Hong Kong to spend US$387m on upgraded eID cards
Hong Kong will spend HK$3 billion (US$387 million) on improved citizen ID cards that store higher resolution images for facial recognition, according to the city’s Legislative Council Panel on Security. The council has said that a better microchip is needed to improve the facial image enough for authentication. There are also plans to increase its […]
Payment security concerns will influence holiday shoppers, study shows
As U.S. consumers make their way to malls and retail websites this holiday season, they do so with increasing concerns about the safety and security of their personal information. In fact, more than half of consumers are either unsure or not confident at all in the security of their personal information when shopping both in-store […]
New report outlines effective mobile strategies for FIs
Research shows that the ability to add and retain mobile banking users is vital to financial institution growth and profitability. It also indicates that mobile banking capabilities, or the lack thereof, can play an important role in a consumer’s decision about where they bank. A new report, “Exceeding the Mobile Adoption Benchmark: Effective Strategies for […]
India links 100 million identity numbers with bank accounts
Government can now identify genuine beneficiaries and transfer subsidies directly to their bank accounts. 100 million Indian residents can now receive payments from the government directly to their bank accounts, the Unique Identification Authority of India said. The government is linking residents’ unique identity numbers, known as Aadhaar, to their bank accounts to identify genuine […]
International News
UnionPay International has joined forces with International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) and financial service provider MilliKart, enabling UnionPay card acceptance in Azerbaijan. Discover has filed a lawsuit accusing rival card scheme Visa of anti-competitve practices in its debit card business. Visa Inc says that it may have to find $10 billion to fund the acquisition […]
New Cuban ID is already in the hands of more than 40,000 people
More than 40,000 IDs have been delivered from the implementation of the new identity in Cuba, 89% of them live in the capital. In Havana has extended the service to 19 offices, specified Colonel Mario Méndez Mayedo, first deputy chief of the Department of Identification, Immigration and Nationality of the Ministry of Interior. From the […]
Kiosks enabling driver license renewal, replacements
Touchscreen kiosks are commonplace at airports for flight check-ins and even getting through customs in some locations but the use of these system is expanding to driver license issuers across the country. The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles – the driver license issuer in the state – has deployed eight kiosks across the state for […]
Square hits 1 bln payments to date
Square and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has confirmed that Square has processed 1 billion payments since it was founded in 2009. Square also just recently secured USD 150 million in funding. The company has raised a total of USD 590 million to date. Square started with a simple card-swipe device that could be tacked onto a mobile […]
Datacard Group Expands its SD Series Desktop Card Printing Platform
NEW DATACARD® SD160™ CARD PRINTER OFFERS HIGH-QUALITY PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS AFFORDABLY ISSUE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND BADGES Datacard Group today announced the addition of the Datacard® SD160TM card printer to their SD Series product suite which is designed to meet a wide range of issuance applications for corporate, healthcare, student, visitor and local […]
Entrust Datacard Announce New Credentialing Service That Delivers Smartcard Management and Issuance from the Cloud
The protection of an organization’s assets starts with a secure, trusted identity, yet today’s organization is tasked with provisioning multiple identities with a variety of incompatible solutions. To simplify this process, Entrust Datacard announces a new component of Entrust® IdentityGuard Cloud Services that consolidates the issuance and management of multipurpose smartcards, USB tokens and mobile […]