• Mashreqbank has introduced an eGate payment card that can also be used for immigration clearance at Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports

• Ogier Electronics has ordered Cognitec's face recognition software as part of a security system it is building for an unnamed Middle Eastern country

• Australia's QRSciences is cross-licensing a suite of patents and patent applications with GE Security An Abloy master key system has been selected to safeguard Section One of the U.K.-France Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL)

• The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has urged the Canadian government to heighten aviation security by adopting risk-based 'smart' passenger screening

• RFID software maker Applied Logistics has changed its name to Fluensee and announced plans to enter new markets besides transportation and logistics