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PNC signs new five-year contract with Duquesne

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, has renewed its contract with PNC Bank, National Association, extending the contract first established in 1996 for another five years. This banking relationship provides more than 10,000 students, faculty and staff with a variety of PNC resources, including mobile banking and a customized co-branded Web site.


Duquesne students and faculty who are customers of the Pittsburgh-based bank, can also register for free PNC AutoAlerts to monitor spending and account balances. They can receive one free incoming wire transfer per monthly statement cycle and one free courtesy overdraft fee waiver during the 12 months after opening an account.

Students, faculty and staff also have the option to link their Duquesne University identification card to their PNC accounts, adding ATM and purchasing functionality to the card. The ID is primarily used for daily campus-related purposes such as entering residence halls, checking out library books and accessing meal plans. The co-branded PNC Bank Visa Check Card, which includes an image of the campus fountain, can be used at ATMs and to make purchases anywhere Visa it accepted.

PNC also provides an electronic customer service center, located in the Student Union, that features an on-site customer service representative and two advanced function ATMs, in addition to the four PNC ATMs located on campus. [end] 

Cubic Transportation Systems has been awarded a $65 million deal, through its Australian division, to provide for passenger rail operations in Sydney.

The three-year contract includes expanded operations, maintenance of ticketing equipment, infrastructure and delivery of associated services by Cubic to RailCorp (Rail Corporation New South Wales). The contract includes provisions to be extended within two one-year options for services.

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The U.S. government’s Advanced Analytic Capabilities Subgroup of the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) has awarded a research and development contract to voice biometrics technology provider Agnitio Corp. to speed up development and deliver an improved capabilities for voice biometrics-based mobile phone security.

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The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has awarded a two-year contract to Chicago-based Accurate Biometrics to perform its livescan and cardscan fingerprint collection and transmission services.

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The NEC Group has inked a five-year partnership deal with payment provider Barclaycard, according to Birmingham Post.

The partnership will see Barclaycard become the official payment partner of the NEC’s online ticketing operation, The Ticket Factory, and bring payment acceptance using contactless technology to the National Indoor Arena (NIA) in the center of Birmingham, UK.

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The Department of Defense’s Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA) has exercised the second option year with modifications on the Ideal Innovations Inc. (I-3) Technology Management task order under the Biometrics Operations and Support Services – Unrestricted (BOSS-U) contract. The cumulative value of the contract is now $30.5 million.

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The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has awarded a 10-year contract to 3M Cogent to provide high-resolution LiveScan booking systems and biometric identification products, using tenprint and palm print scans in accordance with the HKPF’s ANSI/NIST standard.

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