Dual-interface cards deliver on promise of flexibility
With both contact and contactless on board, the cards are finding favor with a host of global issuers
Contactless 2.0: Latest generation chips are bigger, faster
Biometrics, new apps require more memory and faster data transfer
Episode 154: John McAfee backs authentication key
Evaluating card durability
Industry standard test procedures help issuers achieve the ultimate ’10-year credential'
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
11 Aug, 2011PSCU, Andrews FCU partner for EMV roll out
PSCU Financial Services, one of the nation’s largest credit union service organizations (CUSO), has announced a partnership with Andrews Federal Credit Union to launch a new EMV credit card geared toward international travelers. According to PSCU, the roll out is targeted towards credit unions with large overseas membership like Andrews FCU, which is based in […]
11 Aug, 2011Multicard helps elderly ride free in Netherlands
Multicard has announced it will provide the Municipality of Enschede, The Netherlands with a solution to manage the community’s free bus transport service for older residents. Multicard’s solution encompasses participant enrollment, the issuance of special passes for the service, management of the database of participants, and the design and management of a Web portal that […]
10 Aug, 2011Sziget Festival goes cashless for 2011
The Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary, one of Europe’s largest music festivals, has introduced a cashless payment system using contactless payment cards and NFC technology. Concertgoers are now be able to make tap-and-go payments within the venue using preloaded contactless “Festivalcards,” operated by Metapay. According to Sziget, some 1,200 payment terminals at the festival are […]
09 Aug, 2011Armenia picks PWPW S.A. for biometric passports, e-IDs
Polish Security Printing Works has signed a contract to supply and distribute e-IDs and biometric passports in the Republic of Armenia. First announced in November 2010, the project calls for some 300,000 blank biometric passports and a million e-IDs to be delivered to Armenia over the next five years. As part of the contract, the […]
09 Aug, 2011Visa unveils U.S. EMV plans
Visa Inc. is getting behind the adoption of contact and contactless EMV in the U.S. as a way to prepare the payments infrastructure for near field communication. The company will start offering incentives to merchants in 2012 to make the switch to contact and contactless point-of-sales terminals. Chip technology aims to accelerate mobile payments but […]
09 Aug, 2011ID lifecycle 101: Understanding issuance models
Part two in a series on credential issuance and management
As the Real ID Act continues to make headlines, more attention is focusing on the second stage in the identity process–issuance. The 2005 act would tighten standards governing the process for issuing credentials–specifically driver licenses and state-issued IDs–used for federal purposes. As a result, many states could migrate the issuance of these IDs toward a […]
08 Aug, 2011Contactless token holds emergency health information
Asahi Kasei, a Japan-based chemical and tech company, has developed a tiny contactless health care device that allows paramedics and ER doctors to access a patient’s health records in seconds, according to Techcrunch.com. Operating on Japan’s FeliCa contactless RFID system, the 3x3cm token makes it possible for first responders to access important health information, such […]
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