Fresh on the heels of last week’s buzz about Sprint planning to launch its own mobile wallet, photos of the rumored Touch app have made their way to Android Central. The photos show a layout similar to Google Wallet, with a PIN-protected login screen that leads to a main menu where you can store and […]

Tyfone signed a 10-year deal with PT Number One, an Indonesia-based secure ID solutions provider, to bring its iCashe mobile financial services platform to the Indonesian market. According to Tyfone, PT Number One has enabled the personalization of more than 100 million cards for Indonesia’s leading banks, including each of the country’s top 10 banks. […]

Ericsson has launched an NFC access control pilot at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT ICT) Labs campus in Kista Science City, Sweden. Starting this month, EIT ICT Labs staff, researchers and students will be able to access the Electrum facilities using just an NFC-enabled phone or smart card. Participants will have access […]

Sprint, the third largest teleco in the U.S., may be planning to launch its own NFC-enabled mobile wallet, called “Touch,” as early as this summer, undisclosed sources have told NFC Times. The move would pit Sprint against a number of competitors in the tightening mobile wallet race, including PayPal, carrier-led Isis, and Google, which currently […]

Ericsson, a Sweden-based provider of telecom equipment, has partnered with Aconite to enable banks to deliver and remotely manage contactless mobile payment applications on their customers’ NFC-enabled mobile phones. The solution is based on the integration of Aconite’s Mobile Application Manager with Ericsson’s Trusted Service Manager (TSM) interfaces. It enables an issuer to create a […]

Two New York-area 7-Eleven stores have begun testing NFC-enabled kiosks that let shoppers download coupons and in-store specials with just a tap of their NFC phone, according to Twice.com. Developed by Solekai Systems and Raging Mobile, the kiosk is designed to sit at the store entrance so that users can “check-in” to receive offers to […]

Japanese advertising company Shunkosha has introduced a new campaign on the Tokyo subway that uses NFC-enabled strap covers to deliver content to riders. Tokyo’s NFC phone users can tap the boxy blue covers, dubbed Strappy, to instantly launch advertisements on their phone’s web browser. According to CNet, the covers are equipped with FeliCa NFC technology, […]

Shipments of NFC-enabled point of sale (POS) terminals doubled to an estimated 2.5 million units worldwide during 2011, according to a new research report from Berg Insight. Berg forecasts that the global installed base of NFC terminals will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49.4% from 3.9 million units in 2011 to […]

International payment systems provider ACI Worldwide released a roadmap for improving its mobile wallet and mobile banking solutions. The company plans to partner with Bell ID to offer over-the-air provisioning and management of NFC applications as well as the management of the secure element on NFC-enabled mobile devices. This service, which will be powered by […]

Smartrac is partnering with FujiFilm and Near Field Solutions to launch NFC-enabled photo printing kiosks in the UK. Available in supermarkets, retail outlets, pharmacies and camera shops, these new SmartPix kiosks allow consumers to transfer images directly from their NFC-enabled phone by simply touching their handset to the kiosk. The phone connects to the kiosk […]