Collis has announced the availability of its Mobile MasterCard PayPass Test Suite for functional testing of the UICC or Secure Element application based on MasterCard Mobile MasterCard PayPass – M/Chip 4 Technical Specifications. UICC or Secure Element vendors can use the new Test Suite to perform pre-certification on their products, ensuring that the Secure Element […]

Google has begun issuing prepaid cards to Google Wallet again, following a brief suspension last week over PIN security concerns. Osama Bedier, vice president of Google Wallet and Payments, issued this notice last night on the company’s Commerce blog: “Yesterday afternoon, we restored the ability to issue new prepaid cards to the Wallet. In addition, […]

Sybase 365 has announced a partnership with Telefonica Digital to provide mobile wallet services to Telefonica subscribers around the globe. Developed by Sybase 365, the “mWallet” will enable users to store prepaid, debit, credit and loyalty cards for simplified online purchases, peer to peer transfers, and NFC-enabled contactless payments at the point of sale. Telefonica […]

While 2011 was a big hype year for NFC payments, 2012 may see the technology challenged by cloud-based solutions that use existing mobile infrastructure, according to Mobile Commerce Daily. So far 2012 has been somewhat of a down year for NFC – particularly thanks to Google Wallet’s recent security woes. Meanwhile, PayPal has made its […]

Yubico has announced the launch of YubiKey NEO, an NFC-enabled version of its YubiKey USB authentication token for single tap mobile security. The device, which fits on a keychain and includes NFC contactless technology as well as a USB interface, can be read by an NFC-enabled smart phone or tablet straight out of the box […]

Mobey Forum released a white paper analyzing how the rollout of the mobile wallet will be dictated by the various stakeholders involved in its development and deployment. The second in a series of mobile wallet white papers from Mobey Forum, “Control Points in Mobile Wallets” identifies seven key areas (“control points”) within the mobile wallet […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) announced that it will provide its Trusted Service Manager (TSM) solution to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for its commercial rollout of NFC contactless payments. According to G&D, Commbank is now giving iPhone 4 and 4S owners the opportunity to transfer their MasterCard PayPass card accounts onto their handsets to make […]

A new report from Juniper Research has found that one in eight (13%) of NFC mobile phones users in North American and Western European will use their handsets as a metro rail or bus ticket by 2016, compared with less than 1% today. According to Juniper’s report, NFC mobile ticketing, which enables users to tap […]

Texas Instruments has launched its new 45-nm “WiLink 8.0” chip that integrates NFC, Wi-Fi, GNSS Bluetooth and FM transmit/receive technologies. According to TI, the WiLink 8.0 is a combo chip family that embeds an NFC controller solution, enabling simplified NFC integration on any mobile device. Additionally, WiLink 8.0 solutions are paired and pre-tested with Secure […]

Foursquare, a popular location-based social network for mobile users, has added NFC support to its Android app for devices running on Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich,” according to TechCrunch. The Android update leverages 4.0’s Android Beam peer-to-peer sharing app, enabling Foursquare users to share their lists and venues, as well as add friends, by simply […]