U.S. Bank is inviting its FlexPerks Visa customers in the Salt Lake City, and Portland, Ore. markets to pilot the bank’s new U.S. Bank Go Mobile payment service that includes NFC for iPhone. The mobile payment service will enable customers to pay for everyday items with a simple wave of their iPhone 4 or iPhone […]

The NFC Forum has announced a webcast entitled “NFC Goes Vertical: Introducing NFC Forum Special Interest Groups,” which will take place on Jan. 24th at both 11 a.m. EST and 9:00 p.m. EST, with a third offering on Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. JST. The webcast seeks to address the growing NFC market, and with […]

With more IT security enterprise capabilities moving to the cloud, Netpremacy has revealed 5 steps that it believes can better protect corporations’ data in the cloud. Data location risk, risk of data loss and data security are three of the top barriers to cloud adoption. However, security can also be an enabler to cloud adoption […]

Sony is rolling up its sleeves to level the playing field with rival Apple and is using NFC to create a new product line that will distinguish the Tokyo-based tech giant from its competition. At this year’s Consumer Electronic Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, Sony has placed NFC at the heart of some of […]

Canada-based CIBC has announced a promotional effort that will look to increase adoption of both NFC and mobile payments. A Telecoms report reveals that CIBC will collaborate with Blackberry manufacturer RIM and Canadian telco Rogers. CIBC has launched a print magazine ad in Connected Rogers Magazine containing an NFC tag developed by Crosscliq. Tapping the […]

Inventive uses for NFC technology are starting to come out of the woodwork, and Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) has provided an interesting take on the house key. A GizMag report reveals that SIT’s ShareKey app uses NFC to enable physical access to your front door. Similar apps have been developed in the […]

ID authentication provider Validity and Hengbao Corporation, a provider of smart card products and technologies, have joined GlobalPlatform as an Observer Members. Validity provides fingerprint sensor solutions for mobile handsets, tablets and notebook computers. Hengbao, which operates across the banking, telecommunication, identity and Internet of things markets, will direct its attention towards GlobalPlatform’s Task Force […]

Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao has predicted that the UK will embrace NFC-based payments services in the New Year. Though widespread availability of NFC-based services is yet to be determined, a report by Fierce Wireless reveals that Vodafone’s CEO sees big things in 2013. Vodafone has recently joined with rival UK operators EE and O2 UK […]

Smart phone penetration has reached an all-time high in the UK at 60% and rising, a trend that stands to benefit mobile wallets greatly in 2013. ICM Research, however, isn’t buying it and the research firm’s recent report gives three major causes for concern. The first of ICM’s concerns lies with the market itself, stating […]

Sony has announced an NFC patent that could effectively prevent the use of second-hand game discs on the next iteration of the PlayStation console. According to a Gameranx.com report, Sony Japan has officially filed for a patent that could make used games a thing of the past. The solution would pair an RF tag with […]