Giesecke & Devrient will be presenting a new generation of USB security tokens at the RSA conference in San Francisco next week. All data and applications can be stored together with the user’s digital identity on the StarSign Mobility Token, which features a MicroSD card and embedded smart card technology. The token can be used […]

Annual CR80News survey shows growth rates drop by half from prior year By Chris Corum & Andy Williams, Executive & Contributing Editors The number of partnerships between campus card programs and financial institutions continued to grow in 2007, though not as rapidly as in recent years. The annual CR80News campus card/banking partnership survey reported a […]

Gemalto Inc. and Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., have announced .NET smart card technology with support built into Microsoft Windows Server 2008. France-based Gemalto also announced its support for Windows Server 2008 with its Strong Authentication Server and family of two-factor security devices. These solutions are designed to strengthen Windows Server 2008 security for enterprises and […]

Annual CR80News survey shows growth rates drop by half from prior year By Chris Corum and Andy Williams, CR80News The number of partnerships between campus card programs and financial institutions continued to grow in 2007, though not as rapidly as in recent years. The annual CR80News campus card/banking partnership survey reported a modest increase of […]

Omni-ID, a manufacturer of passive UHF RFID technology, today announced its official launch and the appointment of Thomas C. Pavela as president and CEO. Calling its technology a patent-pending breakthrough, Omni-ID said its cost efficient RFID tags maintain a small footprint and profile and thus can be placed on virtually any surface. Armed with these […]

Team NiSCA recently announced their newest printer, the PR-C101. The printer offers the advantage of a rotating LCD panel that can be viewed from multiple angles, in addition to an optional front and back exit when printing the cards. The options make it flexible, and optimal for small work spaces. The NiSCA PR-C101 Rockets out […]

TAGSYS, a maker of item-level RFID infrastructure products, today announced the Medio(TM) L400 – which it calls the industry’s first self-diagnostic and self-correcting long-range HF RFID reader. TAGSYS also announced that the Medio L400 will be compatible with the highly-anticipated, next-generation, high-performance EPCglobal RFID standard-HF Version 2 (V2)-via a simple firmware upgrade. TAGSYS Announces Intelligent […]

CPI Card Group is partnering with NatureWorks LLC to produce specialty cards (gift, phone, key, credit and retail cards) made from NatureWorks biopolymer. This will provide a responsible alternative to traditional plastics, and can often replace PVC for these applications according to CPI. The technology to produce NatureWorks biopolymer allows abundant, annually renewable resources from […]

Solicore’s paper-thin Flexion batteries are powering MaatCard by UNIPAY’S, which received the OSCARDS award for “Best International Technology.” MaatCard is based on a unique acoustic technology developed by nCryptone and is said to be the first worldwide acoustic contactless bankcard. OSCARDS “Best International Technology” Winner, MaatCard, Powered by Solicore First Worldwide Acoustic Contactless Bankcard Honored […]

Solicore took a big step this month into the Asian technology market by entering into a significant agreement with Tomoe Engineering Co., Ltd., for distribution of Flexion batteries to select accounts in Japan. Tomoe is a multi-segmented diversified pan-Asian trading company with distribution partnerships in countries all over the world, and will supply Flexion batteries […]