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Canadian retailer chooses ITR for biometric employee management

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

La Vie En Rose, a leading Canadian retailer for upscale lingerie and swimwear, has tapped biometrics developer ITR to implement a biometric based employee time and attendance system in their 150 stores. TimeZone is a web-based system that is capable of time clock functionality as well as a number of human resources and administrative functions.

Over the past few years, La Vie En Rose has experienced rapid growth which required a larger work force. As the administrative needs for each store grew as a result from their growing work force, executives at La Vie En Rose found ITR’s solution which they have reported seems to fit perfectly with the needs of a retail operation. [end] 

SmartMetric, a developer of portable biometric solutions, has announced that its biometric activated data card can now be used to contain full medical history and health records on the individual. The card, called the SmartMetric Data Card, is a standard sized card that has the capability of holding multiple pages of data as well as being inaccessible without the holder first scanning his fingerprint on the card itself.

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Canadian Retail Solutions (CRS) and YESpay International have partnered to deliver EMV chip and PIN managed card payment service to Canadian customers. YESpay’s EMBOSS is an EMV chip and PIN accredited and PCI-DSS Level 1 certified managed payment service.

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Aware Inc. has announced it has supplied a major U.S. government agency with client and server-based software products for the personal identity verification (PIV) employee credentialing system implemented by IT services firm Jacob & Sundstrom.

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ClearStar Logistics, a developer of employee and tenant screening solutions, has partnered with biometric developer Advanced Livescan Technologies for a biometric-based capture and criminal history screening solution. The new system, which integrates ClearStar.net screening technology with Livescan’s E-VeriTech SOLO, utilizes fingerprint biometrics to search the National Criminal History Record Search database.

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While new high-tech vending machines are being released with options such as touch screens, nutritional information displays, wireless coin dispensers, stock monitors and biometric payments, some feel the idea of moving forward with biometric-based payments on the devices may not work yet, according to a Retail Solutions Online article.

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The Canadian contactless payments market is set to take off as large stores rapidly adopt the new technology, and smaller merchants threaten to make the jump as well, according to itbusiness.ca.

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