A new study from ABI Research shows that mobile marketing and smart posters are the fastest growing markets for service providers and NFC tag manufacturers According to the report, these market segments account for more than half of today’s NFC tag shipments and are expected to account for 70% of shipments in 2016. Companies such […]

HID Global introduced the latest addition to its portfolio of advanced, general-purpose ultra-high frequency (UHF) transponders, the SlimFlex tag. This new tag design enables more placement options for broadband UHF transponders, expanding the potential with tags to improve data collection speed and accuracy for new applications. SlimFlex tags are compliant with EPC global-certified UHF Class […]

OnPoint Community Credit Union, an Oregon-based institution, has announced the launch of Tyfone’s iCashé Mobile Wallet program. The new service enables OnPoint’s 226,000 members to buy gift cards over a mobile phone and send them to others via SMS or email. Gift card recipients can use their cards in-store or online via their smart phone […]

East Coast Diversified Corporation has re-launched its StudentConnect platform, formerly known as SchoolsConnects, and announced a multi-phase implementation program beginning with integration of the Twitter API onto the StudentConnect Platform. Integrating with Twitter’s API will enable StudentConnect to provide a global messaging platform for such event as Amber Alerts, inclement weather and other emergencies to […]

Morpho has teamed up with Moneo Payment Solutions to launch the new “MoneoPass by Morpho” contactless card. Morpho designed the cards to be used by local authorities, universities, businesses and transport operators for a variety of applications, including payments, transportation, access management and control, event tickets, ID badges, catering, loyalty cards and more. MonoePass is […]

Simply providing consumers with mobile wallet technology will not be sufficient to drive mass-market adoption, asserts Mobey Forum in a new white paper. In “Mobile Wallet – Definition and Vision,” the bank-led mobile industry association advocates taking a “holistic” approach to driving adoption, centered on innovations in mobile marketing. Mobey Forum says it is also […]

San Diego-based Confident Technologies, a provider of image-based authentication and verification solutions for Web sites, has rolled out its Confident AdCAPTCHA, an image-based solution that stops spam and malicious bots on Web sites while providing site owners and online advertisers with an advertising channel to promote their companies. According to CAPTCHA, a “CAPTCHA is a […]

Clothing retailer Gap has announced that 65 of its stores across the Bay Area have adopted Google Wallet. Customers at selected Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Banana Republic Factory Stores and Gap Outlet stores can now pay for their items and redeem digital coupons all with a single tap of their NFC-enabled mobile phone at […]

Harvard Campus Services – ID Card Services co-hosted with ColorID the New England Campus Identification & Security Seminar. The one-day event brought together card service managers from eight regional colleges and universities for a discussion about new card technologies and best card practices. Guests experienced the latest insights into emerging campus trends and technologies. Seminars […]

CPI Card Gro­­up has selected Bell ID’s Trusted Service Manager (TSM) software solutions to enable the provisioning and management NFC applications for its customers across North America. Using Bell ID’s solutions, CPI will be able to assume the role of TSM and provide the personalization of NFC secure elements and the secure provisioning of applicati­­ons […]