Motorola says it is looking into outfitting future business products with NFC technology for contactless payments. The company is expected to unveil its strategy, including which products will get the technology, at a big launch event next week in Paris. Although Motorola has kept mum about the specifics of the initiative, Andy McBain, Motorola’s senior […]

3M announced it is investing in contactless e-payments system provider motionID technologies AG through its 3M New Ventures wing. Munich-based motionID is the developer of an innovative e-payment system, VIATAG, that enables drivers to automatically pay parking fees without having to whip out their wallets. The system uses a small RFID tag attached to the […]

Hong Kong-based Advanced Card Systems (ACS) released its first LCD-equipped NFC reader, the ACR122L VisualVantage. Designed specifically for e-payment applications with NFC phones or other devices, the ISO 14443-compliant reader supports Mifare, FeliCa and ISO 18092 NFC technologies. The ACR122L is equipped to operate in three NFC modes: read/write, card emulation and peer-to-peer. The reader […]

Aconite and Proxama have announced the launch of a mobile prepaid solution that will allow South African commuters to pay for fares with the tap of an NFC-enabled phone. This new mobile proposition, which integrates Proxama’s NFC wallet application, extends the capability of the solution Aconite recently implemented for the South African Transit project. Aconite […]

South Korea’s Solacia has announced it intends to deliver its high-capacity USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) cards for the next-generation of 4G services from Verizon and other mobile providers in the U.S. “Korea’s mobile providers foresee a mobile payments market of US$145 billion by 2015, and the US market will be potentially four times as […]

Google has announced the launch of a new 4G version of its NFC-equipped Nexus S handset. The upgraded Nexus, which still runs on the Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” OS, features an NFC chip that gives the handset full mobile wallet functionality. According to Mobiledia, Google will use the new Nexus in its upcoming NFC payments trial […]

Lloyds TSB has announced the launch of Visa contactless debit cards to its customers in the greater London area, allowing those living within the M25 motorway to make purchases up to GBP15 with a simple tap. According to Lloyds, the continued growth in debit card usage has overtaken cash as the method for high street […]

U-blox will demo Iota’s not-yet-released contactless payment device Tapp at the CTIA Wireless 2011 trade show in Orlando, Florida. All this week u-blox will be demonstrating Tapp, a device that holds personal and financial identity information, i.e. credit and debit card data, and enables secure connection and selective sharing with endpoints including contactless payment readers. […]

Canada’s Scotiabank is now offering its customers Visa payWave-enabled contactless credit cards, including the ScotiaGold Passport Visa, Scotia Momentum Visa and SCENE Visa. The new cards will enable Scotiabank customers to make tap-and-go payments at multiple locations across Canada, such as Petro-Canada, Rexall Pharma Plus pharmacies, Cineplex Entertainment movie theaters, Jean Coutu, Rabba Fine Foods, […]

UK-based management consultancy The Human Chain and US-based BÖWE BELL + HOWELL (BBH) have announced a partnership to deliver NFC services to the U.S. The partners say they are looking into the loyalty, membership, payment and access control markets, delivering solutions that will leverage multiple form factors such as smart phones, cards, microSD and stickers. […]