Isis, the national mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, has announced the addition of Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express to its mobile commerce platform. According to Isis, the move makes it the first mobile commerce platform with full support of all four national payment networks. This will allow merchants and consumers […]

LG Electronics has announced the addition of two new Android-based Optimus Series smart phones, the LG Optimus Pro and the LG Optimus Net. According to LG, both phones will run on the latest NFC-enabled Android 2.3 platform, ‘Gingerbread.’ However, only some of the phones launched in Europe will be NFC capable for mobile payments, depending […]

Collis has announced the successful completion of the GlobalPlatform TestFest process for its new UICC (SIM) Compliance Test Suite. According to Collis, the company’s GlobalPlatform UICC Compliance Test Suite can now be used by test labs to determine whether a UICC smart card aligns with the GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.2 UICC Configuration. Collis says that […]

American Express and Sprint have announced an agreement to provide Sprint customers with better access to Serve, American Express’ recently launched digital payments platform. Starting this summer, Serve’s mobile wallet application will be made available in the Sprint Zone, a pre-loaded app that keeps users up-to-date on new apps and provides tips on how to […]

The Mercator Advisory Group has released a new report analyzing the transition to open-loop payments systems among transit authorities. According to Mercator, millions of public transport fares are processed every day through propriety, closed-loop smart card ticketing systems in metropolises like Hong Kong, London and Seoul – accounting for some $100 billion in annual fare […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the summer 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

Information security firm SafeNet has made its corporate mobile device credentialing solution capable of enabling consumer mobile devices. SafeNet extended the capabilities of its credentialing system in an effort to address the challenges companies are facing with regards to employees using personal devices to access corporate networks. “The security perimeter and devices that access it […]

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) says it will introduce a mass-market NFC payments solution within the next three months, according to ZDNet Australia. An anonymous source at CBA told ZDNet that the bank plans to roll out special phone cases powered by a microSD card, which would contain the user’s banking information, along with […]

The CBORD Group recently seeded an update for its online nutritional information solution, NetNutrition. NetNutrition lets students view menu offerings, filter by dining location, allergens, or other preferences and see nutritional information. The latest release brings NetNutrition directly to student’s smart phones, enabling access to nutritional information anywhere, any time. An enhanced user navigation that […]

Stolen identity credentials were the second most compromised data type leading to unauthorized access to corporate networks, according to Verizon’s 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report. “Stolen credentials are most often a means to an end but are increasingly an end in and of themselves. They can be used to further an attack by gaining privileged […]