MasterCard Australia has announced that more than 1 million contactless PayPass transactions were recorded during the month of August. According to Insider Retailing, this marks the first time that PayPass “Tap and Go” payments have surpassed the 1 million transaction milestone since the technology was introduced in Australia several years ago, indicating growing acceptance of […]

Datacard Group has announced that it will host a seminar to educate bank executives, financial card issuers, acquirers, service bureaus and retailers on EMV technology and NFC adoption in the U.S. marketplace. This three-hour seminar is part of Datacard Group’s EMV technology educational series led by industry expert Guy Berg. According to Datacard, seminar attendees […]

GlobalPlatform has published a new specification that enables mobile service providers to remotely manage applications residing on any type of secure element (SE) in a mobile phone. The single, standardized administration protocol defined by the new GlobalPlatform Device: Secure Element Remote Application Management v1.0 specification also features a retry policy designed to ensure that when […]

Google has announced that The Container Store, Foot Locker, Guess, Jamba Juice, Macy’s, OfficeMax and Toys’R’Us have joined American Eagle in rolling out the full Google Wallet ‘SingleTap’ solution. According to Google, shoppers at these locations can now pay for items, redeem coupons and earn rewards points all with a single tap of their NFC-enabled […]

Google and Samsung unveiled their new Galaxy Nexus handset, the first phone to run the latest Android 4.0 OS – aka Ice Cream Sandwich. The NFC-enabled Galaxy Nexus boasts a 4.65″ Contour Display with 720p HD resolution and a dual core 1.2ghz processor, and comes loaded with new features – notably a biometric facial scanner, […]

Tagattitude, a French company specializing in electronic transactions, has announced the launch of what it’s calling NFC2.0, a mobile payments system that enables NFC-like contactless mobile transactions without the need for an actual NFC chip. According to Tech Cruch, the entirely software-based solution transfers data using a supersonic signal from the phone’s speaker, rather than […]

VingCard Elsafe has announced that the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa in Edinburgh, Scotland has installed VingCard’s Signature RFID contactless locking solution. Replacing the traditional magnetic stripe key card system, the new locks will enable guests to simply tap to enter their room using a contactless card or fob. The system can also be adapted […]

Continua Health Alliance, an industry organization of health care and technology companies, is teaming up with the NFC Forum to expand NFC connectivity technology in the health IT industry. The agreement between the organizations will see the creation of personal connected health products and services that provide patients, caregivers and health care providers simpler and […]

Eftops, Australia’s system for processing payment card transactions at the point of sale, has announced plans to introduce contactless payment technology via card and mobile phone, as well as online purchases, according to the Herald Sun. Eftops will pilot the new technology this week with a specially branded eftops card equipped with a contactess chip. […]

New research from Intersperience shows that a significant number of UK shoppers would not use mobile payment systems over fears of phone hacking. In a poll of 1,000 UK adults, only 17% indicated that they would like to use their phone as a wallet in future, with 44% citing “a lack of security software” as […]