Nokia has announced a new mobile solution called Nokia Money that will enable consumers with mobile phones to access basic financial services, such as financial management and payments systems. Nokia Money enables consumers to send money to another person just by using the person’s mobile phone number, as well as to pay merchants for goods […]

Zenius Solutions, a Silicon Valley-based NFC software company supporting mobile payments and NFC add-ons, has rolled out demo offerings of its first two products–ZeniusMobilePay, which enables NFC-enabled phones to conduct U.S. and EMV contactless credit card wave-and-pay transactions and ZeniusMobilePOS, which equips NFC-enabled mobile phones to read Contactless credit cards. Both products work with contactless […]

Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y., has rolled out an off-campus payment program with the assistance of the CBORD Group’s Off-Campus Commerce Division. The program, Knight Card Account, can be used at 11 merchants around the community, with more scheduled to be added during the fall semester. The university’s Knight Card Account is managed by UGRYD, CBORD’s […]

Ulink, the bus service operated by the University of West England and Wessex Connect and originally established for students, introduced this month an Oyster-style card for passengers to make their travels across Bristol easier. Now in its second year, Ulink became the first bus service in Bristol to successfully launch the new smart card system. […]

When Hope College in Holland, Mich. had to close campus in the middle of the day last fall due to a virus outbreak, it alerted everyone with a text message. While it’s the only time so far that the new alert system was used, it’s a good illustration of how many universities and colleges are […]

UK METRO operator Nexus has been awarded about $22 million to upgrade existing ticket machines to a smart card system similar to London’s contactless Oyster card. It’s part of a nearly half billion dollar “All Change” program designed to revamp the 30-year-old rail system. Work should start early next year to upgrade the 225 old […]

Vanderbilt’s student ID card has a new look. But more importantly, its Commodore Card is no longer coded with the student’s Social Security number, but instead uses a randomly generated number to identify the student. Students have until Oct. 12 to replace their existing card with the new one. The card is free as long […]

Texas-based quick service restaurant chain, Whataburger, will soon begin accepting MasterCard PayPass contactless payments at more than 500 locations across the southern U.S. Customers will be able to pay both inside the restaurant and at the drive-thru. Whataburger operates in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. These Whataburger locations will […]

Digital security provider Gemalto has posted its first-half earnings report that surpassed its original estimates but were still down slightly over the preceding year. Still, one analyst called the results “stellar.” Gemalto’s net profit was $89 million, compared to $90.7 million in the year-earlier period. Sales rose 1% to $1.1 billion, while the operating margin […]

NTT DOCOMO says the number of subscribers to DCMX, its credit payment service launched just three years ago, has topped 10 million in Japan. DCMX is a service brand for DOCOMO-issued credit cards, which enables subscribers to make purchases using their mobile phones as credit cards via iD, DOCOMO’s branded mobile payment platform for handsets […]