Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

First Data, VeriFone form partnership

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

First Data, an Atlanta technology and payments processing provider and payment solutions company VeriFone Holdings, San Jose, have created a partnership to promote and enhance secure payment solutions.

With the new partnership, First Data has become a distributor and reseller of VeriFone secure countertop payment solutions in the U.S. through its TASQ Technology subsidiary. TASQ delivers to merchants repair, maintenance and deployment services for payment devices.

VeriFone will design, build and manufacture high-volume co-branded countertop payment systems that will expand the First Data line of payment solutions. Together the companies will explore other opportunities including non-U.S. reseller and distribution relationships, EMV countertop solutions, and Class A certification of other VeriFone devices. [end] 

Fujitsu and Boeing have established an alliance in which the companies will develop a service to enable greater efficiency in aircraft maintenance operations.

The partnership will employ RFID devices and contact memory buttons to enable customers to use these technologies without needing to retrofit their own fleets, thus allowing airlines to reduce costs by eliminating inventory and manual data entry errors without having to create new processes.

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McAfee is touting its new cloud-based security platform. Included in the new product is the ability to secure data between a business and information stored in the cloud, according to a report from ITwire.com.

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LEGIC Identsystems Ltd has partnered with Open Options, a supplier of integrated security solutions. This partnership will deliver IP access control solutions based on LEGIC technology.

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PhoneFactor Inc. announced that it has entered into a partnership with Fundtech to provide additional security for the company’s online banking logins and transactions.

PhoneFactor is available as an integrated option within Fundtech’s CASHplus, a cash management solution. Integration with other Fundtech products is also available through the PhoneFactor Universal Banking Gateway.

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SAFE-BioPharma, a Ft. Lee, N.J.-based non-profit consortium of biopharmaceutical companies, is seeking nominations for its first Digital Identity Awards program. Nominees should recognize innovative uses of the global digital identity standard or institutions and individuals contributing to a broader understanding of its benefits.

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Earlier this year, AVISIAN Publishing surveyed our readers to gain insight into key trends in access control. We investigated a range of areas such as:

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