EANS-News: Identive Group Inc.
Multicard Provides Identity Management Service
for Australia´s Student Flights Travel Agency
17.08.2011 – 08:45
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marketing Brisbane, Australia, August 17, 2011 (euro adhoc) - Multicard, a leading supplier of credential solutions, identity management and system integration services and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE, Frankfurt: INV), announced today that it has been selected by the youth-oriented Australian travel agency Student Flights to provide identity management services for the verification and issuance of International Student Exchange (ISE) student ID cards. Student Flights is the youth and adventure division of Brisbane-based Flight Centre Limited and its 50 stores across Australia are authorized issuing agents for the internationally recognized ISE card. In addition to serving as an ID credential for student travel and work, ISE cards also entitle their holders to student discounts worldwide on everything from flights and rail passes to food, hotels and hostels, as well as emergency assistance while traveling. "Multicard´s identity management solution allows us to outsource the backend activities associated with issuing ISE cards while still maintaining our role as the primary interface with our customers. Multicard´s online portal is very easy to use, students get their ISE cards quickly and the whole system is secure. This is important to us because Student Flights is recognized as a leader in the youth travel market and ISE cards are a must-have for every student traveling at home or abroad," said Darren Lloyd, Student Flights´ Brand Leader. The customized identity management system that Multicard has implemented for Student Flights includes a secure online portal for data collection, verification of applicants´ age and status as students or teachers, and card issuance by Multicard´s secure card production bureau. Once a Student Flights staff member has captured all of the relevant information about a student and entered it into Multicard´s portal, Multicard verifies the data and produces the card, which can then be mailed directly to the student or delivered to the Student Flights sales office for pick-up. "Multicard´s broad experience with identity management systems helped us to create a custom solution for Student Flights that meets the needs of their business, which is centered around providing personalized, experience-based service," said Ross Head, Managing Director for Multicard Australia. "By helping Student Flights to give their customers a positive experience, we also benefit with follow on business as students return each year to have their expired ISE cards reissued." About Multicard Multicard, a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), is a worldwide supplier of card solutions for secure identification programs, with in-house capabilities for credential issuance, personalizationand fulfillment for the consumer, government, education, healthcare, smart community and corporate markets. Multicard offers a complete open payment platform, ID systems management and engineering services as well as full implementation and program management. Multicard also is a provider of enrollment, emergency management and accreditation solutions using government or corporate IDs. For additional information, visit www.multicard.com.au Identive Group, Inc. is a leading provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries. For more information, please visit www.identive-group.com. Further inquiry note: Frau Annika Oelsner Tel.: +49 89 9595-5220 E-Mail: aoelsner@identive-group.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: Identive Group Inc. Carnegie Ave., Bldg. B 1900 US-CA 92705 Santa Ana phone: +1 949 553 4280 FAX: +49 89 9595-5555 mail: investorrelations@identive-group.com WWW: http://www.identive-group.com sector: Computing & Information Technology ISIN: US45170X1063 indexes: NASDAQ stockmarkets: Nasdaq: New York, free trade: Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München, Open Market / Entry Standard: Frankfurt language: English