Visa announced the commercial availability of DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay mobile contactless payments solution for financial institutions in the U.S. and select markets. Following 18-months of technology development in partnership with DeviceFidelity, and trials with financial institutions in the United States, Europe and Asia, Visa has tested and supports commercialization of In2Pay microSD for use with leading […]

STMicroelectronics (ST) has announced the launch of its new NFC and RF-enabled EEPROM technologies allowing for communication between mobile phones and other electronic devices. Equipped with ST’s NFC chip, a mobile phone can upload and download data over the air from any equipment fitted with ST’s EEPROM memory, from personal health monitors to TV sets […]

On Track Innovations Ltd. is introducing a new NFC mobile payment system that enables existing mobile phones to support contactless payments. OTI’s COPNI (Contactless Payment and NFC Insert) is an add-on to mobile phones’ SIM cards that is independent of the handset type and model, allowing a wide range of mobile phone carriers to implement […]

Clear2Pay announced that it has delivered a payment processing solution to French university Ensicaen for use in its smart card payment educational program. Student engineers at Ensicaen, a public higher-education institution supervised by the French Ministry of Education and Research, will now be taught the ins and outs of smart card-based payments processing by using […]

INSIDE Contactless announced it has changed its name to INSIDE Secure to better reflect its business strategy after the acquisition of Atmel Corporation’s Secure Microcontroller Solutions. According to INSIDE, the new name represents the company’s “100%” focus on secure semiconductors for transactions and digital identity. INSIDE Secure’s portfolio of secure semiconductors serve mobile phones, passports […]

NXP Semiconductors announced that its MIFARE DESFire EV1 contactless microcontroller IC has been chosen to power Madrid’s new contactless Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) scheme for the city’s public transit network. Operated by the Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (CRTM), the public transportation system covers the city’s urban metro, bus and suburban rail networks, which […]

Bell ID, ViVOtech and PPC Card Systems have announced a partnership to enable the mass market rollout of NFC mobile solutions in Europe. The partners plan to deliver provisioning and management services for a host of applications migrating to NFC handsets, including EMV credit and debit cards, merchant prepaid, gift and loyalty cards, and ticketing […]

NBS Technologies has developed personalization scripts for Tyfone’s SideTap microSD memory cards to be integrated with EMV UbiQPersoMaster personalization software, enabling mobile contactless payment for NFC applications. According to NBS, the new integration will allow financial institutions and consumers to be able to personalize their data at the distribution point on their Tyfone SideTap memory […]

NXP Semiconductors has launched its new SmartMX2 family of microcontrollers designed to provide security for a range of applications including government, banking, PayTV, mobile transactions, public transport, access management and device authentication. With SmartMX2, NXP is introducing its new IntegralSecurity architecture, which protects the integrity and confidentiality of user data and applications targeting CC EAL […]

New Zealand’s Eden Park, host of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, officially launched its contactless payment system, according to computerworld.co.nz. The Aukland venue has opted for MasterCard’s PayPass system, allowing fans to tap and pay for items of $80 or less. According to Computerworld, a PayPass transactions shaves approximately 30 seconds off an average PIN […]