EZ-Link, the company behind the contactless stored value ticket for use on MRT, LRT and buses in Singapore, announced “My EZ-Link Mobile”, the company’s first mobile application allowing top up services to a physical stored value card using NFC technology. The new service is an extension of the current EZ-Online service to a mobile platform […]

Bytes using biometrics to cut overtime claims Bytes Universal Systems has released a new biometrics solution for its SAMRASplus enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite. The new NAVAJO Exception Reporting solution is designed to help organizations combat excessive overtime, invalid sick leave, and other time or attendance-related fraud. NAVAJO Exception Reporting, part of Bytes’ NAVAJO biometrics […]

The SESAMES Awards were given out before the opening of the 2013 CARTES Secure Connexions Event. Think & Go NFC is the only company to win more than one award with all other categories going to different winners. The 2013 award winners include: Hardware: Gemalto M2M GmbH: Machine-to-Machine Technology to protect Amazon Rainforest. The Internet […]

Marriott Brooklyn Fairfield Installs VingCard Elsafe RFID VingCard Elsafe has signed a contract with the newly opened Fairfield Inn & Suites located in Brooklyn, New York that will see the Marriott-owned hotel deploy contactless VingCard’s Signature RFID locks. VingCard’s Signature RFID locks will be installed across all of the Marriott Brooklyn Fairfield’s 133 guest rooms, enabling contactless […]

i-Free, a developer in mobile and NFC technology, has produced mobile wallet app for use in Russia with new added functionality that enables users to load contactless transport cards, according to mobilepaymentstoday.com. The i-Free mobile “Wallet” app enables public transit customers in 13 regions pay fares by touching their mobile phone to a validator device. […]

Fujitsu plans four smart phones, two tablets with fingerprint sensors for Japanese market Fujitsu has revealed plans for six new mobile devices, to be released in Japan, that will feature embedded swipe sensor technology from Fingerprint Cards. The new devices will consist of four Android smart phones and two Android tablet PCs. The new, biometric-enabled smart devices will be […]

A trio of Swiss companies, Swisscom, LEGIC and Kaba, are planning to make it possible for the country to securely integrate time and attendance recording and access control into daily business processes using NFC. Swisscom is the largest mobile service provider in Switzerland, and is working under the moniker “Tapit” to develop a platform for […]