The Logix Cos., a leader in identification authentication software, and Hypercom Corp., the leading provider of secure electronic payment terminals, Thursday released IDLogix, a positive ID verification software solution for use on Hypercom’s secure touch screen ICE terminals.
IDLogix instantaneously displays highly precise encoded information about an individual’s physical characteristics and description details based on information stored on drivers’ license magnetic stripes and barcodes.
It is ideal for airport ticket counters, bus and train stations, rental car companies and other sites where fast and highly accurate verification of an individual’s identity is essential.
“Law enforcement agencies and commercial organizations are together clamping down on those who present fraudulently-produced identification or otherwise pretend to be someone they are not,” said Scott Bahneman, senior vice president of business development, The Logix Cos.
“Now, you can accurately verify someone’s identity by simply swiping the person’s magnetic-stripe driver’s license, or scanning the license’s 2-D bar code onto a compact ICE card terminal equipped with IDLogix — and also conduct traditional credit/debit, check, EBT and loyalty card transactions if desired.”
“Up until now it has been too easy to create and pass off false ID or use someone else’s ID. With IDLogix, we have now embarked on the introduction of a series of technologies that will prevent this.
“Through the use of Hypercom’s secure graphic touch screen terminals, we enable the display of identification-related information which is read from encoded magnetic stripes and secure 2-D barcodes found on most currently-issued drivers’ licenses and other ID cards.
“This capability allows positive verification of the authenticity of an ID document and allows you to match the ID data and description to the person presenting the document,” said O.B. Rawls, IV, senior vice president and general manger, Hypercom USA/Canada.
“Combined with secure electronic payments, and especially rapidly emerging smart cards, this new capability will create a highly secure, fraud resistant payment and ID environment. Applications include car rental, airport check-ins or ticket purchases, age verification and other identification and access functions.
“We think these capabilities, when combined with other advanced ICE functions, such as electronic signature capture, have enormous and very positive potential that can help boost security and eliminate fraud in a number of areas,” said Rawls.
The IDLogix application was developed by The Logix Cos. It can support identification and/or age verification using Hypercom’s Visual HDT (VHDT) C++-based developer’s software platform and Hypercom’s ICE card payment terminals.
Hypercom’s epic (ePOS-infocommerce(TM)) ICE devices are compact, high-performance, touch screen-based, Web-enabled terminals.
ICE terminals incorporate physical security features and Hypercom’s TranSafe(TM) operating system that integrates a firewall-protected, multi-applications functionality, along with EMV chip card capability, a secure PIN pad, built-in HTML/HTTP Web browser, and integrated receipt printer.
In addition to the secure payment applications, Hypercom’s ICE terminals support a range of value-added applications and services including: electronic signature and receipt capture, e-mail, on-screen advertising, interactive electronic coupons, and cash management reporting through a standard browser — as well as secure credit, debit, and smart card functions.
About Hypercom ([www.hypercom.com][1])
Hypercom Corp. is the leading global provider of electronic payment solutions that add value at the point-of-sale for consumers, merchants and acquirers, and yield increased profitability for its customers.
Hypercom’s products include secure Web-enabled transaction terminals that work seamlessly with its networking equipment and software applications for e-commerce, m-commerce, smart cards and traditional payment applications.
The company’s widely-accepted ePOS-infocommerce(TM) (epic) framework of consumer-activated, EMV-certified, touch-screen ICE (Interactive Consumer Environment) terminals enable acquirers and merchants to decrease costs, increase revenues and improve customer retention.
Headquartered in Phoenix, Hypercom is independently acknowledged as the leading provider of point-of-sale card payment terminals worldwide. Demand for Hypercom’s terminals surpassed 1 million units last year alone. Hypercom today maintains an installed base of more than 4 million terminals in over 100 countries which conduct over 10 billion transactions annually.
About The Logix Cos.
The Logix Cos. is an information processor, specializing in integrating identity authentication technology, customer and prospect data processing, and merchant financial processing services to the public and private sector.
They supply Risk Management services, through their IDLogix system, a system which provides ID authentication for retail and non-retail customers by reading electronic encoded data from a valid, government-issued identification document — typically a driver’s license or state-issued ID card.
They also provide Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Prospect Relationship Management (PRM) services through their TouchLogix system, an Internet-based data management service which monitors and stores customer demographics for the benefit of retailers.
Other services include electronic check conversion (CheckLogix), credit/debit card processing service (PaymentLogix), and ATM processing services and support with Web-enabled cash management (EFTLogix). The Logix Cos. Internet address is [www.logixco.com][2].
[1]: http://www.hypercom.com
[2]: http://www.logixco.com
