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Latest headlines published online (May 17, 2012 06:00 GMT)
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Banking & Finance
Digital wallet is coming, but still years away
Calgary Herald

Saudi Bank, Al Bilad, selects Evolis Card Printers to personalize its payment cards
Evolis

Securing the Mobile POS
Hospitality Technology

Government
Citizens of Armenia can obtain identification card and biometric password from June 1
Armenpress.am

Nigeria: KPMG exposes the inconsistent payments in Maina's biometric exercise
BusinessDay

Israel: Two-year pilot of new 'smart' ID cards could start soon
Jerusalem Post

Israel: Gov't green lights 'smart' ID cards program
Jerusalem Post

Transport
Canada: Transpo gets points for effort, but Presto answers still sketchy
Ottawa Citizen

Canada: Riders urged to register Presto cards
Ottawa Sun

Tieto and Helsinki Region Transport Authority (HSL) signed an agreement concerning the delivery of a new ticketing and information system
Tieto

UK: Alison McGovern: Merseyside should look at London’s transport system
Wirral News

Mobile & NFC
Near Field Communications: More Than Mobile Payments
Forbes

Apple Rumors Aside, Watch for Samsung M-Commerce; Google Wallet 2.0
NFC Times

Intel: 'NFC Not a Passing Fancy;' Chip Giant Prepares to Push NFC in Phones and Other Devices
NFC Times

Payment Schemes Pick Up Pace of NFC Phone Certifications
NFC Times

KDDI unveils world's first NFC and Felica phone
NFC World

Identive to Present Latest Trends in NFC Technology at NFC Solutions Summit
GlobeNewsWire

iMPak Health Announces NFC Enabled Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Application
Quote Media

Tieto provides contactless technology solution for mobile NFC project of MTS and MasterCard in Russia
Tieto

Barcode Scanning Up 157% In First Quarter
MediaPost

ViVOtech Wins 2012 Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award For Contactless Mobile Payment
Vivotech

Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
Digitimes

UK: 2ergo announces key industry agreements for 'podifi'
Manchester Evening News

Canada: Payment via BlackBerry coming within months
Winnipeg Free Press

iZettle, Europe's rival to Square, hits the UK
GigaOM

UK: Experience Poken’s touch-marketing platform in London
Poken

Identity & Access Management
SecureKey Technologies Secures Additional Series B Funding
TechFinance

US: Millions spent on dormant Port of Tampa security system
MyFox Tampa Bay

India: Soon, biometric system at all municipal schools under SDMC
Hindustan Times

SRI Sarnoff's Iris on the Move N-Glance Identification System Receives Lenel Factory Certification
PR Newswire

Campus card 'evangelist' strikes out on his own
CR80News

Green Bit S.p.A. to present all new 10-print Livescan called DactyScan84c at Security Document World 2012
Findbiometrics

Canada: BIO-key awarded $500K contract from B.C. Government
BIO-key

US: CLEAR security lanes return to SFO
San Francisco Chronicle

U.S. Bank rolls out campus ID, prepaid MasterCard at Michigan community college
CR80News

Medbox Developing a Patent Pending Wall-Mounted Biometric Kiosk for Storage of Sensitive Medicine Samples and Supplies for Doctor's Offices
PR Newswire

US: Sacramento airport system speeds up security badge processing
Sacramento Business Journal

DigitalPersona Delivers Facial Recognition Technology for User Authentication
DigitalPersona

Others
Smart AV Announced as Exclusive UK Poken Partner
Sacramento Bee

ABI: Smart card, secure IC shipments increase
ContactlessNews

VeriFone Media Brings Sky News into Londons Taxis
VeriFone

Datacard Group Honored at 2012 BMA Colorado Gold Key Awards
Datacard

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