Approximately 100 million NFC-enabled mobile devices are expected to ship globally in 2012, according to a new report from Forrester. The report, “NFC: What Lies Beyond Contactless Payments,” predicts that the increasing number of NFC mobile phones, coupled with a growing NFC infrastructure, will cause NFC to emerge as the standard for contactless solutions across […]

Gemalto has announced the official launch of its NFC management services in Singapore. Powered by Gemalto’s Allynis Trusted Services Manager (TSM) solution and supported by Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), the project brings together a consortium of local mobile operators, banks and service providers to deliver NFC to Singapore consumers. According to Gemalto, the upcoming […]

First Data Corporation has received Discover certification for its Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution. The qualification enables First Data to support financial institutions in the deployment of their NFC services on mobile devices using the Discover Zip contactless payments application. Designed as a managed service model, First Data’s TSM solution features a single interface that […]

NFC testing lab FIME has been authorized by Isis to certify its mobile handsets and secure elements. FIME’s North American laboratory is the first to earn this qualification, which will standardize the technology throughout the Isis ecosystem to ensure that it meets functional, security and industry regulations. FIME says it will work with device manufacturers […]

Access IS is supplying Alaskan Airlines with 350 new boarding gate readers (BGRs) that can be upgraded to support NFC phones. Access’ BGR135 unit comes with the ability to scan both mobile and print 2D bar codes, but can be upgraded to accommodate NFC by simply swapping the original base for an NFC-enabled one, according […]

CreditCall announced it has joined the EMV Academy, the EMV training and consultancy organization committed to facilitating the migration to EMV chip based payment systems in the United States. With the addition of CreditCall, EMV Academy will now feature CreditCall’s EMV Level 2 Kernel products in all EMV Academy workshops. Coupled with CreditCall’s products, EMV […]

Google has released a cloud-based version of the Google Wallet app that supports all credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. According Google, the new app stores your payment cards on Google’s secure servers, instead of in the secure element of the mobile phone. The secure element still stores a wallet […]

Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, has announced that fuel dispenser technology providers Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Wayne will integrate Isis’s SmartTap technology in select gas pumps in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City to accompany Isis’s official market launch later this summer. The upgraded pumps will allow customers to pay […]

Taiwan’s Cathay United Bank has announced a partnership with Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) to launch an NFC payments pilot on the Taipei public transit network. The pilot uses NFC-enabled Mobile Security Card SWP microSD cards from G&D Secure Flash Solutions, which bank customers can pop into their mobile phones to make contactless mobile payments for […]

New York’s Metro Transit Authority (MTA) has partnered with Nokia to pilot NFC-enabled posters in select Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) stations. According to Byte, the “Touchpoint” posters can be tapped with an NFC phone to automatically launch the LIRR help page on the phone’s browser. Eventually the pilot will be expanded to allow customers […]