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XTec Awarded GSA Contract for Issuance of Secure ID Smart Card

WASHINGTON, Jun 11, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/–XTec Incorporated announced today that it has teamed with Prime Contractor BearingPoint, Inc. and Oberthur Card Systems (OCS) to serve as the central production center for the General Services Administration’s centralized Smart Card Personalization and Issuance Program for a common, nationwide identification token. GSA is the centralized federal procurement,…

Alacris® Identity Validation (OCSP) Server Receives Common Criteria Certification

Certification Significant Because a Growing Number of Large Organizations Assess the Security and Assurance of Technology Products Based on Common Criteria Certification Ottawa, June 1, 2004–Alacris® Inc., a developer of certificate management and identity assurance software products, today announced that the Alacris Identity Validation (OCSP) Server has received Common Criteria (CC) certification effective February 27,…

Oberthur Wins First GSA Contract for Issuance of Secure ID Smart Cards

Contract extends Oberthur’s leadership in federal and state ID card Los Angeles, Calif., June 4, 2004–The General Services Administration (GSA) has selected Oberthur Card Systems, one of the leading smart card suppliers in the government market, to manufacture and issue its highly secure identity cards. Oberthur has started to issue the hybrid contact and contactless…

ActivCard Digital Signature and Smart Card-Based ID Deployment Receives ‘Card Technology Breakthrough Award’ for Integration

FREMONT, Calif., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–ActivCard Corp. (Nasdaq: ACTI), a global provider of strong authentication and trusted digital identity solutions for secure remote access, single sign-on and enterprise access cards, today announced that it has been honored by Card Technology magazine as a winner in the “Card Technology Breakthrough Awards 2004” in the category of “Integration.”…

OTI Completes $15.1 Million Equity Financing to Institutional Investors

Sold 1.3M Shares at $11.64 per Share CUPERTINO, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–On Track Innovations, Ltd. (Nasdaq: OTIV; Prime Standard (Frankfurt): OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for Homeland Security, Micropayments and Petroleum Payments among others, announced today that it has closed on $15.1 million of new equity financing. OTI stated that…

Annual Report Press Conference: Giesecke & Devrient raises net income by 20 per cent

Berchtold: “G&D has managed to avoid the recessive trend”–high investment shows clear commitment to Germany as industrial base–increased revenue expected for 2004 Munich, May 17, 2004–Technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) achieved a good result in fiscal 2003. The Munich-based organization succeeded in increasing its net income to EUR 28. 2 million. Compared with 2002,…

Gemplus Delivers World’s First New Generation of MasterCard Payment Smart Cards

Gemplus Continues to Drive EMV Migration Around the Globe, Delivering the World’s First EMV Smart Cards Compliant With MasterCard M/Chip™4 Standard to One of the Leading Retail Banks in Russia LUXEMBURG, and MOSCOW, May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294–GEM and Nasdaq: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, announces that the company…

MBF Cards, Malaysia To Purchase 10,000 Smart, Fast, Easy-Use Hypercom T7Plus Card Payment Terminals

Largest Single Order in Malaysia Sets New Record–Malaysia’s Largest MasterCard Merchant Acquirer Chooses Hypercom Terminal Technology Global payment technology leader Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced another major win for its highly popular EMV-certified T7Plus card payment terminal and operating software as MBF Cards, the largest MasterCard merchant acquirer in Malaysia, agreed to purchase 10,000…

Wim Duisenberg to strengthen Giesecke & Devrient’s Advisory Board

Munich, May 14, 2004–On May 12, 2004, the Shareholders’ Meeting of Giesecke & Devrient GmbH invited Wim Duisenberg, former President of the European Central Bank, to join the company’s Advisory Board. Wim Duisenberg (68) will advise our enterprise on important matters. As first President of the European Central Bank, Wim Duisenberg played a decisive role…