Category: NFC News

SAFLINK to be Sole Biometric Application Software Provider for DoD Paid Test Project

BELLEVUE, Wash., (BUSINESS WIRE), Jan. 28, 2003–SAFLINK® Corporation (OTCBB:SFLK), a leading developer, marketer, and integrator of biometric security solutions, announced today that its team has been selected to participate in the third segment of the Department of Defense (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC) project. SAFLINK is the sole biometric security application software provider to participate…

DeXa.Badge(a) Solution Delivers Security Cards to Nissan Employees

Schlumberger, a global technology services company (NYSE: SLB), today announced its DeXa.Badge security solution has been selected by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. to reinforce the physical and logical security at all Nissan facilities worldwide. SchlumbergerSema, the IT business unit of Schlumberger, will manage this project. To date, SchlumbergerSema has already delivered identity badges to thousands…

Department of Defense Selects BearingPoint for Third Phase of Biometric Demonstrations

BearingPoint to Develop Contactless Smart Card Technologies With Biometrics for Physical Access Environment McLean, VA, January 28, 2003–BearingPoint, Inc., (NYSE:BE), one of the world’s largest business consulting and systems integration firms, announced today that it is the sole recipient of a $1.2 million contract by the Department of Defense (DoD) Biometrics Management Office (BMO) to…

Oberthur Card Systems chosen as supplier by ABN AMRO for Identrus smart card-based solutions

The Oberthur Card Systems’ solution will enable ABN AMRO’s corporate customers to conduct secure electronic transactions within the Identrus model. Paris, 16th January 2002–Oberthur Card Systems, one of the leaders in the smart card industry, has been selected to provide ABN AMRO, the prominent international bank, with its Identrus™ smart card, reader and software solutions….

First Data Presents Retail Merchants With Combined Processing Solutions

First Data Presents Retail Merchants With Combined Processing Solutions Including Credit, Signature and Pin-Based Debit, Proprietary Gift Cards, Electronic Check and Check Services NEW YORK, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC), a leader in electronic commerce and payment services, will demonstrate its market-leading services and discuss the benefits of working through a single provider…

Gemplus Supplies O2 Ireland With a Comprehensive SIM Solution For Customer Care And Roaming

Gemplus Supplies O2 Ireland With a Comprehensive SIM Solution For Customer Care And Roaming First integrated customer care menu with roaming management in Ireland O2 Ireland connect to Gemplus’ Over The Air Operated Service to enable future and regular updates of the network roaming list Gemplus supplies O2 Ireland with 32k SIMs Luxembourg, 14 January…

ActivCard Offers Industry’s First Complete Portfolio with Biometric

FREMONT, Calif. and LUND, Sweden, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–ActivCard® (EUROPE: ACTI) , the leader in IDentity Management (IDM) software for remote access, single sign-on and digital ID card solutions, today announced an expanded cooperation with its partner Precise Biometrics AB (publ), developer and provider of world-leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints, to deliver…

Trintech and IBM to Deploy Secure, Chip-Enabled PINPad Infrastructure to Ireland’s Post Office Network Nationally

Trintech Group Plc (Nasdaq: TTPA; Neuer Markt: TTP), a leading provider of secure payment solutions, today announced that An Post, Ireland’s Post Office Authority, has deployed Trintech’s secure, chip-enabled PINPad infrastructure nationally. The new technology enables An Post to offer AIB Bank customers the facility to carry out banking transactions throughout its network of over…

NTRU Experts to Head Public Key Security Seminar at 2003 Joint Mathematics Conference

NTRU’s William Whyte, Nicholas Howgrave-Graham and Daniel Lieman to Discuss Mathematical and Practical Considerations in Cryptography NTRU, the only provider of strong security that fits everywhere, today announced that William Whyte, director of cryptographic research and development at NTRU, Nicholas Howgrave-Graham, senior cryptographer at NTRU and Daniel Lieman, NTRU co-founder and director of applications will…

Oberthur Card Systems and Hungarian Tax Office make life less taxing for tax VIPs; The first widespread use of digital signature in the Hungarian Government sector

Oberthur Card Systems, a global leader in the smart card industry, today announced that it has supplied the Hungarian Tax Office with the client elements of an innovative tax return system. The new web based system not only offers optimum security, but is also set to significantly reduce processing times. In accordance with new government…