By Christian Fredrikson, CEO, Fingerprints. For thousands of years, humanity has used fingers to express itself. Crossing one’s index and middle fingers in the West means good luck, India’s intricate hand mudras indicate everything from no fear to reverence, and a thumb down signalled bad news for Rome’s gladiators. Today, however, we’re doing even more…
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Border Control Security along International Standards
By Detlef Houdeau, Infineon Technologies. Back in 1979 the International Civil Aviation Organisation, called ICAO, published the standard on Machine-Readable Passport (MRP). Passport booklets with this function need a Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) based on the typeface Optical Character Recognition (OCR-B). The phase out of all non-MRP was set for CY 2015. By springtime2006 ICAO…
Considering Account-Based Ticketing? Here’s 5 things you should know…
Myung-Hwa Calais, Director of Transport Unit at FIME. Account-based ticketing, or ABT, is high on the transport industry’s agenda. It offers travelers choice and flexibility in the fare media they use – whether that be a smartphone, wearable, smartcard, a bank card… or a combination. Plus, with data hosted remotely, operators can realize several operational…
Keep Calm and Fintech on
By Lina Andolf-Orup, Senior Director, Fingerprint Cards The UK is at the forefront of the financial services revolution. With one of the world’s highest contactless card adoption rates, a thriving challenger bank community and successful open banking initiatives, it’s no surprise the nation’s fintech industry generates around £20 billion in annual returns. Championing a consumer-centric…
30 years of Wibu-Systems
https://youtu.be/Ax6U5zNG5Wc 1989-2019: A new milestone on Wibu-Systems’ path towards embracing its role as the fully dedicated global leader in secure license management. Over the last three decades, the company has kept true to its identity by leveraging business, technology, and team continuity. They have built and shaped a network of channel partners that have been…
PAV Card – A family firm supplying worldwide solutions for Govt. ID, Health and Finance
As a family business, headquartered in Lütjensee near Hamburg, PAV is one of the leading manufacturers of card and RFID solutions for global players in all industries. Therefore their products can be found (almost) everywhere. At the hotel, traveling, at the stadium, shopping, in the mailbox, and most likely in your wallet. The company’s products…
Celebrating three decades ahead of the curve
Wibu-Systems at 30: Serendipity meets Capability A new milestone on Wibu-Systems’ path towards embracing its role as the fully dedicated global leader in secure license management. The company will celebrate its 30th anniversary throughout the year with its long-standing network of channel partners, its ample and loyal customer base, and its own faithful team. In…
Wibu-Systems opens the vault at Embedded World
Wibu-Systems is set to revolutionize the use of certificates with CodeMeter Certificate Vault, the innovative certificate management tool to be introduced at Embedded World 2019 in Nuremberg. The PKCS#11 compliant token provider is designed to work perfectly with Microsoft’s Cryptographic API Next Generation (CNG) or OpenSSL API to make it easier for users to administer…