Travelex paid $2.3 million ransom in bitcoin to hackers

April 9, 2020

Travelex, which operates foreign-exchange kiosks at tourist sites and in airports worldwide, paid hackers $2.3 million in bitcoin after being shut down by a…

Researchers claim printed masks can fool facial recognition systems

December 16, 2019

Researchers at Kneron, an artificial-intelligence provider, said they fooled facial recognition systems using a printed mask showing a different person's face…

CTA Digital introduces handgrip case with security enclosure jacket

December 6, 2019

CTA Digital has introduced PAD-KHC9, a handgrip case with security enclosure jacket, to provide easy accessibility and security for the iPad Pro 9.7, according…

The Smart Safe Fact Sheet for Retail

If your company is looking for an innovative solution to reduce the stress that handling cash has on your operations, a smart safe may be the right fit.

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24/7 Germ-Free Touchscreens – Protection for Life

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

“24/7 Germ-Free Touchscreens – Protection for Life” sponsored by Kastus explores the important issue ensuring that customer touchscreens are safe for customers…

Southco slide bolt offers door, latch monitoring

July 10, 2019

Southco Inc., a provider of engineered access solutions, has expanded its line of electronic access control solutions with an electronic slide bolt that…

InLink, BT keeping antisocial calls off Wi-Fi kiosks

April 16, 2019

InLink and British Telecom have developed a security algorithm to stop drug dealers from using InLink kiosks as transaction tools.

SilverShield to debut self-service kiosk

April 11, 2019

SilverShield Safety & Information Systems, which offers a cloud-based multi-platform system, will debut a self-service visitor management kiosk this week.

Automated Border Control (ABC) Gates

Security and speed, cost-efficiency and convenience have long represented conflicting goals for border control authorities. Gemalto Automated Border Control…

Gemalto sets January release for cloud-based document authentication reader

November 15, 2018

Gemalto plans to offer a more intelligent version of its new AT10K document reader which is used by government, airlines, hotels, banks and other private…

Next Biometrics, Tysso enter deal on fingerprint sensors for POS terminals

November 7, 2018

Next Biometrics, a Norway-based provider of fingerprint sensor technology, has received a new order from Taiwan-based Tysso (Fametech Inc.), which will add the…

Connected parking kiosks take the lead in creating 'smart cities' infrastructure

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Parking kiosks will provide much of the infrastructure for smart cities, which promise a higher quality of life for millions of people.

TNS Further Targets Unattended and eCommerce Payments with ADVAM Acquisition

October 16, 2018 – Transaction Network Services (TNS) announces it has agreed to acquire unattended and eCommerce payments specialist ADVAM in a transaction…

How to prevent digital skimmer attacks threatening e-commerce

Expanding e-commerce has drawn the attention of hackers adept at skimming credit cards. Companies active in online commerce need to pay attention to data…

Lolly teams with Optomany to offer POS payments with self service

August 24, 2018

Lolly, a provider of point-of-sale and other payment technologies, has teamed with Optomany, pioneer of the PCI point-to-point encryption standard in the U.K.…

South Korea airport kiosks upgrade fingerprint scanning

July 24, 2018

Smart Core, a South Korea-based provider of image processing and immigration solutions to the civil and public sectors, recently upgraded its biometric airport…

Governments study kiosks for visitor screening at border crossings

May 17, 2018

Governments are paying closer attention to border-crossing kiosks equipped with virtual agents that conduct visitor screenings, according to CNBC. The need to…

Gilbarco Veeder-Root partners with Acumera on remote support for Passport POS

May 16, 2018

Gilbarco Veeder-Root has teamed with Acumera, a PCI-compliant managed security services provider, to deliver secure remote support for the Gilbarco Passport…

Ingenico Group teams with USA Technologies on bundled solution for unattended retail

May 8, 2018

Ingenico Group, a payment equipment provider, and USA Technologies Inc., a provider of cashless and mobile payment and business optimization services for…

Banyan Hills Technologies teams with security provider on self storage solution

December 21, 2017

Banyan Hills Technologies, a software provider, integrator and consultant focusing on the kiosk industry, has entered into a partnership with PTI Security…