass being used in EMV countries. It’s the latest of several ViVOtech teachers that have been certified by the credit card company. Payment Leader Achieves Product Approval […]

Mobile and wireless technology provider Mobilisa recently announced receipt of a $3.8 million contract with the U.S. military for implementation of an ID card verification system known as SEMD, which uses handheld computers to verify ID cards. The application reads the electronically formatted information contained on common forms of ID cards and then compares it […]