bioMETRX announced that several key executives from the former Sequiam Corp. will be working with the company in various roles. Former CEO Chris Barrow and former Chief Biometric Officer and President Kevin Henderson will work with bioMETRX to offer continuation to customers. Chris Barrow will work on global operations and long-term strategic development on behalf […]

The Mona Passage is a strip of ocean between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. It’s a popular point for Dominicans to try and cross to get to the nearby U.S. territory. And now, biometrics, satellites and US VISIT are helping secure the waters. The U.S. Coast Guard patrols the passage and attempts to interdict […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Hong Kong-based Octopus Cards Limited ought to be feeling pretty good about itself. Not only has it revolutionized transit payments at home-Hong Kong-but its arms are starting to spread to other parts of the world. In 2003, Octopus successfully exported its […]

Campus card banking partners step up to educate student cardholders Get a bunch of students, mostly freshmen, away from home for the first time. Stick them all in a dorm, many of them are armed checks, a credit card, a student ID, their driver license and Social Security card. It’s a recipe for ID theft. […]

KSW Microtec AG will be launching its new UHF polycarbonate inlay for security-critical applications in the government and enterprise ID sectors at CTST 2008 in Orlando, Florida, from May 12 to 15. KSW Microtec’s UHF inlay polycarbonate tag is ideally suited for the production of border crossing cards, drivers’ licenses, police ID and national ID […]

LaserCard Corp. has received a purchase order to supply optical memory cards for the Italian Ministry of Justice employee ID program. The Ministry plans to issue the cards as secure ID badges containing personal data including employment, biometric identification and health information, to all Ministry employees. Italy’s national printer and mint, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca […]

NXP and Siemens Mobility have reached an agreement to collaborate on development of NXP’s new Automotive Telematics On Board (ATOP) into a ‘single chip on-board unit’ system based on GPS and GSM. Once it is done with development and ready for the market, it is intended for use in private vehicles. ATOP can be used […]

SecureRF has announced Jeffrey Zhu as its new chief technology officer and vice president of engineering, a position that places him in charge of developing new products based on the company’s patent-pending security method, the Algebraic Eraser. Zhu has a long resume of achievements in the RFID world, including 13 patents related to RFID technology […]

Bartonics India Ltd. is planning an expansion into the European smart card market. Since the country has primarily been involved in Asian projects, to get a foothold in the continent, the company hopes to acquire an established player in Europe sometime in 2008. “We won’t enter without acquiring an established company, which has reputed clients,” […]

L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. is providing the live scan technology to the Biometric Identification Services for Connecticut’s first full-service fingerprint and background check facility that recently opened in Wethersfield. The facility, the first-of-its-kind in Connecticut to operate outside of a police station, will provide citizens with a more convenient, secure and rapid process for completing […]