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CoreStreet Announces Strategic Investment and Technology Advancement Agreement with In-Q-Tel

Strategic Partnership with In-Q-Tel Plays Key Role in Introducing Breakthrough Converged Security Technology to the Intelligence Community Cambridge, MA, March 25, 2008–CoreStreet, the leader in credential validation solutions, today announced a strategic investment and technology advancement agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the…
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CPI Card Group First to Receive MasterCard Approval for INSIDE MicroPass 4003-Based MasterCard® PayPass™ Cards

March 25, 2008–CPI Card Group, a world leader in plastic card manufacturing, today announced it has received approval from MasterCard to produce PayPass cards using the new MicroPass 4003 intelligent payment platform from INSIDE Contactless. These new contactless payment cards meet the MasterCard Mag Stripe Technical Specification version 3.2 and are available for immediate card…
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CTST Gets a Makeover from the Smart Card Alliance

Q: How do you revitalize CTST into the “go to” conference on the future of payments and security? A: By combining the knowledge base and industry experience of the Smart Card Alliance Annual Conference with the event expertise and marketing resources of SourceMedia to create CTST2008 – The Americas Conference. The combined event expects to…
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INSIDE MicroPass 4003 Ready for MasterCard PayPass

MicroPass 4003 Receives MasterCard® PayPass™ Certification AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, March 17, 2008–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that the next-generation MicroPass® 4003 contactless payment microprocessor is ready for deployment in MasterCard® PayPass™ products. Designed to optimally meet the high-volume, multi-payment brand and multi-application requirements of the U.S., Canadian…
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INSIDE Debuts New MicroPass Platform to Bring Contactless Applications to the Mainstream

MicroPass 4000 Product Suite Sets Stage to Extend Contactless Technology Beyond Payments AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, March 10, 2008–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open standard contactless chip technologies, today launched the MicroPass® 4000 contactless microprocessor family, a next-generation platform designed to bring a host of new contactless applications to mainstream markets in the U.S. and…
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ActivIdentity Smart Employee ID Solution Finalist for SC Magazine Awards

FREMONT, Calif., March 4, 2008–ActivIdentity® (NASDAQ: ACTI), a global leader in the provision of digital identity assurance solutions, is a finalist in the Best Identity Management category at the SC Magazine Awards 2008 for its Smart Employee ID solution. Many businesses treat building access controls and validation to logical networks as two separate areas, meaning…
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JCB Collaborates with CASSIS International in an Experiment to Test OTA Services for NFC Mobile Payment

Tokyo and Singapore, February 21, 2008–JCB and CASSIS International (CASSIS) announced today an agreement to collaborate in an experiment to test NFC over-the-air (OTA) services. JCB and CASSIS International will jointly demonstrate end-to-end secure contactless payment issuance services for NFC mobile phones. The demonstration will begin this April with the following services to ensure secure…
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Thales to showcase leading edge government solutions as Platinum Sponsor of the Citizen ID Forum

Vélizy, France, February 21, 2008–Thales is Platinum Sponsor of the seventh Citizen ID Forum, the global summit on government-driven citizen ID programs, taking place at the Rotana Beach Hotel and Towers in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., on February 25-26, 2008. “Thales is a leading player in government-driven citizen ID programs,” comments Michel Viallaneix, Thales Security Solutions…
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INSIDE Contactless Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification for Quality Management

Validates Company’s Commitment to Customer Satisfaction Aix en Provence, France, February 20, 2008–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that the company achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification for quality management. Assessment was conducted by Bureau Veritas, the world’s second largest conformity assessment and certification services group, and validates the…