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

ExchangeIt partners with Team Nisca for distribution of CardExchange® software with Nisca printers

Monday, February 18, 2008

Team Nisca has selected ExchangeIt and its CardExchange® software as part of the bundled solution to be shipped with their new PR-C101 ID-card printers. The CardExchange® Entry (Nisca Edition) utilizes the “Four Click” interface that affords the end-user with a powerful yet easy to use ID-card production solution.

Embedded within this product is the WYSIWYG CardExchange Designer which provides advanced card design functionality along with a user-friendly interface that allows the client to design, modify and manage multiple ID-card layouts. Also included is a direct-connect link to Microsoft Excel and CSV (Comma Separated) files that allows you to add and edit records into MS Excel files and add records to the CSV files. The Entry edition can be upgraded to the Plus or Premium version and also allow for additional functionality with Plug-in Modules such as Auto Print Server, DB2, MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, multiple databases connection, and MIFARE smart cards encoding. [end] 

Proxama has announced a partnership with semiconductor supplier ARM Holdings to create secure payment mechanisms for mobile handsets.

The UK-based partners say they will combine ARM’s TrustZone technology with Proxama’s Mobile Wallet to develop a “highly secure” environment for NFC-enabled mobile contactless payments and mobile internet payments.

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Swedish mobile operators Telia, Tele2, Telenor and 3 have formed a joint venture to offer a unified mobile wallet service. Operating under the name “4T,” the partners plan to deliver a mobile payments service that can be used on all handsets regardless of the cellular network.

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A team of researchers at the University of Montpellier in France have developed a way to embed a thin aluminum RFID tag on to paper.

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Datacard Group announced a new partnership with DED Limited, a UK-based distributor of point-of-sale equipment, plastic card printers and specialty printers. The partnership will help expand the reach of the Datacard standard desktop ID solutions throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

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Gerardo Talavera, Managing Director, Americas, Evolis Inc.

Smart cards, both contact and contactless, have become standard technologies for applications such as identification, access control, loyalty programs, transportation and banking.

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Team NiSCA, Somerset, N.J., will roll out its PR5360LE, a new high speed, direct to card printer at the ISC West International Security Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas, April 6-8.

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