The Museum of London is teaming up with Nokia to equip its exhibits with NFC technology, according to Noknok.tv. The new design will allow visitors to swipe their NFC-enabled handsets near special tags from Nokia to receive pictures, links and other downloadable info about a given exhibit, rather than wear the guided tour headset. “NFC […]

Conrad Harvey, the IT head of Australian supermarket chain Coles, says he is hesitant to go forward with a major NFC payments trial due to concerns over security, reports ZDNet Australia. Speaking at a CEDA event in Sydney, Harvey said, “There’s an exciting opportunity in changing the way we can further interact with customers using […]

Research firm Gartner has placed NFC payments at the peak of the ‘Inflated Expectations’ curve in its 2011 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle. According to Gartner, The Hype Cycle graph has been used since 1995 to highlight the common pattern of “over-enthusiasm, disillusionment and eventual realism” that accompanies each new technology and innovation. “Themes from this […]

IMS Research has launched a new report predicting that the number of payment and banking smart cards shipped in China will leap from 17 million in 2010 to more than one billion total by 2016. According to Analyst Don Tait, The People’s Bank of China’s announcement in March to convert the country’s debit and credit […]

ABI Research has released a new report predicting that 85% of point-of-sale terminals worldwide will be contactless-enabled by 2016 — up from just 10% in 2010. In “Cellular-enabled POS Terminals, ATMs, and Vending Machinesm,” ABI attributes the growth to the proliferation of contactless cards, “rapid” adoption of NFC-enabled cell phones, and the introduction of major […]

Public transport passengers in Halton, England will soon be able to use contactless transit cards on buses, trains and ferries, according to Runcorn & Widness Weekly News. Slated for debut in October, the new Oyster-style passes will be distributed by Merseytravel to those renewing their season tickets. In addition to transport ticketing, Merseytravel plans for […]

PSCU Financial Services, one of the nation’s largest credit union service organizations (CUSO), has announced a partnership with Andrews Federal Credit Union to launch a new EMV credit card geared toward international travelers. According to PSCU, the roll out is targeted towards credit unions with large overseas membership like Andrews FCU, which is based in […]

San Francisco-based Sifteo has developed a new interactive game system using NFC technology. “Sifteo Cubes” are maude up of three compact color screen blocks that wirelessly interact with each other to play a variety of hands on developmental games, including puzzles, arithmetic, word sorting and even classic board games like chess. According to Gizmodo, the […]

Multicard has announced it will provide the Municipality of Enschede, The Netherlands with a solution to manage the community’s free bus transport service for older residents. Multicard’s solution encompasses participant enrollment, the issuance of special passes for the service, management of the database of participants, and the design and management of a Web portal that […]

Frost & Sullivan has release a new report predicting that the revenues from trusted service managers (TSMs) for the NFC services market will reach €330 million by 2015, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 74% between 2010 and 2015. “NFC handset availability will stop being a restraint and will, instead, become a driver […]