Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P) financial service provider has selected Cryptomathic’s two-factor authentication solution to protect its customers against remote banking threats. The Cryptomathic Authenticator was chosen because of its ability to integrate into the bank’s existing back-end infrastructure by operating as a standalone service. Additionally, the solution can interface with the IL&P’s two distinct […]

All new smart phones developed by Nokia from 2011 will include NFC, according to an NFC World report. This comes as part of an announcement made by Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s executive vice president for markets, at a keynote presentation during this year’s Mobey Forum meeting in Helsinki, Finland. No specific details about the new models […]

Singapore-based Cassis International says they are in talks with UAE telcom provider Du to give Dubai citizens NFC functionality in their mobile phones, according to itp.net. This means that passengers on the Dubai Metro could be able to pay at the turnstile using only their NFC-enabled mobile phones. Chua Thian Yee, CEO of Cassis International, […]

Biometric Intelligence and Identification (BI2) Technologies, a Massachusetts-based technology developer, has announced the release of its new iPhone-based multi-modal biometric solution called MORIS. MORIS, which stands for mobile offender recognition and information system, uses both facial recognition and iris recognition and will be first implemented at the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department in Massachusetts. Helping push […]

Japanese mobile service provider KDDI has chosen Gemalto to provide its User Identity Module (UIM) cards and Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution for an upcoming NFC pilot. From May to December 2010, participants in the pilot will be able to use various types of NFC services ranging from mobile payments, transportation services, e-driver licenses, e-ticketing, […]

Citibank has begun offering customers contactless stickers that can turn mobile phones into payment devices, says finextra.com. The stickers link directly to the user’s Citi credit card account to perform purchases of up to $50 at MasterCard PayPass points of sale. The stickers, provided by Oberthur Technologies, are available on request via Citi’s Website. Read […]

Polish mobile operator PTC has partnered with Inteligo bank and MasterCard to launch the first NFC payment pilot in Poland. The trial, which launched on May 20, will run for 4 months with 100 selected PTC & Inteligo customers, VIPs and journalists. Trial participants can make payments using a Samsung S5230N NFC phone in various […]

Innovision Research & Technology has made version two of its GEM NFC semiconductor technology available for licensing. GEM 2 is designed to enable NFC devices and global NFC interoperability with existing and emerging standards for contactless payment, mass transit ticketing, access control and smart objects, including ISO/IEC 18092, 21481, 14443A&B, and 15693. According to IR&T, […]

VingCard Elsafe announced that its SENTINEL II NFC in-room safe has been selected as a contributor to the GUESTROOM 20X display at HITEC 2010, June 22 – 24 in Orlando, Fla. According to Rune Venas, president of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality Inc. for North America, “GUESTROOM 20X showcases the most technologically advanced products and services as […]

AIRTAG has announced the launch of its “NFC Portal Application” in Nice, France. The application, deployed by NRJ mobile through its contactless CITYZI system, enables Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to offer a user friendly NFC portal where it is possible to add, remove and manage what AIRTAG calls “Services Widgets.” Once embedded in the phone, […]