ID cards
RSS ID cardsMorning Edition: IR35 woes and BT floats
News The Guardian says a floatation of BT's mobile phone arm, Cellnet, is on the cards and details will be announced very soon. The paper notes that four out the five companies making their stock market debuts this week are... [09 Oct 2000]
Bull signs agreement to anticipate world smartcard market
News The two companies want to be ready to supply secure chip-based cards for ID cards, driving licences and vehicle registrations. Imprimerie Nationale and Bull predict the e-government... [28 Jun 2000]
iD2 to customise PKI network for Swedish Defence
News ID cards, incorporating digital signatures and an encryption key, will be used to log onto a secure site where the staff can exchange encrypted email. The Swedish Foreign Office has commissioned public... [30 Nov 1999]
Ecommerce hampered by payment methods
News He said: "People are using credit cards online today because most of the infrastructure is set up by merchants doing their own processing and sending it through legacy networks. The development of ecommerce is being... [24 Aug 1999]
Bull urges ministers to promote e-government
News Grisdale said public opinion towards electronic ID cards was also shown to have changed. When a survey was done two years ago about electronic ID cards, only one per... [19 May 1999]
IT giants create refugee database
News There are currently more than 400,000 Kosovars in Albania, the largest refugee exodus in Europe since the Bosnian war, and many are without identification cards. The first phase of registration will begin on 17 May and... [12 May 1999]
The rise and fall of the smartcard
Comment Big businesses are yearning to brand the cards and offer loyalty software along with it. And what about the social impact of the proposed single ID card, which could combine someone's tax and welfare... [26 Aug 1998]
UK Banks hope to play their smartcards right
News Tomorrow's news is likely to lead to banks launching their first chip-based debit cards and announcing a range of new partnerships. Any service that requires ID, payment and online access could use a... [07 Jul 1998]
In brief: ID cards gain European support
News The survey of 1,000 Europeans showed that 54 per cent of people welcomed the idea as opposed to 44 per cent two years ago, while 77 per cent of respondents claimed ID cards would help control crime, in... [30 Jun 1998]
