Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire 3M's Identity Management Business for US$850 million. 3M's Identity Management Business is comprised of 3M Cogent Inc., which provides a full spectrum of biometric solutions with a focus in civil identification, border control and law enforcement, and 3M's Document Reader and Secure Materials Businesses.

Emerging technology firm Everledger is the first organisation to secure a bottle of wine’s provenance on the blockchain. The bottle, a 2001 Margaux, was certified and secured on the Chai Wine Vault - a joint solution introduced by Everledger and world-renowned fine wine expert Maureen Downey to transform provenance tracking in the fine wine industry.  
 

LightCyber, a leading provider of Behavioural Attack Detection solutions, today announced that Qualified Service Assessor (QSA) consulting firm, HALOCK Security Labs, has concluded that the LightCyber Magna™ platform meets the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) intrusion detection Requirement 11.4 based on their testing of the product.

Banque de France’s banking services department has launched an innovative large-scale programme to overhaul its banking IT system which supports the state. Banque de France has decided to work hand in hand with Sopra Banking Software to change its retail payments* processing activity, by adopting modern and efficient software solutions.

I wrote a while ago about the amazing digital identity scheme in India called Aadhaar.  It’s a card-based biometric scheme using a centralised database.  Of course, today, they would have developed the scheme on a mobile wallet with a distributed ledger but hey, you can’t win them all.  Some say

In the 5th FOW international awards held in London, ABN AMRO Clearing was awarded ‘Proprietary Traders

Clearing Firm of the Year’ award for the 4th year in a row.

The organisers of the FOW awards received votes from more than 90 globally active proprietary trading firms and opinions were canvassed across a range of categories. Clients selected ABN AMRO Clearing for its great service and competitive pricing as well as for its staff’s strong knowledge and overall professional attitude.

SWIFT announces today that the Barbados Central Securities Depository Inc. (BCSDI) and the Jamaican Central Securities Depository (JCSD) have signed up to the SWIFT ‘ISO 20022 Harmonisation Charter’, a framework of principles for the harmonised adoption of the ISO 20022 messaging standard.

BioCatch, the global leader in behavioral biometrics, reported a banner year with the expansion of its patent portfolio, which grew to over 40 granted and pending patents.