RFID component provider SMARTRAC has launched a new line of RFID inlays for active cards as part of their high security market segment. The new inlays enable the cards to generate one-time passwords, offering a significant increase in the security of e-payments. An active card typically includes a battery, switch, display, and microchip, but is […]

Gemalto announced it has passed the 1 million mark for Barclays customers using PINsentry, its cryptographic smart card reader. The bank started deploying its authentication program in July 2007 and since then not one PINsentry online customer has suffered fraud. PINsentry enables Barclays customers to generate one-time passwords that they use to authenticate at login. […]

Visa Europe may start announcing use of one-time password tokens by cardholders in Europe, according to a ZDNet Australia report. EMUE, an Australia-based security vendor, says financial institutions in the country are going to start trialing the technology in the next six months as well. EMEU’s card contains a microprocessor, a 12-button keypad, a small […]

Turkey’s Bank Asya has joined with MasterCard to launch a chip and PIN contactless card which can be used to pay tolls on the country’s roads and bridges, along with several other applications. The AsyaCard can be used to pay the tolls required within the Kahramanmaras public transportation project, a municipal initiative in Eastern Turkey. […]

Giesecke & Devrient has joined with Aveso Inc. to produce one-time password tokens and authentication cards. Aveso, a Minneapolis-based flexible display vendor, will provide its rugged display technology to G&D to produce one-time password generators in a credit card form factor. These devices are being used by to authenticate individuals for access to online information. […]

RSA has announced the RSA SecurID 1100 Display Card. This one-time password authenticator is in a flexible card form-factor designed to help financial institutions and their customers secure online accounts and transactions with two-factor authentication. With the push of a button, a user can generates a one-time password on the card’s display providing organizations with […]

Datacard Group has sold its twenty-second Datacard Maxsys card issuance system in the Republic of Korea. This includes several multiple orders and repeat buyers, including BC Card, Shinhan Card, IC Korea, Hyundai Card, KB Card, Lotte Card and KBC. The launch of the Maxsys system in South Korea also coincided with new EMV migration requirements. […]

Zebra Technologies has introduced a cartridge-based patient ID solution to make wristband printing easier and more cost-effective for health care organizations. “Missing or illegible wristbands are a major contributing factor to many adverse events,” says Cristina De Martini, global practice leader for health care at Zebra Technologies. “By utilizing bar-coded wristbands, hospitals can ensure that […]

UPEK launched the TCS5 TouchStrip Fingerprint Sensor, a new module designed to be integrated into 2009 notebook PC models. The TCS5 is designed to deliver durability, size and price that bring fingerprint sensors into the mainstream market. The TCS5 showcases UPEK´s new SteelCoat sensor coating that delivers durability. The thick SteelCoat sensor coating is made […]

Atmel Corp., San Jose, Calif., announced the availability of its FingerChip Security Chipset a smaller and less expensive biometric solution. The new chipset is being shown at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. This new chipset combines Atmel’s highly AT77C104 FingerChip fingerprint sensor and the AT91SAM7FP105 FingerChip Security Processor, a low power, 32-bit based co-processor, […]