Russian Post and MasterCard have signed an agreement to jointly develop financial products and payment technology and post offices, according to Post & Parcel. Together with MasterCard, the national post operator in Russia will introduce PayPass contactless payment terminals to more than 2,000 post offices. The two companies could also take this technology further to […]

Paydiant, provider of a cloud-based, white label mobile payments platform, has announced the closing of a $12 million round of Series B funding. The funding was led by Stage 1 Ventures, whose Managing Director, David Baum, will join Paydiant’s board of directors. The round also included existing investors North Bridge Venture Partners and General Catalyst […]

US Med-Equip launched its RFID-enabled asset management system, Star Trax, to improve equipment utilization at the Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin, Texas. Star Trax provides hospital management the ability to see real-time visibility and utilization status reports for each piece of equipment being processed through the system, such as infusion pumps, DVT pumps and portable […]

IT security solution provider Celestix has added new features to its HOTPin two-factor authentication server. Along with one-time password generation through soft tokens and clientless authentication through SMS, HOTPin now can support hardware tokens and on screen authentication via virtual keyboard. Celestix has also added more functionality to the product’s existing authentication form factors. They […]

The New York Public Library provided contactless wristbands to guests at its 2012 Opening Night Gala that enabled them to instantly “like” any one of the 30,000 different cocktails served. One of the main events of annual Manhattan Cocktail Classic, the Opening Night Gala was held at the library’s Bryant Park branch and featured over […]

China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile network operator, is set to launch its first NFC-enabled mobile phone, reports NFC World. Slated to launch in the third quarter of 2012, the handset will be a version of Yulong’s Coolpad 8870 running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. The dual GSM/TD-SCDMA device will support a number of NFC […]

Thursby Software Systems, Inc. has expanded the Mac compatibility of its PKard smart card with its PKard for Mac v. 1.2. This version integrates the smart card to Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lioin. PKard for Mac provides smart card access to secure websites, Web VPN and secure Apple mail for the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) market. […]

Wireless device manufacturer Parrot has unveiled a pair of NFC-enabled wireless headphones. The new Zik headphones feature an NFC chip embedded in the left ear cup, enabling the user to establish a Bluetooth connection with other NFC-enabled devices with a simple tap. For example, users can tap their NFC phone against their Zik headphones to […]