Nokia vice president Ilari Nurmi has announced that the company plans to embed all future devices with NFC technology, according to Thinq.co.uk. Speaking at the Thailand launch of Nokia’s three new NFC-enabled handsets, Nurmi declared, “From now on, all of our products will have an NFC chip inside. All other NFC-equipped devices can also link […]

Visa has announced that 43 Toronto Parking Authority (TPA) Green Parking lots have adopted Visa payWave contactless payments. The new system enables drivers to pay for parking by simply passing their payWave card near the contactless terminal to ‘check in’ to the parking lot, and once again when exiting to complete the transaction. Once the […]

Collis has announced that its Card Simulator and Brand Test Tool have both been qualified by MasterCard WorldWide for the formal PayPass Terminal Integration Process (TIP). According to Collis, the tools are used to test the behavior of the PayPass-enabled terminals according to the MasterCard rules without the need of physical test cards. The test […]

First Investment Bank, one of the largest banks in Bulgaria, is teaming up with Finnish IT company Tieto to bring contactless card payment solutions to the Bulgarian market. According to Tieto, the contactless card solution is designed to increases merchants’ business performance by offering their customers a ‘flexible and fast’ new way of paying – […]

Vision Database Systems, a developer of mobile ID card tracking solutions, has signed an agreement with Datastrip, a mobile handheld manufacturer for the ID market, to represent the company in the U.S. As part of the agreement, VDS will acquire all inventory, process all domestic and international orders, handle marketing and sales, provide tech support […]

Visa Europe has released the results of its first ‘Contactless Barometer’ survey showing mostly positive attitudes toward contactless payments in the UK. Of the 2,000 UK consumers surveyed, those who use contactless payment cards responded with overwhelming positive feedback and expressed a desire to see wider availability of the technology, reports Visa. According to the […]

An EMV Training Academy has been established in Pasadena, Calif. to facilitate the adoption of EMV chip and pin technology in the U.S. and Canadian banking industries. Led by a group of veteran payment industry professionals and technology partners, the EMV Training Academy offers training courses, test tools and consultancy services covering the North American […]

Diebold is demonstrating new prototype ATMs with NFC and biometric technology, as well as “the world’s first virtualized ATM” at VMworld 2011 this week in Las Vegas. According to Diebold, the prototypes are part of a soon-to-be released ATM series that will feature biometric thumbprint authentication and NFC-enabled mobile banking support, as well as other […]

NXP Semiconductors has announced that its PN544 NFC chip has been chosen by Turkcell for Turkey’s first NFC-enabled smart phone. Manufactured by Huawei, the Turkcell T20 Android smart phone will enable Turkcell subscribers to perform a variety of contactless transactions, including payments, data sharing, public transport, event ticketing and access control, according to Turkcell. These […]

Verizon, AT&T T- Mobile are providing more than $100 million in new funding for their mobile payments joint venture Isis, an insider has revealed to Bloomberg. According to the source, the exact amount of funding will be determined by how many banks and merchants sign onto the service, which will debut next year in Salt […]