LEGIC has announced that the K&N Kenanga International building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has installed a new physical access control using LEGIC’s contactless technology. Located in Kuala Lumpur’s central business district, the Kenanga building is a 22-story commercial structure with a three-and-a-half-story annexed podium block. According to LEGIC, the system includes six lanes of Argus […]

The NFC Forum has signed agreements to work with organizations representing three different industries: the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA), the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) and the Open Mobile Alliance. The first group, APSCA, is a non-profit association that provides information, consultancy and networking services to the Asia Pacific smart card industry. […]

PayPal has developed a new Android widget that enables users to tap their phones together to exchange money, reports PCWorld. Expected to launch this summer, the widget runs only on NFC phones, like the Nexus S featured in the video above. To exchange funds, one user enters the amount to paid, and then holds their […]

Identive Group has announced the launch of an online marketplace featuring NFC solutions for system integrators and applications developers. According to the company, IdentiveNFC.com will offer a range of NFC products and educational resources, including: NFC tags for Google Places program – Pre-personalized NFC tags for local businesses participating in Google’s smart poster campaign. NFC […]

Vodafone CEO Russell Stanners has announced that the company is working with banks to potentially roll out NFC payments in New Zealand, according to Computerworld. Stanners told the Trans-Tasman Business Circle yesterday that the infrastructure for NFC payments is already in place, and the company is currently in talks with banks on how to introduce […]

Spendvision has announced the availability of its new eMoney module, allowing businesses to capture, manage and report on purchases made by employees using NFC technology. Designed to give businesses better insight into employee expenses, the module enables eMoney transactions to be integrated with all other types of transactions, making it easier for staff to record […]

Tyfone has announced that it will provide its suite of mobile wallet services to CoVantage Credit Union (CVCU). CVCU will use Tyfone’s technology to offer customers contactless mobile payments via a memory card through its nine branches in Wisconsin and Michigan. According to Tyfone, the the secure element in the memory card enables CVCU to […]

Absa, the largest consumer bank in South Africa, has concluded a nine-month pilot of contactless payment technology and says it will soon roll out contactless tap-and-go cards to customers, according to ITWeb. Absa’s cards will be available as prepaid or debit, and can be used to tap and pay for goods at retailers as well […]

Toppan Forms and Hewlett-Packard Japan have announced a partnership to help improve the contactless payments infrastructure in Japan and lower the costs for merchants and businesses to offer e-money services. Toppan Forms will supply its system equipment development technology for contactless smart cards and HP Japan will offer its IC Chip Access Server for FeliCa […]

Turkcell has announced the official launch of its new NFC-enabled T20 smart phone. Developed alongside Chinese telecom Huawei, the UICC and SWP equipped T20 will enable users to conduct contactless mobile payments via Turkcell’s MasterCard PayPass-enabled mobile wallet service, Turkcell Cep-T Cüzdan. In addition to mobile payments, customers can use the handset to share information, […]