The European Payments Council (EPC) has published the second edition of its “White Paper on Mobile Payments.” According to EPC, the white paper focuses on the usage of the mobile payments in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and explores how m-payment services can be delivered through cooperation between service providers in the payment industry […]

The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council has published a white paper examining how the transit industry can best make use of NFC technology. “One of the major challenges facing transit agencies today is how to capitalize on the ever-growing popularity of mobile phones with a solid mobile strategy,” said Transportation Council Chairman Craig Roberts. “This […]

GlobalPlatform has launched the first in a series of online guides that will explain in simple terms the association’s current projects and technologies. Up now on the GlobalPlatform Web site, the first guide covers Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), or the hardware and software on a mobile device that ensures that sensitive data is stored, processed […]

The UK’s YESpay International and YES-wallet.com have teamed up to build an NFC-enabled cloud-based mobile payments platform. By integrating the YES-wallet Pouch digital wallet with YESpay EMBOSS payment service, the companies will provide a platform that encompasses e-Money, pre-paid and gift-card payments based on Visa PayWave and MasterCard PayPass contactless standards. According to the partners, […]

Datacard Group, a provider of secure ID and card personalization solutions, has announced an equity investment and strategic partnership with DeviceFidelity, makers of the In2Pay mobile payments solution. As per the agreement, Datacard will offer DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay suite of solutions, enabling financial institutions and wireless carriers to issue customers a credit, debit, prepaid or multi-account […]

Visa has announced that more than 1 million EMV chip-enabled cards have been issued by U.S. financial institutions as of December 31, 2011. Just 18 months ago there were no Visa-branded EMV chip cards issued in the U.S. according to Visa’s Stephanie Ericksen, who attributes the sudden growth to U.S. issuers accepting Visa’s EMV and […]

The upcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system, aka “Apollo,” will contain support for NFC, multicore processors, new screen resolutions, and removable microSD card storage, according to an exclusive video intercepted by PoketNow. In the video, senior vice president and Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore highlighted the new platform’s contactless payments capabilities, claiming Windows 8 devices […]

Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, has announced the launch of a SIM-based NFC road toll payment application on the Turkcell T11 smart phone. Developed in collaboration with Bank Asya, the app allows users to migrate their plastic KGS toll payment cards onto their T11 smart phone to pay for fares when crossing bridges and freeway […]

Exclusive to Sprint since its launch in 2011, Google Wallet is now being offered on Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones from AT&T and Verizon, according to BriefMobile. Verizon had originally blocked Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus – presumably out of defense of its own NFC payments joint venture Isis with AT&T and T-Mobile. But now […]

A recent survey conducted by Wincor Nixdorf shows that a strong majority of French consumers are interested in using fingerprint scanning technology to secure transactions. Out of 1,008 French consumers surveyed, a healthy 69% said they were in favor of scanning their fingerprint at the point of sale to secure electronic payments rather than punch […]