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South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles Adds More EDIsecure® Printers for Licensing

Piedmont, SC, October 17, 2008–Digital Identification Solutions, a global leader in providing ID card and high security identification solutions, recently announced that South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles has ordered additional EDIsecure® XID590ie retransfer printers to complete the system wide implementation of 125 units in all 46 counties to produce the state drivers licenses and…

XIRING and SCM Microsystems Jointly Develop Mobile Terminals for German eHealth Market

Suresnes (France) and Ismaning (Germany), October 17, 2008–XIRING (NYSE Alternext: ALXIR), a European leader in security solutions for remote transactions, and SCM Microsystems (NASDAQ: SCMM; Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today announced their close collaboration to develop mobile eHealth smart card terminals for the new generation German…

INSIDE Contactless Wins ACT Canada Lorne Boates Award

Association Award Recognizes Development of Outstanding Applications Using Advanced Card Technologies AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, October 17, 2008–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that the company was recognized by ACT Canada, a nonprofit stakeholders membership organization that serves as the authority on contactless technology in the Canadian market, as winner…

HID Global Receives the 2008 Shingo Prize Bronze Medallion

Connecticut Manufacturing Facility Recognized for Third Consecutive Year for Increasing Customer Value Through Operational Excellence IRVINE, Calif., October 16, 2008–HID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced that its North Haven, Connecticut manufacturing facility has been awarded the 2008 Shingo Prize Bronze Medallion for Operational Excellence Business…

INSIDE Enters Contactless Payments Market in Brazil

American Banknote Brazil Achieves Type Approval for MicroPass-Powered Bank Cards AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, October 13th, 2008–Strengthening its presence in the Brazilian contactless payments market, INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced contactless microprocessor platforms, today announced it has teamed with American Banknote (ABnote) Brazil to produce a MasterCard type-approved contactless payment card for this growing market….

Apriva Class A Certifies Hypercom’s Optimum T4200 Payment Terminals

Apriva Class A Certifies Hypercom’s Optimum T4200 Payment Terminals SCOTTSDALE, AZ, October 9, 2008–Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) and Apriva today announced that Apriva has certified Hypercom’s high performance Optimum T4210 (dial) and T4220 (Ethernet with dial) PCI PED-approved card payment terminals on the Apriva Intelligent Gateway. The certification enables credit, debit, gift, loyalty and check…

Collis TIP/ETEC Card Simulation Qualified by MasterCard

Leiden (NL), October 9, 2008–Collis announces today that MasterCard has qualified Collis TIP/ETEC Card Simulation in the Collis Card Simulator and Collis Brand Test Tool. The Collis Card Simulator and the Collis Brand Test Tool are used to test the functional behaviour of the card-terminal interface. Any EMV card can be simulated with these tools….

INSIDE Contactless and TIEMPO Announce Partnership on Next Generation Chip Product

Experts in Contactless Hardware and Asynchronous Design To Collaborate on New Contactless Chip Platform Aix en Provence, France, October 9th 2008–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced contactless microprocessor platforms, and TIEMPO, an innovative IP company specialized in the design of asynchronous ICs, have announced a partnership for the design of a next generation chip…

Hirsch Electronics Enters Distribution Business

Industry Demand for DoD CAC Readers Leads to Pact with SCM Microsystems SANTA ANA, CA, October 8, 2008–Hirsch Electronics, a leading supplier of physical access control systems, has signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with SCM Microsystems (NASDAQ: SCMM; Prime Standard, SMY), a leading supplier of smart card readers for secure authentication, to provide SCM’s…

INSIDE Contactless and Cubic Demo First Payment-Transit multi-application Card at APTA Expo

Prototype Combines Certified Visa payWave and Cubic NextPASS Transit Applications AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, October 8, 2008–Advancing its commitment to the transit payment system market, INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced it will be demonstrating how the award-winning MicroPass® intelligent contactless payment platform can be applied to transit payment systems…