Faber Coe & Gregg, which operates stores and restaurants in airports, train stations and hotels in the eastern U.S. announced that it will be using an integrated contactless and mag stripe reader from ViVOtech. Customers will be able to self-swipe their mag stripe cards or, if contactless, to tap them against the ViVOtech 4500m readers. […]

At the 2009 NDIA Biometrics Conference in Arlington, Va., General Victor Renuart of the North American Aerospace Defense Command will speak to attendees about the Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD – 24) that establishes a framework for federal agencies to ensure that all biometrics are interoperable and that processes and procedures surrounding use of biometrics […]

Sheetz convenience stores and Wright Express Corporation, a payments processing provider, have teamed up to produce the first multi-city NFC project that will enable drivers to make fuel purchases at Sheetz locations using their mobile phones. The pilot, which began in January, is a first for both Sheetz and Wright Express, who are collaborating with […]

Portland, Ore.-based Tyfone, a provider of a mobile financial services infrastructure, says it has completed the testing phase of its u4ia Secure Memory Card technology designed to secure contactless mobile payments. The company also announced joint system testing with its manufacturing partner, NXP Semiconductors. Tyfone believes this could also accelerate the global rollout and adoption […]

UPM Raflatac has introduced four newly enhanced RFID tags to meet the demands of a range of applications. The updated UHF tags are all EPC Class1 Gen2 compatible and are now equipped with Impinj’s Monza3 ICs. The new products include an updated DogBone tag, designed as a high-end general purpose tag suitable for use in […]

Following the 2007 registration of all Togolese voters via 3,000 biometric kits borrowed from the Congo, Togo’s Independent National Electoral Committee has decided to purchase 500 biometric kits of its own in order to keep registering newly of age citizens as well as updating the database. The new kits were purchased from Zetes, a biometric […]

Creditcards.com, a Web site that bills itself as a credit card marketplace, predicts that mobile payments will further increase in 2009, but cautions that as this area matures, it could prove ripe for thieves. In its “Nine Predictions for Credit Cards in 2009,” the site notes that three million people in the U.S. used mobile […]

By Maxine Most, Principal, Founder, Acuity Market Intelligence Biometrics has been considered on the verge of a significant breakthrough for more than ten years. In spite of relatively uninspiring industry results, recent developments – larger and wider scale adoption, significant capability and performance advancements, standards development, and consumer acceptance–indicate looming and substantial market expansion. How […]

By Steve Owen, vice president of sales and marketing, Identification Business, NXP Semiconductors Everywhere you look, the impact of the economy has put a major strain on our industry. We are facing many challenges in the drive to grow, or even just maintain, our business models in automatic fare collection, access management, ticketing, e-government, NFC […]

Utilizing its Smartair locks and Update On Card readers, Abloy UK, a member of the ASSA ABLOY Group, is providing an intelligent access control system at Royal Holloway, University of London. The integrated package controls and monitors staff, student and visitor access through interior and perimeter doors at the university’s Huntersdale administration building. Forty nine […]