Thursby Software Systems announced that its free PKard Reader app for secure Web browsing has been granted FIPS 140-2 validation from the Cryptographic Module Validation Program, a joint effort between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Communications Security Establishment of the Government of Canada. Thursby’s PKard Reader solution enables people to securely […]

Canada-based advertising company Astral Out-of-Home has announced that it will deploy NFC-enabled ads in transit shelters across Toronto. Over the summer months, some 80 NFC-enabled Scotiabank Scene posters will be displayed in Astral transit shelters located near movie theaters in downtown Toronto. Users can tap their NFC phones against the posters to enter a Facebook […]

China Mobile and China UnionPay have signed an agreement to jointly develop an array of mobile payments products and services, according to Marbridge Consulting. Under the details of the agreement, the partners will collaborate on SIM-based payments for online shopping, bill payments and long distance mobile payments as well as NFC payments at the point […]

Clothing retailer The Gap has completed an NFC-based marketing campaign at its two flagship stores in Tokyo’s Harajuku and Ginza districts, reports Floost.com. The week-long “High Touch” campaign pitted the two stores against each other in a competition to see who could create the best outfits. Customers could vote on their favorite outfits, modeled in-store […]

GlobalPlatform has released a new technical specification that prevents unauthorized applications from communicating with the secure element on a mobile device. According to GlobalPlatform, the Secure Element Access Control mechanism ensures that only legitimate secure mobile services, such mobile payments and ticketing applications, are able to connect with the secure element and access the user’s […]

Microsoft has revealed that its forthcoming Windows Phone 8 OS will come with an NFC-enabled mobile wallet app called Wallet Hub. Introduced today at a Windows 8 sneak peek event in San Francisco, Wallet Hub promises to be “the most complete wallet experience,” according to the company. The service will include NFC payments at the […]

SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français), France’s national state-owned railway company, has chosen Ingenico solutions to supply 3,000 of its contactless point of sale terminals across all SNCF sales desks. Ingenico will provide the iCT250 contactless terminal and its associated PIN-pad, the iPP2xx developed with Telium technology. The new terminals will provide SNCF […]

Proxama, a UK-based developer of mobile contactless payments and NFC technology, has announced the appointments of Russell West to the company’s mobile wallet division and Stuart Williams as a product business analyst. As head of business development in the mobile wallet sector, Russell West will be responsible for growing partnerships and delivering NFC-enabled payments through […]

UK Mobile operator O2 has chosen the small village of Rhiwbina in South Wales to demonstrate its O2 Wallet mobile payments app. Rhiwbina, whose 11,000 residents have been without a single cash machine for two years, was selected from villages across the UK to gain firsthand experience O2 Wallet’s funds transfer and bar code-based price […]

Korean mobile operator SK Planet has formed a business alliance with six other Korean tech firms to support the use of NFC technology throughout the country, according to the Korean Herald. The “NFC Biz Partner Group” brings together NFC specialists SK C&C, Ubivelox, QnSolv, Mcom, Harex Infotech, AT Solution and SK Planet, which itself is […]