ViVOtech and mFoundryLater this year, two companies will release an integrated solution providing a complete mobile banking solution allowing NFC payments as well as secure banking over a mobile phone. ViVOtech and mFoundry will work together to provide virtually all mobile financial services to wireless customers. When combined consumers will have a simple new way […]

ViVOtech and mFoundryLater this year, two companies will release an integrated solution providing a complete mobile banking solution allowing NFC payments as well as secure banking over a mobile phone. ViVOtech and mFoundry will work together to provide virtually all mobile financial services to wireless customers. When combined consumers will have a simple new way […]

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., an airport parking system provider, is making its airport parking applications in North America will begin accepting MasterCard PayPass contactless payments. ACS has more than 20 current installations at some of the nation’s busiest airports. ACS will begin to implement PayPass at selected, existing customer sites this summer. PayPass readers are […]

A multi-city NFC trial launched this week in Memphis, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi thanks to Cellular South. About 75 of the wireless operator’s customers will use a Kyocera phone to make payments at 50-plus merchant locations and vending machines. The trial will run through August 2007 “with an anticipated widespread consumer roll-out of WirelessWallet in […]

QI Systems Inc. has completed the initial shipment of equipment for its new QiWave™ contactless payment system as part of a multi-phase development and supply contract for a campus installation. The hardware sale of approximately $200,000 is expected to be the first of several such orders for QI Systems’ QiWave™ contactless payment technology designed for […]

A multi-city NFC trial launched this week in Memphis, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi thanks to Cellular South. About 75 of the wireless operator’s customers will use a Kyocera phone to make payments at 50-plus merchant locations and vending machines. The trial will run through August 2007 “with an anticipated widespread consumer roll-out of WirelessWallet in […]

Via Licensing Corporation is offering licenses to patents deemed essential to Near Field Communications (NFC) as practiced by devices that are compliant with ISO 18092 and ISO 21481. Via Licensing will act as licensing administrator for this joint licensing program and manage patents from participating companies such as France Telecom, Inside Contactless, and NXP Semiconductors. […]

Understanding why NFC is more than contactless, Bluetooth, or RFID … Certainly among the hottest of topics in the ID world today is Near Field Communication (NFC), an exciting and relatively new technology. While it has become a household term in most identification-centric circles, a significant gap in understanding of its technical operations and capabilities remains. […]

With trials occurring at a fevered pace, NFC is being tested for real world use USA: Cellular South and Kyocera Wireless conduct NFC payment trial of “Wireless Wallet” with consumers in Memphis, TN and Jackson, MS. End date: August 2007. The Netherlands: Roda Stadium trials NFC phones for football ticketing and payment with KPN, Philips, […]

Understanding why NFC is more than contactless, Bluetooth, or RFID … Certainly among the hottest of topics in the ID world today is Near Field Communication (NFC), an exciting and relatively new technology. While it has become a household term in most identification-centric circles, a significant gap in understanding of its technical operations and capabilities […]