A recent research report conducted by Berg Insight revealed that global sales of NFC-enabled handsets grew 300% year over year from 2011 to 2012, reaching 140 million units shipped to date, and an estimated 1 billion units to be shipped by 2017. Berg believes that growth at this level – a compound annual growth rate […]

A partnership between hospitality vendors OpenWays and FCS Computer Systems has produced a self-service mobile app that contains OpenWays’ embedded mobile key. The FCS i-Guest app is a self-service mobile application for hotel guests and the inclusion of OpenWays’ Mobile Key is expected to make the guest arrival process more convenient. The combination of FCS […]

The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) announced the winners of the Élan Awards for Card Manufacturing Excellence – an honor that recognizes achievements in card design and technological innovation. The awards dinner was held during the Annual Card Manufacturing and Personalization EXPO in Washington, D.C. Based upon nine distinct judging criteria, an independent panel of […]

Secure chip testing provider, FIME, has expressed a desire for the security framework for NFC mobile services to better meet the business and technical requirements of all NFC stakeholders. The white paper, “The NFC Security Quiz: 6 Key Questions Answered,” is free to download and focuses on the work of industry player GlobalPlatform. The goal […]

It’s been nearly a decade since the last major console battle, and this week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 for the initiated, has once again renewed the battle between industry juggernauts Microsoft and Sony. Following press conferences for both Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS4), in which both companies took opposing stances on […]

Getin Noble Bank, one of Poland’s largest banking institutions, and Hitachi Europe have revealed that Getin will be deploying Hitachi finger vein biometric authentication in the bank’s new Getin Up branch network. Getin Bank chose the finger vein biometric modality based on the human body’s unique structure of blood vessels inside the finger. Those close […]

A partnership with HID Global will provide Oberthur Technologies with the ability to support Seos digital keys on NFC-enabled smart phones. The partnership will see the Seos digital keys applet embedded into Oberthur Technologies’ NFC SIM cards, enabling the use of NFC smart phones for a wide range of applications that have previously been reserved […]

Mobile technology specialist Blue Bite, in partnership with Creative Mobile Technologies (CMT), is planning to bring NFC support to taxi screens. According to a report from Digital Signage Connection, CMT already provides digital out-of-home network and payment processing solution for the taxicabs. The mTAG solution with Blue Bite, however, will enable riders to do much […]

In the latest report from research and advisory firm, IMARC Group, the Indian Health care Sector will likely create a demand for some 34 million smart cards during over the next five-years. The report, entitled “Smart Card Industry in India: SIM, Identity, Banking, Transport, Healthcare, Pay TV, Loyalty & PDS,” reveals that the adoption of […]

Bell ID has launched a secure element in the Cloud that promises to facilitate the provisioning of near-field-communication (NFC) based mobile services. The new secure element is capable of managing keys, certificates and NFC credentials in a secure remote environment as opposed to the in mobile device itself. This functionality provides app issuers an added level of […]