Two corporations piloted NFC for physical access control with 80% to 90% of end users finding the system intuitive and easy to use. Netflix and Good Technology tested the solution from HID Global replacing either cards of key fobs with microSD cards embedded into Samsung Galaxy S III handsets. The phone has built-in, native NFC […]

DeviceFidelity announced that its Good Vault system will provide identity and access management to iPhones. By adding a sleeve to iPhone 4 and 4S models, the Good Vault system enables the Apple devices to read microSD cards. Once installed, the case effectively becomes one component of the two-factor identification process, with the second factor being […]

A survey commissioned by IMS Research shows that 60% of consumers were interested in mobile payments. This is one of the main findings from the published report The World Market for Payment and Banking Cards – 2012 Edition. IMS surveyed 700 consumers from China, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S. Some […]

Good Technology has released Good Vault, a two-factor authentication product for the iPhone 4 and 4S to access Good for Enterprise email, reports Network World. The Good Vault system uses a sleeve that attaches to the iPhone. Users can choose a sleeve that reads smart cards or one that will read a microSD card. To […]

At the 11th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference last week, the Smart Card Alliance (SCA) provided updates on many of its initiatives. The SCA said government agencies are making progress with implementing physical and logical access control with PIV credentials. At the conference, FEMA, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department […]

CIBC and Rogers revealed that the first point of sale (POS) mobile credit card transaction— using a secure SIM card housed in an NFC-enabled smartphone— has been made in Canada. According to a report by WMPoweruser.com, the flagship mobile payment was made with the CIBC Mobile Payment app using a Blackberry smart phone from Rogers. […]

Oberthur Technologies and LEGIC Identsystems Ltd announced a new partnership to enhance contactless payment solutions and dual-interface payment smart card product offerings. LEGIC ‘s virtual contactless transponder technology will be combined with Oberthur Technologies’ contactless and dual-interface smart cards, creating new business opportunities for industries such as public transport authorities, banks, airlines or leisure facilities. […]

South African bank Absa has teamed up with payments firm thumbzup to develop Payment Pebble, a mobile payment technology. As reported by IT Web, the Payment Pebble is a smart card-reader device that connects through the 3.5mm audio PIN on a smartphone or tablet. With the reader, the phone is able to collect payments from […]

HID Global named Axiad IDS as the first North American partner in its Identity Assurance Implementation Partner Program. Through the program, which provides training, tools and on-going assistance to aid partners with their professional services engagements, Axiad IDS is certified to deploy all HID Global Identity Assurance solutions, including ActivID CMS, 4TRESSÔ Authentication Server and […]

Convergence of physical and logical access credentials on to one card has often been compared to Bigfoot or unicorns. It’s talked about a lot but rarely seen. This had been starting to change in recent years as U.S. government agencies and a number of large corporations launched converged solutions. But the need to enable mobile […]