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Jan-01-05 Mizuho Financial Group, Japan Post set sights on biometric cards
Mizuho Financial Group and Japan Post are negotiating the joint development of a biometric system for their automated teller machines in an effort to prevent theft through cash card fraud…
Nov-01-04 IAFIS and IDENT Help Border Patrol Arrest 8,000 Aliens With Criminal Records
In September 2004, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol’s IDENT, short for Automated Biometric Identification system, linked up with the FBI’s IAFIS system to provide an electronic web of enforcement that covers the entire perimeter of the United States.
US and EU Turn to Israel for Hi-Tech IDs
Applications developed by OTI include product solutions for petroleum payment systems, homeland security solutions, electronic passports and IDs, micro payments, mass transit ticketing, parking, loyalty programs and secure campuses.
Smart Card Alliance Supports Higher Security Levels for Electronic Passport
Executive Travel Associates, another travel industry organization, cites a June 2004 report that there are more than 10 million missing passports, many of them from European countries. By putting an electronic copy of passport information in a secure smart chip and including a biometric identifier, the information on the printed document can be verified quickly and provide higher assurance that the document is not a fake.
The International Labour Organization approves Steria, Sagem and Hyundai as its suppliers for the biometric ID card designed to improve the safety of seafarers worldwide
The Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, which went into effect on 9 February 2005 and will gradually be ratified by the 178 member nations in the organization, calls for the delivery of new, more secure ID cards for seamen. It stipulates that only a biometric system can meet the strict security requirements on ships and in ports, while simplifying seafarers' movements from country to country.