Precise Biometrics has announced that it has divided its business into three separate parts consisting of a Mobile division, an Identity and Access Management (IAM) division and an Access Solutions division. The change occurred due to the company’s forward looking plan, called Plan 2015, which serves as the strategic platform for the company’s development until […]

Australian supermarket chain Coles is considering adopting contactless payments after a successful introduction of the technology in its hardware business Bunnings Warehouse last year, according to ZDNet Australia. The company, which has 742 stores in Australia, hopes to introduce the technology to boost efficiency at the check-out line and improve overall customer experience, says Douglas […]

Educating on the benefits of open bank card payments, as well as convergence of smart card-based ID applications and NFC in transit is the focus for the upcoming year for the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council. The group announced the 2011-2012 officers and steering committee. “For 2011, we are asking ‘what’s next,’ answering the questions […]

CHARGE Anywhere has developed an Android app that turns Google’s Nexus S smart phone into an NFC payment terminal. The app enables businesses of any size to process check, ACH and credit card payments, including MasterCard PayPass and Visa Blink, using only a Nexus S handset. The company says it intends to expand the solution […]

Leading Software, a UK-based developer of management software solutions, has announced it has selected biometrics developer Voxeo’s cloud to host authentication for the new voice-recognition biometrics system it is developing. The solutions Leading Software is working towards include biometric-based password reset services and mobile phone transaction authentication. Leading chose Voxeo for hosting their authentication services […]

Aconite and Proxama have announced the launch of a mobile prepaid solution that will allow South African commuters to pay for fares with the tap of an NFC-enabled phone. This new mobile proposition, which integrates Proxama’s NFC wallet application, extends the capability of the solution Aconite recently implemented for the South African Transit project. Aconite […]

South Korea’s Solacia has announced it intends to deliver its high-capacity USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) cards for the next-generation of 4G services from Verizon and other mobile providers in the U.S. “Korea’s mobile providers foresee a mobile payments market of US$145 billion by 2015, and the US market will be potentially four times as […]

Google has announced the launch of a new 4G version of its NFC-equipped Nexus S handset. The upgraded Nexus, which still runs on the Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” OS, features an NFC chip that gives the handset full mobile wallet functionality. According to Mobiledia, Google will use the new Nexus in its upcoming NFC payments trial […]

UK-based management consultancy The Human Chain and US-based BÖWE BELL + HOWELL (BBH) have announced a partnership to deliver NFC services to the U.S. The partners say they are looking into the loyalty, membership, payment and access control markets, delivering solutions that will leverage multiple form factors such as smart phones, cards, microSD and stickers. […]

French payment solutions provider Ingenico has announced that shipments of its contactless payment terminals with NFC technology doubled in 2010. According to Ingenico, 21% of the company’s terminals sold in 2010 were equipped with contactless technology, twice the rate of 2009. Ingenico’s Telium terminals support NFC ISO18092 and are capable of accepting value added services […]