Category: Member News

Are you still walking, or have you started cycling?

Zurich, August 2010–If you want to get around quickly and efficiently in Swiss cities like Lausanne, Vevey, Yverdon or Fribourg, then the hassle of looking for somewhere to park or wearing out the soles of your shoes could soon be a thing of the past. An innovative LEGIC based bike sharing system is taking over…

Chinese card manufacturer counts on LEGIC® security

Zurich, August 2010–Shenzhen Card Intelligent Science & Technology, Chinese manufacturer of IC cards and electronic tags, is a new licence partner of LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, a leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification. The Chinese card manufacturer will be able to offer to its customers contactless IC cards based on the innovative…

AMAG Technology Joins HID Global’s Channel Partner Program

Membership in Advantage HID Channel Partner Program solidifies AMAG’s commitment to enhancing customer value Torrance, Calif., August 12, 2010–AMAG Technology today announced that it has become a member of the Advantage HID Channel Partner Program (AHCPP). As an extension of Genuine HID™, the AHCPP is designed to assure the delivery of superior quality and service…

LaserCard Receives a $550,000 Follow-On Order for Italian Citizen ID Cards

Mountain View, Calif., Aug. 11, 2010–LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD; http://www.lasercard.com), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, has received a purchase order to supply additional optical security media cards for Italy’s Citizen ID Card program, known as the Carta d’Identità Elettronica or CIE, to be delivered by November 2010. The highly secure, counterfeit-resistant ID cards are…

ViVOtech Offers Voltage Security End-to-End Encryption for Its Contactless Payment Systems

Joins Voltage SecureData Open License Program Santa Clara, Calif., August 10, 2010–Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech, the leader in Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payments, loyalty and marketing applications and contactless NFC readers, and Voltage Security™, the global leader in end-to-end data protection, today announced that ViVOtech is implementing a Voltage-powered end-to-end encryption point-of-sales (POS) solution in…

LaserCard Receives Follow-on Order for Next-Generation U.S. Green Cards

U.S. Legal Residents to Benefit from First ID Card with Pioneering Combination of Optical Security Media, RFID, Biometrics Mountain View, Calif., Aug. 9, 2010–LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, announced receipt of a follow-on order for approximately $2.7 million of optical security media cards to be issued under the Department of…

LaserCard Corporation Management to Speak on Secure ID Credentialing Solutions at the Morgan Keegan Security, Safety and Defense Conference

Mountain View, Calif., August 5, 2010–Executive Management representatives of LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD) (http://www.lasercard.com), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, will present at the Morgan Keegan Security, Safety and Defense Conference to be held August 11, 2010, at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. The presentation will discuss LaserCard’s position in the…

Oberthur Technologies Leads the Contactless Sticker Revolution

Providing an Innovative, Customizable and Convenient Means of Payment to Meet the Growing Demand of Consumers in the U.S. and Abroad Chantilly, VA August 3, 2010–Oberthur Technologies, the world’s leading provider of contactless payment technologies, has seen an increase in the demand for its contactless sticker product, FlyBuy Sticker, with banks and issuers throughout the…

Visa Hits 100 Million Chip Cards Milestone in Latin American and the Caribbean

Miami, May 6th, 2010–Visa Inc. reported more than 100 million chip cards issued in the Latin America and the Caribbean, as of the first quarter of the company’s 2010 fiscal year1. This milestone marks a growth of 10 times the number of Visa smart cards in circulation in the last three years, demonstrating the strength…

Zitouna Bank Deploys Gemalto Instant Issuance Solution in Tunisia

Zitouna customers get their ready-to-use EMV bank card on the spot Amsterdam, July 29, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced that Zitouna Bank in Tunisia has selected its Dexxis Instant Issuance solution for on-the-spot EMV card personalization across the bank’s branches nationwide. Zitouna is the first bank in Tunisia…