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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…

Libercard, ViVOtech and Inteligensa Collaborate on First Transit & Retail Combination Contactless Payment Deployment in Latin America

Libercard lets Brazilians ride transit and make contactless payments, top-ups at retailers using a single prepaid contactless card Fortaleza, Brazil, October 7th, 2008–Libercard, ViVOtech and Inteligensa today announced that they have collaborated to develop the first Transit & Retail combination contactless payment implementation in Latin America. With the new technology, Brazilians in the city of…

SCM Microsystems Introduces Mobile, Contactless, Multi-Application Solution for Secure Access and Payment Transactions

Takes Equity Stake in TranZfinity Intended to Promote Contactless Authentication Devices ISMANING, Germany, October 7, 2008–SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today introduced @MAXX™ prime, the first product of a new family of portable USB devices that enable secure electronic transactions, secure data…

Tailor-made control for end-users and system suppliers with the latest LEGIC advant® technology

Zurich, October 7 2008–LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, a leading provider of contactless Smart Card technology for personal identification, will be presenting new functionalities of its well-proven LEGIC advant technology at SECURITY 2008 in Essen/Germany (hall 3.0 / stand 306). The company is adding advanced functions to its Master-Token System Control™ (MTSC) physical security system, which provides…

LEGIC advant card-in-card solutions combine the worlds of logical and physical access on one single Smart Card Chip

Zurich, October 7th 2008–LEGIC Identsystems Ltd will be presenting a host of new applications based on contactless smart card technology from its successful LEGIC advant product portfolio at SECURITY 2008 in Essen/Germany (hall 3.0 / stand 306). LEGIC card-in-card solutions allow to integrate applications on virtual LEGIC transponders into contactless or dual interface smart cards…

LEGIC credential via mobile network

Zurich, October 7th 2008–At SECURITY 2008 in Essen/Germany, LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, leading provider of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, showcases a novelty on the world market, securely transferring a virtual LEGIC multi-application card via mobile network on an NFC mobile phone. With this innovation, LEGIC demonstrates an important further development of its proven…

CoreStreet PIVMAN Solution Completes TSA Evaluation

Leading Mobile Identity Verification Solution now Available for TWIC Pilot Programs Cambridge, Mass., October 6, 2008–CoreStreet, the leader in credential validation solutions, today announced that its CoreStreet PIVMAN Solution, running on multiple handheld devices, successfully completed each of the Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) scenarios as described in the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) of the Transportation…

BART Riders Embrace Paying with Mobile Phones–NFC Trial a Success

Mobile Payments Trial Shows High Transit and Retail Usage OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 6, 2008–Earlier this year a select group of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) riders took part in a first-in-the-nation trial to pay for their fares and food, receive discounts and check account balances using just their new mobile phone containing…

CPI Card Group Expands Into the Canadian Market

October 3, 2008–CPI Card Group (CPI), a global leader in financial and commercial card production and services, is expanding its presence in the Canadian marketplace by acquiring a Canadian facility formerly known as Metaca, located in Concord, Ontario, part of the greater Toronto area. This latest acquisition is keeping with the CPI strategic vision of…