CPI Card Group received two Élan awards and five finalist positions at the 2009 ICMA Annual EXPO. The awards recognize the latest advancements and achievements in card design throughout the industry. Entries were judged on the card’s features and were not identified by company. Delegates attending the Expo selected the People’s Choice Award winners. CPI’s […]

RFID developer Mojix has announced a partnership with SRA International Inc., a provider of technology solutions and strategic consulting to government organizations and commercial clients. The partnership’s focus will be the marketing of RFID-enabled solutions to government organizations. SRA brings to the partnership experience working with government supply chains. The firm has provided military clients […]

Alliance, a provider of retail marketing solutions, has unveiled a new, RFID-enabled version of its MAXRPM retail display system. The new version deploys RFID technology to create an inventory management solution for retail promotional items, providing retailers and manufacturers with real-time tracking capabilities of retail promotion performance at the item level. The new system offers […]

GlobalPlatform has released a white paper that outline its technical contribution and commitment to the near field communication mobile market. The document outlines the technical foundation created by the smart card specifications body for the management of multi-application, multi-actor and multi-business model NFC implementations. It also presents GlobalPlatform’s plans to develop future specifications for this […]

2009 was supposed to be the year of NFC but problems persist By Andy Williams, Associate Editor Initially, 2009 was supposed to be a year of progress for Near Field Communication. But with tough economic times on tap many commercial rollouts will be pushed until at least 2010. The tough economy is just one obstacle […]

The UK sheep farmers are seeing a shortage of sheep shearers due to the new ID card system attached to the migrant work-permit program, according to a Bloomberg news article. As the biometric ID cards that are required for the work permits cost roughly $300, shearers from New Zealand and Australia, where majority of the […]

U Car Share owned by truck rental giant U-Haul is launching its alternative to vehicle ownership at another higher education institution, Regis College in Weston, Mass. U Car Share allows students, staff and faculty access to cars 24/7, eliminating the need to bring cars to campus. Starting in August, U Car Share vehicles, a Toyota […]

When SNIF Labs Inc. introduced its flagship product, the SNIF tag, the target audience was America’s canine population and the owners who obsess over them. But a combination of lean financial times and imaginative university researchers have led the company to a completely different market, the staff of an Arizona hospital. SNIF tags (the acronym […]

Contactless chip provider INSIDE Contactless and First Data, a Denver-based electronic commerce and payment processing service, have signed a three-year agreement to develop contactless payment stickers which can be affixed to mobile phones or other devices. First Data will market the sticker as the GO-Tag, while INSIDE will supply its MicroPass payment sticker prelaminates exclusively […]

ViVOtech, a Santa Clara, Calif. provider of contactless and NFC mobile phone payments and UK-based Eagle Eye Solutions, a mobile couponing provider, have agreed to integrate their respective systems to provide a consolidated solution for retailers. The new partnership will enable retailers to issue mobile vouchers to customers–promotional, gift, loyalty, etc.– either via standard SMS […]