Even though it’s April Fool’s Day, we’re not messing around when it comes to our new promotion running throughout the month of April. Now through the end of the month when you buy any AlphaCard Photo ID System you’ll receive 100 black recycled lanyards for free.

Nuevo Leon’s transport authority, Monterrey Enlaces Inteligentes, is implementing a prepaid smart card program for purchasing public transportation fare throughout the northeast region of Mexico.

Wilkinsons, a discount retail chain serving the United Kingdom, is test driving contactless payment cards in 25 of its more than 330 stores. During the trail, customers can make purchases for £15 without entering a pin number or signature.

With the onset of Earth Week comes the opportunity to examine our footprint on the planet. It’s a good time to examine business practices around the office, including within your card program. Fortunately, AlphaCard is making it easier to create card programs that minimize environmental impact.

Like many of our customers, we strive to minimize our impact on the environment with green business practices. We are lucky to be headquartered in Portland, Oregon, an especially eco-conscious city that boasts a superb recycling program. Thus, we recycle a large amount of paper, plastics, cardboard and other material.

Despite the popularity and prevalence of recycling programs, not everything can be tossed in a bin and given a second life as a new product. While recycling remains an important part of environmental efforts, there are other earth-friendly practices that are easy to adopt. Namely, reducing waste is a great way to help the environment by minimizing landfills and depletion of nonrenewable resources.

With the impending celebration of Earth Day, we’re launching a new way to introduce green practices into your office and into your ID card program. AlphaCard’s Green Accessory and Supply Pack is designed to offer an Earth-friendly solution for printing and displaying ID cards in one convenient bundle.

Happy Earth Day from AlphaCard! We recently launched our new Green ID section of the AlphaCard Store and added information to our Learning Center on what it means to be green in the ID industry. In celebration of all things Earth-friendly, we’re sharing a few tips and tricks for how to give your ID card program an eco-conscious edge.

Public transit riders in Scotland’s largest city will enjoy the benefits of a smart card ticketing system on subways by 2013.

Students at Seattle University have access to a secure payment option with their student IDs. The multiuse cards can be used for purchases not only on campus, but at off campus retailers as well.