Raisonance has announced the availability of its next generation signal emulator for smart card testing and certification. According to Raisonance, the new ProxiLAB3 provides all the features required for testing smart cards, readers and NFC mobile phones in all modes of operation – passive, active and peer-to-peer. With ProxiLAB3, users can digitally modify parameters of […]

GlobalPlatform has announced the launch of a Trusted Service Manager (TSM) Working Group to support NFC payment systems. The group, created in response to market demand, will focus initially on specifying a standard language to facilitate communication between TSMs operating within the banking sector and mobile network operators (MNO). As independent trusted third parties, TSMs […]

Upstate New York-based Adirondack Trust Company is now offering Bling Nation’s mobile payments system to its customers and community. Customers with a checking account at Adirondack Trust can now sign up for a BlingTag, a quarter-sized sticker that is applied to the back of their mobile phone to enable mobile payments. Customers can also use […]

Gemalto and Texas Instruments (TI) have partnered to enable Gemalto Mobile Financial Services on TI’s OMAP platform and M-Shield security technology for mobile devices. The new solution will provide an integrated security platform for handset manufacturers and carriers to securely conduct mobile financial transactions. TI’s OMAP platform includes Trusted Logic’s Trusted Foundations, which provides protection […]

The South Texas Coop Child Nutrition Program has selected Green Edge Systems, for its wireless temperature monitoring system and it’s iQuality handheld PDA. The iQuality PDA has an integrated RFID reader that allows users to read RFID temperature tags that are placed inside each of the refrigeration units. It has no screws or connecting parts […]

First Data Corporation is partnering with mobile contactless payment provider Tyfone to launch SideTap MicroSD memory cards designed to transform cell phones into mobile contactless payment devices. The SideTap card, which works with any phone equipped with a memory card slot, can contain financial information and secure identification from multiple sources, such as specific retailers […]

UK’s Barclaycard and mobile service provider Orange are planning to deploy NFC-enabled mobile phones by the end of 2010, according to The Register. The announcement came during a presentation by Barclaycard’s Head of Innovation Marketing, Sarah Mansfield, who stated that before the end of the year Orange customers will be able to buy NFC-enabled handsets. […]

IBBT, a research institute of the Flemish government, has completed two-year study on the use of NFC-enabled mobile coupons in place of paper vouchers. The research was conducted in collaboration with Clear2Pay/Integri, Keyware and Accor Services, and addressed mobile coupons’ usability, legal aspects, security and applications. The technology would enable consumers to pay at the […]

Can biometrics help launch mobile payment in U.S.? For the first time, a mobile phone with a fingerprint biometric scanner is arriving on U.S. shores. The LG eXpo is being offered in the U.S. by AT&T and in Canada by TELUS, says Art Stewart, vice president of mobile systems products at Authentec, a Melbourne, Fla.-based […]

GO-Trust Technology Inc. announces the release of a VoIP encrypted security application for voice and text mobile to mobile communication. The device called KingCall, features a microSD, or SDencrypter, which contains a smart card chip and high speed communication interface. The device made its debut at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. KingCall enables for […]