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

DHS orders LaserCard’s new encoding solution for Green Cards

Thursday, April 10, 2008

LaserCard Corp. has received a purchase order to supply a next generation card encoding solution for the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Permanent Resident Card, or Green Card, Program. LaserCard will supply 40 next generation encoders, associated software and services. The new solution will replace “Green Card” personalization equipment which is more than a decade old. The encoders and software, valued at approximately $170,000, are expected to be delivered over the next six months.

LaserCard’s personalized Embedded Hologram is unique among all data storage technologies used on cards in that it permanently marks the digital recording medium with eye visible data, in this case the facial image of the cardholder. [end] 

Think&Go NFC, a French provider of mobile retail solutions, has announced the creation of an NFC-enabled Home Shopping system.

Designed to streamline the reordering of common consumer goods, the Home Shopping solution consists of a mobile app, a “Home Shopping board” and a Web site where consumers preferred services can be configured.

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BadgePass and Digital Identification Solutions have integrated BadgePass’s Identity Manager credentialing software with Digital’s EDIsecure XID 8300 Retransfer Printer for single step smart card encoding and card issuance.

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Digital security provider Gemalto has launched Dexxis EMV instant issuance card product, designed to streamline and speed up banks’ migration to EMV by bringing card issuance processes in-house.

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LaserCard Corporation announced receipt of an order for approximately $8.6 million for optical security media cards to be issued under the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Permanent Resident Card, or Green Card, program. Delivery is scheduled for completion in August.

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Identification Systems Group (ISG) announced that its partners Datacard Group and Salamander Technologies have finished the integration of Salamander’s resourceMGR credentialing software with Datacard’s CD800 desktop card printer.

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HID Global announced that the U.S. Permanent Resident, or Green Card, that is manufactured by HID Global under its LaserCard brand has won the ACT Canada “International Innovation Award” for Identity Management.

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