U.S. Bank explores future of identity and payment cards with high tech pilots With today’s tech-happy consumers, providing them with the latest gadget or innovative service could lead to a happier bank customer. Banking today is about more than just parking your money in a brick and mortar facility or even with an online system. […]

Coca-Cola will try out a new RFID-enabled self-service beverage dispenser this summer which, if successful, would create a speedy and cost-efficient format for the soft drink giant to test market new products. The Coke Freestyle, to be tested in fast food restaurants in Georgia, California, and Utah, offers customers up to 100 beverage choices and […]

HID Global announced that it has created a new position to work with Dell Computers to address IT security for the mobile workforce. Both HID and Dell recognize that the use of the physical access control card is converging with other applications, including providing secure access to the PC and IT network. To support growing […]

HT Systems, a vendor for biometric software and systems integration, has announced the promotion of David Weiner, previously vice president of sales, to the role of president at the company. Prior to Weiner’s promotion, HT had not had a president. Other moved with in the organization announced were the appointment of Carl Bertrams, who is […]

Tetherball, an Indianapolis-based mobile loyalty and rewards solutions provider, has unveiled an RFID-based mobile marketing platform involving a tiny RFID chip called a Tetherball Tag that’s affixed to a customer’s mobile phone. Tetherball clients are then able to send offers to their customers via standard text messaging. These coupon-type offers can be redeemed electronically using […]

The NFC Forum has unveiled its “target mark,” what its chairman called a “milestone in the global commercialization of NFC technology.” The new N-Mark, introduced during an NFC Forum Web cast today, is designed to show consumers where they need to touch to activate the NFC interaction. The NFC Forum N-Mark is available to anyone […]

By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications They consider themselves special. They expect to earn lots of money when they graduate from college, profanity in proper conversation is no longer off limits and they probably had a huge hand in electing the latest president of the U.S. They’re part of the Millennial Generation, or Gen […]

Hi-G-Tek, a provider of RFID tracking solutions, was selected as a winner of the American Security Challenge, an honor accompanied by a $2 million prize from a venture capital firm. The competition is open to small technology companies with products that may offer solutions to homeland security issues. The American Security Challenge is administered by […]

Visibility solutions provider RFID Global Solutions, Inc. (RFIDGS), has announced it has joined the Dakota Defense Alliance (DDA), an organization of small and medium-sized manufacturers based in the Dakotas. RFIDGS will provide RFID solutions and expertise to the member companies. The DDA, which consists mainly of defense contractors and suppliers for Boeing, was founded to […]

By Ed McKinley, Contributing Editor, Avisian Publications There’s a number of things holding back near field communication, the lack of devices being number one or two on that list followed by the lack of a business case for mobile providers and financial institutions. But some are moving past those obstacles. Major players in the payments […]