The introduction of a new public transport smartcard for Melbourne will cost more than AU$1 billion, and is running 15 months behind schedule according to a report, but the Victorian government will persist with the project.
The Queensland Government has signed a contract with Australian card manufacturing company Placard to provide millions of smartcard-based drivers' licences to the state.
Struggling Australian smart card and point of sale company Keycorp today said it would sell its smart card business for $25.3 million to an unnamed international company.
ANZ Bank has struck a deal with the federal government which will see its business customers issued smartcards for making secure transactions with government departments.
Queensland Transport (QT) has gone to market for up to 10,000 handheld smart card readers as it gears up to replace its 2.7 million antiquated drivers' licences with new smart card equivalents.
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NEC has launched a biometric smartcard security system that combines the technologies needed to authorise a user's physical access to corporate buildings with their network and application access.
Banks are slowly moving towards deploying voice-authentication technologies in order to add an extra layer of security for their online and telephone banking customers.
Verification gadgets range from tokens to mobile-phone-based systems, but cost keeps them from catching on.
A few years ago, the uptake of biometric technology was considered a sure thing. But fast forward to present day and ZDNet Australia can reveal that companies are reluctant to use biometrics due to their negative stigma.
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