Ed McLaughlin, MasterCard’s head of Emerging Payments, has some good news for those waiting on NFC-enabled phones for contactless payments. In an interview with Fast Company, McLaughlin said that he didn’t know of a handset maker who wasn’t working on integrating support for PayPass contactless payments. When pressed by FC about whether this statement included […]

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that the forthcoming Wii U game controller will feature embedded NFC technology. According to Iwata, the NFC controller will contain the same contactless standards used in FeliCa and Mifare products, enabling it to interact with a variety of different NFC-tagged objects to enrich the gaming experience. “By installing this […]

MasterCard and Commonwealth Bank have announced the launch of a QkR, a new mobile app that enables movie theater goers to browse and purchase refreshments from their seats. The app (pronounced “quicker”) is now being piloted at Australian cinema chain Hoyts at multiple La Premiere theaters around Sydney. Each La Premiere seat armrest contains an […]

Sequent Software, a California-based provider of mobile NFC software, announced the launch of Core Card Services (CCS), a solution designed to enable any mobile app to seamlessly integrate NFC payments, ticketing, coupons, ID badge access and more. According to Sequent, CCS consists of on-device middleware and support services that “unlock NFC innovation” for app developers, […]

LikeBelt from deeplocal on Vimeo. And now for something completely different. Pittsburgh-based design studio Deeplocal has developed an NFC-enabled belt that lets the wearer “like” things on Facebook much in the same way that a dog “likes” your leg. No, this isn’t something out of The Onion. According to Wired, those who don the LikeBelt […]

CARTES in North America, a new annual card manufacturing, payment, identification and digital security expo and conference, has placed mobile payments at the center of its agenda of this year’s inaugural event. Held March 5-7, 2012 in Las Vegas, CARTES will focus on determining what combination of technology convergence, business partnerships and consumer acceptance points […]

XING has announced that the newest version of its Android mobile app now contains support for NFC. XING’s 11 million members can now exchange contact information wirelessly through a new feature called “XING Beam.” According to XING, the feature is activated when two XING members call up their profile on their NFC-enabled Android device and […]

Several major wine producers are now using an NFC solution from eProvenance to monitor the temperature of their wine during shipment and storage, according to Point of Sale News. The eProvenance solution uses NFC sensors from Near Field Solutions, which are embedded into wine casks to keep a record of temperatures, origin, history and other […]

Office Depot has joined Home Depot as the second U.S. retailer to test PayPal’s point of sale payments solution, according to TG Daily. Customers at select Office Depot stores can now make payments directly from their PayPal balance by simply punching in their mobile phone number and PayPal PIN. The solution requires only a software […]

OpenWays has announced the launch of its “Mobile Key Dual with Pure NFC” hotel check-in and room access solution at Nordic Choice Hotels in Stockholm, Sweden. Developed in partnership with Nokia and NXP, the solution enables hotel guests to use their mobile phones to check in remotely to their hotel and open the the door […]