Adm. James M. Loy, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator today announced the awarding of a contract to Maximus of Reston, VA. Maximus will lead the efforts to field-test various technologies that will lead to a common and universally recognized Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) for all transportation workers requiring unescorted access to secure areas of […]

Drexler Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:DRXR), the leading supplier of multi-biometric ID cards for U.S. homeland security applications, has been invited to speak at the “Fifth Annual Needham Growth Conference,” January 7-9, 2003, at the New York Palace Hotel. Needham & Company, Inc. is an investment banking and securities firm headquartered in New York City. Drexler Technology’s […]

TOKYO, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – USA Technologies (Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board: USTT), makers of the revolutionary e-Port(TM) cashless payment transaction system that is already transforming the vending industry in the United States, is now targeting the huge Japanese vending machine marketplace. The e-Port(TM), the first Internet connected cashless transaction solution developed for vending machines with […]

PHOENIX, September 24, 2002 – National Processing Company (NPCR), aleading provider of merchant credit card processing and a wholly owned subsidiary of National Processing, Inc. (NYSE: NAP), has signed a multi-year agreement with Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC), a leading global provider of electronic payment solutions, to provide Hypercom’s fast, secure and easy-to-use ICE? 5500Plus and […]

Princeton Junction, NJ, August 23, 2002 – Speakers from U.S. government agencies, financial services firms, and retail organizations will address the common opportunities and challenges before them in moving to smart cards at the 10th Annual Conference of the Smart Card Alliance October 7th to 9th at the Marriott Camelback Inn Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. […]

The CatCard program at the University of Vermont was a program worthy of emulation long before it achieved pioneer status by providing outsourced card program services to neighboring St. Michael’s College. But with the addition of the new relationship late last year, the Burlington-based institution is getting even more attention. The focus on the new […]

CyberMark closes as chip cards gain ground in US It is ironic that CyberMark has closed its doors just as smart card technology is beginning to actually find a home in the US. In the late 1990s, CyberMark was heralded as evidence that smart card technology, so successful in Europe and other parts of the […]

Biometrics, Photos & Text Can Be Stored in a Compact, High-Capacity Bar Code & Decoded with a Portable Reader, Offering Low-Cost Strategy for Enhancing Security EXTON, Penn., March 12 /PRNewswire/ – Most ID badges and other forms of identification can be altered, hacked or stolen with relative ease. To address rising concerns over identity theft […]