Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing Co. and the Identive Group have teamed up to develop a new reader designed to handle any type of electronic identity credentials used in Japan. Built with banks and retailers in mind, the NDI711 reader supports NFC-enabled phones, including those using the Osaifu-Keitai Mobile Wallet, along with Type A/Type B contactless […]

Alien Technology announced a software update for its enterprise class readers – ALR-9900+ and ALR-9900+EMA – that supports LLRP (Low-Level Reader Protocol) Version 1.1. This single software update supports both Alien Reader Protocol (ARP) and LLRP. LLRP is a specification from GS1 EPCglobal for a standard network interface between RFID readers and controlling software or […]

VeriFone Systems announced that it will integrate the Isis Mobile Commerce Application into its current and future NFC-enabled point of sale products. Through the delivery of new payment systems, NFC add-on devices and remote software upgrades, VeriFone will bring Isis-powered mobile contactless payments to hundreds of thousands of merchant locations across the U.S. VeriFone currently […]

Google has announced that mobile operator Sprint Nextel will launch an array of new phones with support for Google Wallet this year, reports FierceMobile. Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Google Wallet Vice President Osama Bedier said that customers can expect to see Google Wallet on “at least ten” new Sprint phones in […]

Some two dozen retailers, including heavyweights Walmart and Target, are preparing their own mobile wallet services in lieu of existing solutions like Google Wallet, Isis and PayPal, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing security concerns and disappointment with existing systems’ rewards and offers features, these retailers are intent on building a better system of […]

StumbleUpon, the Web discovery platform, has announced that it will add NFC sharing capabilities to its mobile app on Android 4.0 devices. According to TechCrunch, the app will leverage Android Beam, Android 4.0’s built in sharing feature, enabling users to share their StumbleUpon discoveries by tapping their phones together. StumbleUpon currently boasts 20 million registered […]

NXP Semiconductors has unveiled its newest flagship NFC solution, the PN547 next-generation radio controller for 4G mobile handsets. As successor to NXP’s PN544 controller, the new PN547 offers doubled RF range, a 50% smaller footprint, a five-times improvement in wireless data throughput and a 50% lower power consumption. According to NXP, the PN547 works with […]

Visa Inc. and Intel Corporation have announced a multi-device, multi-year agreement to develop mobile commerce solutions for Intel’s smart phones and tablets. During a press conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the companies outlined plans to bring Visa payWave NFC payments to Intel Atom-based smart phones and tablets, including the Intel Smartphone Reference Device, […]

VeriFone Systems unveiled its new PAYMEDIA Universal Acceptance Platform, a suite of services and software that enables mobile network operators to manage mobile wallet acceptance at the point of sale. Designed to close the loop between mobile wallet providers and merchants, PAYMEDIA gives mobile network operators and wallet providers the ability to download wallet acceptance […]

Morpho is offering a new SIM card solution that can turn any mobile phone into an NFC-enabled handset. The first of its kind to hit the market, the solution brings NFC functionality – e.g., payments, ticketing, peer-to-peer data transfer, etc. – to any legacy handset by simply swapping out your old SIM card for a […]