Sam Houston State’s Frank Parker, interim vice president of student services, has joined Higher One’s Product Steering Committee, designed to enhance communications with Higher One’s clients and to brainstorm new features universities want from the financial services company. Higher One Client Faculty Member Joins Committee to Share Ideas, Best Practices NEW HAVEN, CT – Higher […]

Canada-based Identica Corp. and its vascular pattern biometric hand scanner has been chosen by a Utah bank to protect access to its datacenter. ST. GEORGE, Utah – Identica Corp was chosen as the biometric provider to enhance the security of SunFirst Bank’s Datacenter. Identica Corp was chosen due to its ease of use and simplistic […]

If you pay value added taxes, a new point-of-sale device from FreeStar Technology may interest you. The POS product bundles in one device the automatic delivery of three functions: payment transaction processing; dynamic currency conversion in 12 major currencies for Visa and MasterCard users and VAT tax refund detection. The customer can get a VAT […]

SCM Microsystems chose the CARTES show in Paris to announce its new ExpressCard reader that is designed to help drive acceptance of the ExpressCard Standard. Users are able to add flash memory, wired and wireless communications, multimedia and security features by inserting ExpressCard modules into compliant host systems. New Mobile PC Card Standard Includes Support […]

A Mexican government entity has named ImageWare to develop a biometrically controlled access solution for visitor and access control at a government installation. Under the terms of the agreement, ImageWare will develop a customized multi-biometric identity management system by leveraging a combination of the company’s biometric engine and investigative solutions, enabling the enrollment of employees, […]

ActivCard is now ActivIdentity. The company recently announced its now name that it feels will better represent and brand the company’s “strategic vision” within the identity management market. New Corporate Identity Reinforces Technology Vision and Leadership Within the Identity Management Market FREMONT, Calif.– ActivCard Corp., a global leader in Digital Identity Assurance, has announced that […]

Customers at Duane Reade pharmacies are now able to pay for their drugs with “tap and go” utilizing the contactless payment solutions from American Express, MasterCard, and Visa using the eN-Touch 1000 with contactless reading technology from On Track Innovations. OTI Contactless Technology Integrated with Industry’s Leading Touch Screen and Signature Capture Terminal for “On […]

Large contactless card and reader manufacturer HID Corp. says it has received re-certification under ISO9001:2000 standards. “Passing the re-certification without any major non-conformities is a testament to our high quality of processes and products,” commented Denis Hebert, HID’s president. IRVINE, Calif.–HID Corp., the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security […]

A South Carolina high school has abandoned regular student ID cards, choosing instead to go with an ID system that would work with its current cafeteria and library software. The school chose something students couldn’t lose or forget–biometric finger scanning from BIO-key. Biometric Solution Enables Accurate, Fast and Efficient Access to Cafeteria and Library WALL, […]

LEGIC and its newest license partner, Nedap AVI (automatic vehicle identification), will be offering secure long-range identification in the Netherlands designed to monitor and control vehicle and driver-related activities. Nedap’s TRANSIT system in conjunction with the contactless LEGIC Combi-Booster–an in-vehicle mounted device–will transmit both secured LEGIC smart card data and an embedded vehicle ID simultaneously. […]