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

ISC Brasil 2008

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Dates: June 18-20, 2008
Venue: Transamerica Expo Center
Location: Sao Paulo, Brasil
URL: http://www.iscexpo.com.br/ Contact: ituca@alcantara.com.br

Description: ISC is one of the most recognized security shows around the world. It has more than 35 years experience in the USA and has been delivered with equal success in Brazil. ISC Brazil presents the leading international companies with the most innovative solutions for corporate buyers and offers a high quality learning program. [end] 

Cryptomathic data protection solution, CardInk, has been selected by Sagem Orga do Brasil smart card manufacturer to deliver secure EMV debit and credit cards.

As the second generation of EMV data preparation system for single and multiple application cards, CardInk works to issue MULTOS cards. This addresses the growing need for deploying multiple-application cards to end-users in the secure banking community.

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University students targeted for cards

Gemalto was chosen by Banco Santander Brasil, a financial institutions with more than 90 million customers worldwide, to deploy a contactless EMV payment system in Brazil.

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UK printer manufacturer Magicard has upgraded one of its ID card printers, now called Enduro+. The redesign includes fraud proof ID card printing technology which helps to reduce costs and make card printing quicker and more secure.

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Bombardier Transportation se ha asociado con la Autoridad de Tránsito Rápido Metropolitano de Atlanta (MARTA) con el fin de perfeccionar el control de la protección a los trabajadores viales mediante RFID y otras avanzadas tecnologías de dicha compañía. TrackSafe eleva la conciencia de la necesidad de localización de los obreros ferroviarios gracias a la emisión de alertas en tiempo real tanto a los obreros como a los operadores de trenes.

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Google has acquired payments technology company TxVia, Google Wallet chief Osama Bedier announced on the company’s blog.

According to Bedier, the acquisition will improve Google Wallet’s payments capabilities and help to “accelerate innovation towards our full Google Wallet vision.”

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Bombardier Transportation has teamed up with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) to improve track worker protection with the company’s RFID and other advanced technologies.

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