Gemalto spends $22m on Multos acquisition

French smart card company Gemalto has completed the acquisition of Keycorp’s smart card business, including its MULTOS products and services

Unisys wins biometric ID card contract in Angola

Unisys aides the Angolan government in its bid to cut fraud through a biometric ID card programme

TURBINE project gets going

Initial results of TURBINE project presented to Advisory Board.

Bartronics unveils latest wares

Bartronics India has unveiled four smart card-based products at this week’s Smartcards Expo 2008, taking place in Delhi.

Double-digit growth for Gemalto

Shares in Gemalto have risen following the firm’s announcement that it has returned positive results for the first half of 2008, with revenue growing 10% and all major segments posting double-digit growth.

Tender: Uruguay criminal and civil AFIS system

Uruguay has put out a tender for a criminal and civil AFIS system.

UAE launches ePassport tender

The United Arab Emirates has launched a tender process for its new ePassport.

L-1 completes Digimarc purchase

L-1 has closed its tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Digimarc and completed its acquisition of Digimarc’s ID systems business.

CRI claims first major scalp over smart card patent

Infineon Technologies signs a license agreement with CRI to provide hacker-proof security for its millions of smart card chips

Verified Identity Pass gets back to RT business

TSA allows Verified Identity Pass to resume registered traveller enrolment

Sun Microsystems integrates Aware's BioSP

Sun Microsystems integrates Aware’s biometric services platform

Verified Identity Pass RT enrolment suspended

TSA has suspended enrolment in Verified Identity Pass’ Registered Traveller (RT) program

Thales awarded early UK ID card contract

Thales has been awarded a four year contract to support IPS in delivering the first ID cards

Mühlbauer achieves strong results

German security document player Mühlbauer has seen its sales climb thanks to growth in all its business areas

Digimarc confirms record date for spin off

Digimarc’s board of directors has declared 5:30pm EDT today (1 August 2008) as the record date and time to be used to determine which Digimarc stockholders are entitled to receive shares of common stock of DMRC Corporation – the entity that will operate the spin-off of Digimarc’s existing Digital Watermarking business.

Biometrics booming in border control, says Frost

Post 9/11 activity has greatly increased biometrics’ usage in border control applications

L-1 Identity Solutions reports Q2 2008 results

L-1 Identity Solutions reports encouraging quarterly results

Biometric spending to reach $7.3 billion in 2013

New research claims that biometrics technology spend will rise to $7.3 billion by 2013

TSA boosts registered traveller industry in USA

TSA gives its full backing to the further expansion of registered traveller business opportunities

Cross Match appoints new President and CEO

James Grau will takes over the reins at Cross Match