Two London companies–Aconite and Alaric International–have announced an agreement that will enable the organizations to work together to integrate and market each others’ products. The two are expected to generate more benefits for their customers, particularly in relation to intelligent fraud management for EMV card transactions.

Mumbai’s Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is in the process of establishing an integrated ticketing system for all modes of transit in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded Accenture Federal Services a 13-month, $71 million contract to add biometric modalities and other enhancements to the US-VISIT program. US-VISIT uses digital fingerprints and photographs. A pilot program included in the contract will test facial and iris voluntary identification enrollment and matching.

INSIDE Secure has developed a way to fit an NFC card emulation solution into a standard SIM card form factor and still achieve industry-standard 4-centimeter proximity transaction performance.