Suresnes (France) and Ismaning (Germany), October 17, 2008–XIRING (NYSE Alternext: ALXIR), a European leader in security solutions for remote transactions, and SCM Microsystems (NASDAQ: SCMM; Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today announced their close collaboration to develop mobile eHealth smart card terminals for the new generation German healthcare system. Beginning in late 2008, new electronic health insurance cards will be distributed to 82 million German citizens, creating a market for compatible mobile eHealth terminals that facilitate at-home patient consultation and treatment by Germany’s 310,000 healthcare professionals and 130,000 physiotherapists. With this agreement, the two companies aim to achieve a leading share of this new market. SCM will sell the mobile terminals in Germany through its existing distribution channels and Value Added Partners.

Association Award Recognizes Development of Outstanding Applications Using Advanced Card Technologies

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, October 17, 2008–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that the company was recognized by ACT Canada, a nonprofit stakeholders membership organization that serves as the authority on contactless technology in the Canadian market, as winner of its Lorne Boates Award. The award validates INSIDE’s role as a thought leader and innovator in contactless applications and its impact on the Canadian contactless market.

Connecticut Manufacturing Facility Recognized for Third Consecutive Year for Increasing Customer Value Through Operational Excellence

IRVINE, Calif., October 16, 2008–HID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced that its North Haven, Connecticut manufacturing facility has been awarded the 2008 Shingo Prize Bronze Medallion for Operational Excellence Business Program. The award serves as recognition of HID Global’s ongoing commitment to the principles of Lean manufacturing, including the effective implementation of the systems, tools, techniques and technologies as the company works towards transforming into a world-class organization.

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., October 16, 2008–Smart card technology is becoming an important part of everyday life in the United States and throughout the Americas. Now the preferred technology for securing personal digital devices, it is used in electronic passports, contactless payment cards, transit fare cards, SIMs for cell phones, new ID cards issued to government and non-government employees–the list goes on and on. But are they really secure? The Smart Card Alliance addresses this question with a new report that explains what makes smart cards secure in a white paper released today.

PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ, Oct 14, 2008–U.S. emergency response officials (EROs) need to be able to identify themselves everyday and in an emergency. Events such as the September 11th attacks and Hurricane Katrina have shown that it is essential that these credentials be secure, electronically verifiable, and trusted across multiple jurisdictions. Smart card identity credentials based on Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) meet these requirements, and take advantage of the enhanced ID infrastructure federal, state and commercial organizations have already put in place, the Smart Card Alliance Identity Council said in a white paper released today.

American Banknote Brazil Achieves Type Approval for MicroPass-Powered Bank Cards

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, October 13th, 2008–Strengthening its presence in the Brazilian contactless payments market, INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced contactless microprocessor platforms, today announced it has teamed with American Banknote (ABnote) Brazil to produce a MasterCard type-approved contactless payment card for this growing market. INSIDE is supplying ABnote Brazil with its award-winning MicroPass® 4003, a contactless payment processor designed from the ground up for MasterCard® PayPass™ applications, and has worked closely with them to obtain type approval, implement in-house pre-personalization capabilities and ensure their products achieve optimal performance.

Apriva Class A Certifies Hypercom’s Optimum T4200 Payment Terminals

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, October 9, 2008–Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) and Apriva today announced that Apriva has certified Hypercom’s high performance Optimum T4210 (dial) and T4220 (Ethernet with dial) PCI PED-approved card payment terminals on the Apriva Intelligent Gateway.

Leiden (NL), October 9, 2008–Collis announces today that MasterCard has qualified Collis TIP/ETEC Card Simulation in the Collis Card Simulator and Collis Brand Test Tool.

The Collis Card Simulator and the Collis Brand Test Tool are used to test the functional behaviour of the card-terminal interface. Any EMV card can be simulated with these tools. You can use pre-defined cards (J/Smart; M/Chip; VIS). It is also possible to configure a card yourself. Moreover, it is possible to read all data (image) from an EMV card, and use this image as a (modifiable) input. Errors (failures) can be simulated to test the system’s response to an error. The Collis Card Simulator and the Collis Brand Test Tool include card cryptography from MasterCard, Visa and JCB.

Experts in Contactless Hardware and Asynchronous Design To Collaborate on New Contactless Chip Platform

Aix en Provence, France, October 9th 2008–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced contactless microprocessor platforms, and TIEMPO, an innovative IP company specialized in the design of asynchronous ICs, have announced a partnership for the design of a next generation chip product that incorporates asynchronous design technology.

Industry Demand for DoD CAC Readers Leads to Pact with SCM Microsystems

SANTA ANA, CA, October 8, 2008–Hirsch Electronics, a leading supplier of physical access control systems, has signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with SCM Microsystems (NASDAQ: SCMM; Prime Standard, SMY), a leading supplier of smart card readers for secure authentication, to provide SCM’s Physical Access Control Terminals (PACT) series physical access readers to the open market. The SCM PACT readers are designed specifically for Department of Defense (DoD) sites.