Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

Indian Casinos Pioneer Gaming Chips

Wednesday, November 16, 2005
“Casinos increasingly are turning toward radio frequency identification technology to protect against patrons trying to cash in counterfeit gaming chips and to stop cheaters at blackjack, poker and other card tables. “Some casinos on Indian reservations use software from Gaming Partners along with our equipment to track the player’s bet at the table,” said Laurent Gaubout, marketing manager for Gaming Partners. ”Today, it’s really the Indian reservations in the United States that are using both technologies.”

Envoy Data Corporation announced a partnership with biometrics developer Zvetco Biometrics that will see Envoy offering Zvetco’s fingerprint scanners to its clients.

The biometric readers now carried by Envoy have been designed with both convenience and performance in mind for use in the enterprise, financial, health care, gaming and retail industries. The new partnership means an expanded product list and more options for Envoy’s clients and an expanded customer-base for Zvetco.  

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India’s government has called a truce in the ongoing argument between the Ministry of Home Affairs’s National Population Register (NPR) project and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), reports the Indian Express.

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MarketResearch.com has released a new report predicting that approximately 46% of all mobile phones will be NFC-enabled by 2016 – up from just 5% in 2011.

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Konami Digital Entertainment Co. has chosen VASCO Data Security International’s DIGIPASS technology to increase security for its online gaming and shopping services.

Cybercriminals have begun hacking into e-commerce and online gaming platforms to intercept payment transactions or steal gaming credits and goods for resale.

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The Indian start-up ArrayShield Technologies has entered the two-factor authentication market in India and is looking for value-added resellers, managed service providers and system integrators to help it become a player in this field, which it estimates to be nearly Rs 2 billion.

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In an effort to reduce fraud, the Association of Banks in Singapor announced that it has set guidelines regarding the implementation of smart chips in ATM cards in Singapore.

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