US DHS Selects LaserCard For Green Cards 04:59PM, 15-Mar-2009 LaserCard announced that it has received a purchase order to supply a next-generation card encoding solution for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) US Permanent Resident Card (Green Card) Programme.

Aconite Wins Qatar Bank Deal 04:59PM, 15-Mar-2009 Aconite announced that they have been selected by a newly-established commercial bank headquartered in Doha, Qatar, to implement their EMV Script Processor (ESP) solution. As a result of the implementation, the bank will benefit from increased control of credit and debit card-related risk.

Gemalto Expands e-Driver Licence Contract In Mexico 04:58PM, 15-Mar-2009 Gemalto announced that it has secured a new contract to supply electronic card driver’s licence to 3 additional Mexican states, in co-operation with its local partner, Cosmocolor.

Identita Receives 4 Million Display Cards Purchase Order 04:58PM, 15-Mar-2009 Identita announced the largest ever procurement request for One-Time Password (OTP) devices. Through its Asian distributor, Tetra Plus and customers, Identita has received a purchase order for more than 4 million units of time-based display cards.

Superlative Shopping Centre Opts For LEGIC 04:58PM, 15-Mar-2009 ICA Chipkartensysteme has been commissioned to equip the parking facilities in the new “superlative” shopping centre in Limbecker Platz in Essen, complete with the MultiTicket C parking system. The parking system developed by ICA has proved to be the best-integrated solution for hardware, software and service.

VeriFone Further Expands Into West AfricaVeriFone Further Expands Into West Africa 04:58PM, 15-Mar-2009 VeriFone announced that it has signed contractual agreements with transaction switching and e-Payment companies, Ferlo and Byte Tech, headquartered in Dakar, Senegal, for distribution of VeriFone payment solutions throughout the Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA) countries as well as Cameroon.

Innova Card Signs Apache Agreement 04:58PM, 15-Mar-2009 Innova Card has signed a distribution agreement with Apache Korea, a Korean vendor of electronics components.

Aconite To Develop Visa Prepaid Solution 04:52PM, 15-Mar-2009 Aconite announced that they have been selected by Visa Europe to provide software to support the development of a new Visa payWave prepaid card.

New Major Follow-up Order For Sagem Orga 04:52PM, 15-Mar-2009 Sagem Orga has won a major follow-up order for smart cards with SEPA functionality (debit cards) from Postbank, one of Germany's largest retail banks. For the 1st time, each letter sent out with the smart card will be accompanied by a fully-personalised enclosure.

KaNest-ICC Test Suite Selected By FIME 04:52PM, 15-Mar-2009 FIME, the French-based EMVCo Level 2 accredited laboratory, has selected the EMV Level 2 Terminal Test Suite developed by Galitt that implements the “EMVCo Type Approval Terminal Level 2 Test Cases” (version 4.1.a dated 1 February 2006), corresponding to the EMV 4.0 specifications plus all published Application Note bulletins and Specification Update bulletins.