Giesecke & Devrient and Nokia announced that G&D has become the sole shareholder in Venyon Oy by acquiring the shares held by Nokia. G&D held a majority of the shares before the acquisition. Since its creation in 2006, Venyon has established itself as a trusted service managers (TSM) in the mobile near field communication market. […]

National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced that it expects to replace pass codes with voice biometrics for its mobile banking customers in the future, according to a Ecommerce Journal article. NAB has already been successfully utilizing voice biometrics for authenticating customers in their call center since this past summer. With the increase in customers utilizing […]

Vodafone has teamed up with Spanish railway operator Renfe to launch an NFC payment trial in Renfre’s Madrid train stations. Users will be able to access the trains by tapping their NFC-enabled mobile phones against readers installed on the platforms. The project aims to improve the passengers flow at Renfe stations, particularly during peak hours. […]

In partnership with BMO Bank of Montreal and Research In Motion, MasterCard Canada is bringing its PayPass Tap & Go contactless payment technology to BlackBerry smart phones for a four-month trial. In this trial, participants will use PayPass Mobile Tag-equipped BlackBerry devices to make purchases at any of the 8,500 merchant locations in Canada that […]

GlobalPlatform launched the GlobalPlatform Card Networked Framework v1.0. The technical document – which can be downloaded here – introduces new concepts that will enable GlobalPlatform cards to support a sophisticated networked environment. The Card Networked Framework v1.0 enables administration of a new generation of GlobalPlatform cards, which can utilize TCP/IP communications and support Web applications […]

Gujarat has become the first Indian state to issue RFID-enabled ID cards to its police officers for improved security, surveillance and management of the police force, according to indianexpress.com. The extent of the deployment is currently confined to the nearly 100 policemen in the rural Rajkot Range, but the government hopes to cover all 4,000 […]

BNP Paribas has selected Oberthur Technologies to supply the NFC Services Management Solution for an NFC project in Nice, France. Oberthur will manage the mobile payment service on behalf of BNP Paribas via an OTA (Over the Air) Platform. Starting in the spring of 2010 more than 3,000 residents in the French city of Nice […]

AuthenTec announced the shipment of its 50 millionth fingerprint sensor. Founded in October 1998, AuthenTec established a previous industry benchmark of 25 million sensors in November 2007 and took less than two years to double that mark to 50 million. AuthenTec’s 50 millionth sensor was shipped to Fujitsu Limited for integration into its smart phone, […]

Oberthur Technologies’ contactless sticker product–FlyBuy–has been granted approval by Discover Financial Services. Discover’s type approval process ensures that the Discover Zip contactless payment application properly operates on the FlyBuy Sticker and that it is also interoperable with Discover-certified payment terminals. Discover’s credit, debit, and prepaid issuers may now use FlyBuy Sticker for contactless sticker programs. […]

INSIDE Contactless and Mobile Distillery have announced a partnership to create a new NFC mobile application development platform. This partnership is designed to boost the development of NFC applications for the Wave-Me NFC services platform by making it easier for software makers to write applications once and deploy them across a broad range of NFC-enabled […]