Gauge Mobile has teamed up with Newad to launch a series of NFC-enabled advertising displays on college campuses across Canada. Based on Gauge’s Scanvee platform, the solution enables users to simply tap their NFC-enabled smart phone on a Newad display to instantly receive discount coupons, enter contests, provide feedback or purchase products. According to Gauge, […]

The NFC Forum has announced the release of its 16th specification, the Simple NDEF Exchange Protocol (SNEP) for sending or receiving messages between two NFC-enabled devices. The free to download SNEP is an extension of the NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF). Previously, NDEF was applicable only to NFC tags in reader/writer mode. Now, SNEP enables […]

OfficeMax has deployed new payment terminals in more than 100 stores in support of Google’s mobile contactless payments service, Google Wallet. Google Wallet users can now pay for their office supplies with a single tap of their NFC-enabled phone, as well as redeem coupons and earn points with OfficeMax’s MaxPerks Rewards loyalty program. The new […]

Speaking at 5th annual Islamic Banking exhibition in Tehran, Watchdata announced that it will work with Padisar Informatics to deliver and promote NFC mobile banking solutions in Iran. For the first time, exhibition attendees were privy to a demonstration of NFC technology via Watchdata’s range of payment and mobile banking solutions, including the SIM card-based […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has delivered a new BlackBerry mobile ticketing app for Rhein-Main Verkehrsverbund (RMV), the rail company servicing Frankfurt, Germany and its surrounding areas. Already available on Android and iPhone, the Java-based app allows users to purchase tickets on RMV’s public transport system with just their mobile. Users need only register via the RMV […]

Cubic Transportation Systems is bringing its “I Heat My Card” themed video contest to this week’s American Public Transportation Association (APTA) EXPO 2011. According to Cubic, “I Heart My Card” lets the public give creative expression to how their transit card makes their life and travel easier and more enjoyable. The social media-based contest is […]

IMS Research has released a new report projecting that the number of payment and banking smart cards in Brazil will reach 450 million by the end of 2016. According to the report, Brazil is easily the largest market for payment and banking cards in South America, and second largest in the Americas. The country is […]

Hypercom USA, a payment terminal manufacturer and secure software developer, has announced that it has formally changed its corporate name to Equinox Payments LLC. In addition to selling new products under the Equinox brand, the company will continue to manufacture, sell and support all payment terminals and peripherals previously offered in the U.S. by Hypercom, […]

ABI Research has published a new report predicting that NFC payments will reach mass market adoption in the United States and Western Europe in 2016, with annual NFC transactions reaching $100 billion. “Despite the lack of definitive announcements to date, MNOs and OEMs will flood some markets with NFC payment-ready smart phones in 2012 and […]

Key Innovations has announced a new unattended payment terminal that supports both NFC and EMV chip and pin transactions, as well as magnetic stripe cards. The compact KSD6000 terminal features a 3.2-inch color display that guides the customer through the purchasing process through a series of animated menus. The display also allows retailers to deliver […]