The Smart Card Alliance announced that its Executive Director Randy Vanderhoof went before Congres to testify on mobile payments and the advantages of NFC contactless payment technology. According to the SCA, Vanderhoof was called to be a witness at the Committee on Financial Services hearing, “The Future of Money: How Mobile Payments Could Change Financial […]

ScholarChip, a provider of smart ID solutions for schools, has announced the release of its new School Safety and Operations (SSOS) platform for NFC-enabled mobile phones. The SSOS platform includes Android applications for taking attendance in classrooms and on school buses, monitoring hall traffic, paying for public transportation, making mobile payments and ticketing for extracurricular […]

Google is rethinking its mobile payments strategy in light of slow consumer adoption of Google Wallet, sources close to the project told Bloomberg. Feeling the heat from competitor Isis, Google is said to be courting wireless operators Verizon and AT&T in an effort to expand the service, which is currently only available through Sprint on […]

Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania has launched a mobile payments pilot that enables students to purchase meals on campus using an NFC-enabled sticker, according to Mobile Commerce Daily. Developed in partnership with Gold Mobile and dining service provider Chartwells, the new system operates via NFC-enabled checkout kiosks placed in the university’s student center and on-campus Starbucks […]

HID Global has announced that it will unveil a range of new solutions for the creation, use and management of secure identity applications at next week’s ISC West 2012 International Security Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas. In addition to launching new solutions for card-based personal identification verification (PIV) in U.S. government facilities, the company […]

Wired magazine has announced that its April 2012 issue contains the a magazine ad using NFC technology. Wired readers can tap their NFC-enabled smart phone against a 2013 Lexus GS advertisement to automatically connect to a Web site where they can explore the automaker’s new in-car navigation and information service, Enfrom with Safety Connect. Wired’s […]

TransCard, a provider of payment solutions for financial institutions, has received MasterCard PayPass certification for NFC-enabled contactless payment transactions. Financial institutions and corporate clients working with TransCard are now able to offer contactless payment programs that are either stand-alone or connected to an existing TransCard prepaid card account. The Tennessee-based company’s offerings include prepaid gift […]

Emirates NBD, the largest bank in the UAE, has announced the launch of the “MoneyMobile,” a contactless payment solution that will enable customers to pay for purchases with a single tap of an NFC-enabled device. Developed in partnership with local teleco Etisalat and trusted service manager Gemalto, the service will be accepted at Visa payWave […]

Mobile operator 3UK has asked the European Commission to investigate “Project Oscar,” a U.K. mobile payments joint venture from Everything Everywhere, O2 and Vodafone, according to PCWorld. 3UK claims that the joint venture, which would enable customers to make payments using debit accounts on NFC-enabled handsets, is “discriminatory” in that the three companies involved account […]

Blaze Mobile has been awarded a new patent for mobile banking and payment transactions, covering any transactions that comprise bill payment, peer-to-peer (P2P) funds transfer and funds transfer between bank accounts and credit cards. In all cases, the patent covers the funding of the banking transactions using NFC technology. “After the deciding to perform the […]