The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is launching a platform for mobile payment services that will have customers making contactless transactions with their phones by 2012, according to futuregov.asia. In the IDA’s own words, the project will deliver “a secure, interoperable and scalable NFC infrastructure that provides an open and cost effective means for […]

Bank of America has announced plans to issue contactless stickers to its credit and debit card customers next year, according to American Banker. The new stickers can be attached to mobile phones and other device to enable contactless mobile payment at the point of sale. The bank also announced that it will begin issuing contactless […]

DeviceFidelity announced that its microSD based In2Pay technology for plug and play mobile contactless transactions is now available for the Android mobile phone operating system. Already available for BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows and Symbian platforms, In2Pay features integrated support for mass personalization, Trusted Services Management (TSM) and multi-application mobile wallet software. According to DeviceFidelity, Android is […]

Tyfone has been awarded a new patent for its mobile wallet platform. The patented technology, Mobile phone with electronic transaction card, enables the use of a mobile phone to transmit transaction data to a reader device via an NFC-enabled memory card. The memory card includes circuitry used to produce a time-varying magnetic field that enables […]

Dockon Inc. and Thinkify together announced the new Thinkify TR-200 desktop RFID reader designed for document control and provisioning, using Dockon’s CPL Antenna design. Powered by USB, and compliant with the ISO-18000-6-C Gen2 standard, the new device enables tag provisioning, point of sale and document/records tracking in medical and legal offices. And the communication protocol […]

Unisys has laid out its predictions for the security technology marketplace in 2011, which includes the continued consumerization of IT. Primarily, Unisys expects mobile device security to be a large driver of the changes. As these devices are used more for corporate logon there is a concern about their security. Due to this, Unisys expects […]

Celent has released a new report stating that China will soon lead the worldwide mobile payments market with 410 million users by 2013, according to finextra.com. China already boasts more than 740 million mobile phone users as of 2009, making it easily the world’s largest mobile market. However, mobile payment has so far penetrated this […]

Intelleflex introduced two new additions to its product family with the new announcement of the HMR-9090 handheld reader and the FMR-6000 fixed reader. Working in tandem with Intelleflex tags the new readers enable wireless on-demand, product-level monitoring for perishable and pharmaceutical cold supply chains. Producers, shippers, distributors and retailers are able to monitor product freshness […]

Zebra announced the release of its ZebraLink Utilities app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on the Apple AppStore. The new ZebraLink utility will offer the ability to encode RFID tags, using a RFID-enabled Zebra printer, print multiple bar code types and receipts, and auto-generate variable data entry forms using templates created in the free […]

Research In Motion (RIM) is reportedly planning to equip next year’s BlackBerry smart phones with NFC chips, effectively turning them into mobile payment devices, according to berryreview.com. The news coincides with both Google’s announcement that its new OS ‘Gingerbread’ will support NFC, and with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile’s recently revealed joint venture into mobile payments, […]