Platinum Award for Corporate Publishing

Remember when we told you about the nomination for the Econ Award in the category “Magazine”? Well, last week the shortlisted “Einmalig 12” was awarded with the highest possible award category – Platinum. In fact, in the ten award categories, only two platinum awards were handed out as, in the opinion of the judges, the… Read More

HID Global Launches A Complete Family of Secure Contactless Payment and Identification Stickers

HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, have  announced the addition of a convenient yet sturdy mobile sticker format to its family of contactless payment and identification cards. The stickers make it easier to add closed-loop payment and loyalty systems to existing automatic fare collection or retail systems, or to… Read More

Bundesdruckerei and Gothaer Versicherungen offer online function for the new German ID card

Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung is the first company in Germany to be officially authorised by the Federal Administration Office (BVA) to use electronic proof of ID. At the same time, the company opted for the eID Service and authorisation certificates from Bundesdruckerei GmbH for the new online authentication function. The new German ID card launched on… Read More

Germany introduces national eID card – the beginning of a new application era?

Today is the day hundreds, maybe thousands of security specialists, card developers, application developers, regional councils, politicians and civil servants have been working towards for more than 2 years: The official start of the German eID card – the neue Personalausweis. Just about everything is NEW about this document – the format, the functions, the infrastructure. German… Read More

Simage Technologies launch converged payment & ID platform

Simage Technologies have launched a Converged Payments & ID Platform to meet the requirements of multiple market segments – Financial Services, Public Sector and Transport. The platform can be used for mobile payments, contactless payments and contact based payments, giving a high level of flexibility to the service providers as multiple devices can be issued… Read More

Precise Biometrics receives order for hardware worth SEK 2.4 million in Match-on-Card project for Middle East Govt. employees.

The order is an additional follow-up order from an existing customer in the Middle East and delivery consists of Precise 200 MC readers, combined fingerprint and smart card readers that will be used in a current government ID card project together with the Precise Match-on-Card™ technology. The government customer is in the process of extending… Read More