Samsung is preparing to enter the mobile commerce arena with an NFC-enabled mobile payments service in the works that offers contactless, online and remote payments, a source told NFC Times. Samsung’s service will run on existing contactless payment technology, such as Visa payWave or MasterCard PayPass, and will come embedded on the handset maker’s future […]

Samsung has announced the availability of the first Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” software upgrade for the NFC-enabled Galaxy S II handset. Starting today, Galaxy S II owners in Poland, Hungary, Sweden and Korea can upgrade the latest Android platform, which includes the new Android Beam application for NFC-enabled peer-to-peer content sharing. According to Samsung, […]

The cities of Cincinnati and Grand Rapids, Mich. have implemented an RFID-based recycling system from the duo of UPM RFID and Cascade Engineering. The two municipalities are using RFID technology to optimize waste management processes and to motivate citizen behavioral change with incentive-based recycling programs and pay-as-you-throw pricing. Cascade Engineering’s RFID system for the waste […]

Sony has revealed its latest Xperia smart phone, the NFC-enabled Xperia Sola. Slated for global launch in the second quarter of 2012, the Android 4.0-powered Sola comes equipped with Xperia SmartTags, enabling consumers to change their smartphone’s settings and applications with a simple tap against an NFC token. The Xperia Sola also debuts Sony’s brand […]

Australia is moving towards a cashless society, with the latest trends indicating a rise in the number contactless payments, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Figures released by the Reserve Bank show decline in ATM cash withdrawals. In January, the total number of ATM withdrawals was down almost by nearly 1 million when compared to […]

The Bank of China and other major Chinese banks are deploying new bank terminals designed to reduce teller fraud in branch offices. Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD created the product by integrating AuthenTec’s TCS2 TouchChip fingerprint sensors into its Bank ID Terminals. Bank tellers will use their fingerprints to provide a unique identification marker, which will […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced that it will support a steering group for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace with $2 million in funding for up to two years to provide the group with ongoing secretarial, administrative and logistical support. “This grant will help to establish an independent steering committee […]