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
20 Aug, 2013‘Double transit fee’ for TransLink riders draws petition
Transit users have launched a petition calling on TransLink to revisit a proposed “double transit fee” for cash paying bus riders that will come into effect with the introduction of the transit’s new Compass Card, according to The Vancouver Sun. Under the new system, bus passengers who pay cash fares will no longer be able […]
14 Aug, 2013Cubic inks $54.5 M extension for LA Metro’s fare collection system
Cubic Transportation Systems has received a $54.5 million six-year extension to the company’s system support services contract with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). This service extension covers the repair and maintenance of Metro’s rail fare collection equipment, TAP validators for regional bus operators and the back office systems that process the TAP […]
06 Aug, 2013Contact, contactless or flesh?
Human body replaces 'wires' to transmit ID data
Imagine accessing a secure area or service without fumbling for a card, swiping an ID badge or keying in a PIN. It is possible with new technologies that utilize the human body as the conduit to transmit the identification and authentication data. Thomas Zimmerman introduced this concept in a 1980 MIT thesis. One of the […]
01 Aug, 2013Cubic announces 10,000 Opal cards milestone for Sydney
Cubic Transportation Systems announced that Sydney’s Opal contactless smart card for public transport has reached a major milestone, with more than 10,000 cards issued since customer trials began by Transports for New South Wales. The Opal system, installed by the Cubic-led Pearl Consortium, is being rolled out across ferries, trains, buses and light rail in […]
26 Jul, 2013San Francisco trials Clipper for parking payment
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is conducting a pilot program to enable drivers to the ability to use their Clipper transit fare cards to pay for parking. The Park with Clipper program enables drivers in San Francisco use their Clipper cards to pay for parking at select garages, including the Japan Center Garage (at […]
23 Jul, 2013Summer 2013 Regarding ID Magazine available via interactive PDF viewer
AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the summer 2013 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in […]
19 Jul, 2013FIME unveils mobile security seminar, Precise partners
Ultra Electronics simplify card printing, joins aptiQ Alliance Ingersoll Rand has announced that Ultra Electronics Card Systems has joined the aptiQ Alliance program. Membership to the aptiQ Alliance means that Ultra Electronics customers using Magicard Rio Pro can now print and encode high security aptiQ smart cards for use at their own site, be it […]
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