PayPal has developed a new Android widget that enables users to tap their phones together to exchange money, reports PCWorld. Expected to launch this summer, the widget runs only on NFC phones, like the Nexus S featured in the video above. To exchange funds, one user enters the amount to paid, and then holds their […]

Some may consider Kenneth Weiss the godfather of two-factor identification. The founder of Universal Secure Registry and developer of token-based authentication technology has since moved on to other security technology that uses voice biometrics and the mobile phone. The new system would identify a user by their voice, a PIN and a randomly generated number […]

Vodafone CEO Russell Stanners has announced that the company is working with banks to potentially roll out NFC payments in New Zealand, according to Computerworld. Stanners told the Trans-Tasman Business Circle yesterday that the infrastructure for NFC payments is already in place, and the company is currently in talks with banks on how to introduce […]

Spendvision has announced the availability of its new eMoney module, allowing businesses to capture, manage and report on purchases made by employees using NFC technology. Designed to give businesses better insight into employee expenses, the module enables eMoney transactions to be integrated with all other types of transactions, making it easier for staff to record […]

Tyfone has announced that it will provide its suite of mobile wallet services to CoVantage Credit Union (CVCU). CVCU will use Tyfone’s technology to offer customers contactless mobile payments via a memory card through its nine branches in Wisconsin and Michigan. According to Tyfone, the the secure element in the memory card enables CVCU to […]

Absa, the largest consumer bank in South Africa, has concluded a nine-month pilot of contactless payment technology and says it will soon roll out contactless tap-and-go cards to customers, according to ITWeb. Absa’s cards will be available as prepaid or debit, and can be used to tap and pay for goods at retailers as well […]

Toppan Forms and Hewlett-Packard Japan have announced a partnership to help improve the contactless payments infrastructure in Japan and lower the costs for merchants and businesses to offer e-money services. Toppan Forms will supply its system equipment development technology for contactless smart cards and HP Japan will offer its IC Chip Access Server for FeliCa […]

Turkcell has announced the official launch of its new NFC-enabled T20 smart phone. Developed alongside Chinese telecom Huawei, the UICC and SWP equipped T20 will enable users to conduct contactless mobile payments via Turkcell’s MasterCard PayPass-enabled mobile wallet service, Turkcell Cep-T Cüzdan. In addition to mobile payments, customers can use the handset to share information, […]

Gemalto has announced that it will provide its Optelio contactless stickers to UniCredit Slovakia for the country’s first commercial mobile payment deployment. The technology will enable UniCredit Slovakia customers to turn their regular handsets into contactless payment devices by simply attaching the Optello sticker. Users can make contactless tap and go payments of up to […]

It has been revealed that the Android app for Google’s new social networking site, Google Plus, features support for NFC tag reading, according to Readwriteweb.com. Singapore-based developer Ridzuan Ashim, who posted the video above, demonstrates how placing an NFC phone with a Google Plus App over an NFC tag will prompt whatever is written on […]