Contactless network provider accells has announced a partnership with mobile financial service provider Fundamo to bring NFC retail payment and other point of sales services to emerging markets. The partners say they will leverage Fundamo’s 50 existing mobile financial service deployments across more than 40 countries worldwide for the NFC rollout, including 27 countries in […]

DeviceFidelity has announced that it will demonstrate the newest version of its In2Pay technology for iPhone 4 at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona. The In2Pay V3 solution comprises an NFC-enabled protective case (called the iCaisse 4) with microSD slot that transforms the iPhone4 into a mobile wallet, as well as delivers additional NFC […]

Vodafone has announced that it will soon offer the NFC-enabled Nexus S handsets in 24 countries. Designed by Google and manufactured by Samsung, the Nexus S is the world’s first handset to be powered by the Android 2.3 platform. It features a 4-inch display, 1GHz processor, 5MP camera with HD video recording, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, […]

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is partnering with South Korea’s KT Corporation to develop international NFC services for mobile payments, mass-transit ticketing, promotional coupons and more by the end of 2012. The two telecom giants are working through their joint Business & Technology Cooperation Committee to hammer out NFC common specifications that will be incorporated in devices, […]

French bank Crédit Agricole has picked Gemalto to help deploy its NFC mobile payment solutions in Nice. As part of the “Nice, Ville NFC” initiative, Crédit Agricole Provence Côte d’Azur will offer its customers contactless mobile payment services at stores in the Nice Côte d’Azur urban community. Gemalto will supply its Trusted Service Management operated […]

GOTrust Technology Inc.announced that it would start delivering its microSD hardware security module on Feb. 14, the opening day of the RSA Security Conference and Expo. This hardware-based authentication and encryption/decryption solution will integrate with existing VPN clients on tablet PCs and smart phones. The microSD HSM is a 32-bit, Common Criteria EAL 5+ certified […]

Transit riders are one step closer to ditching that stack of monthly transit passes and switch to a single card they can use to ride the train and make other purchases. Two more agencies have jumped to the front of the pack in a push for an open-payment system that would allow riders to use […]

INSIDE Secure has launched a new version of its Open NFC protocol stack geared toward Google Android 2.3 (aka GIngerbread). The first of its kind for Gingerbread, INSIDE’s Open NFC version 4.2 offers chip vendors, smart phone manufacturers, wireless carriers and software developers a way to implement NFC independently of underlying NFC hardware, as well […]

Precise Biometrics has introduced a new division called Mobile that it hopes will help the company provide new solutions. As would be expected, the new Mobile division is tasked with developing biometric solutions for mobile technologies and devices such as smart phones and tablet computers. The company is standing on a number of other accomplishments […]

Leaked specs of two brand-new BlackBerry handsets shows RIM is serious about NFC. According to Top10.com, both the Monaco Touch and Sedona handsets will be NFC-equipped when they hit stores in late summer 2011. In addition to NFC, the Monaco Touch will feature a 3.7 in touch screen, 4GB of internal memory, a five megapixel […]