NatWest, one of the UK’s largest banks, has announced that it will trial NFC payments using its TouchPay mobile app and Wireless Dynamics’ iCarte accessory for the iPhone. Some 1,000 NatWest customers will be provided with a free NFC-enabled iCarte case for their iPhone 4 or 4S smart phone. After attaching the iCarte case, the […]

Awareness of NFC mobile payments is on the rise in the UK, according to YouGov’s new Mobile Wallet tracking study. Over a third (36%) of the UK population is now aware of “contactless technology in mobile payments,” while 12% are aware of the existence of NFC technology. However, despite the recent launches of Barclay’s Pingit, […]

Deutsche Telekom and MasterCard have announced a partnership to enable Deutsche Telekom’s 93 million mobile customers across Europe to make NFC mobile payments. The first consumer roll out will take place in Poland later this year, followed by Germany. The trial will initially involve mobile phone tags and cards, then move on to a mobile […]

FIME has announced the opening of its NFC mobile test laboratory in Seoul, South Korea. According to FIME, the new lab will enable it to provide integration testing and certification services to Korean mobile device manufacturers and network operators, thus ensuring that their NFC-enabled handsets are fully interoperable and compliant with industry standards and EMV […]

Outside of a couple of Samsung and Blackberry handsets there aren’t many options for near field communication for the common consumer. Moneto wants to change that. Moneto launched in January and interest has been high so far, though sale numbers weren’t available, says Amitaabh Malhotra, COO at DeviceFidelity. The company is planning to target the […]

Sweden’s four major telecos, Telia, Tele2, Telenor and 3 have officially launched their WyWallet mobile wallet service. The first service of its kind in Sweden, WyWallet covers 97% of the country’s mobile users, enabling them to perform person-to-person money transfers and make payments for SMS-services like public transport, ticketing and voting, as well as shop […]

GlobalPlatform and the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) have formed a joint work group that will collaborate on mobile device industry standards. According to GlobalPlatform, the work group will focus primarily on security topics, including the TCG Trusted Platform Module Mobile (TPM Mobile), a security component for mobile devices that secures root secrets and immutable data, […]

Orange, France’s largest mobile operator, has partnered with Gemalto to roll out NFC-enabled SIM cards nationwide. Acccording to Orange, the wide-scale deployment of Gemalto’s UpTeq NFC SIMs will enable service providers, such as banks, transport operators and retailers, to deploy mobile contactless services on a massive, nationwide scale. Orange will offer service providers a secure […]

The mobile device hardware security market is projected to jump from $430 million in 2012 to $1.9 billion by 2017, according to a new report from ABI Research. The bulk of the market is attributed to embedded chip security technology, such as ARM’s TrustZone and other semiconductor companies’ security solutions. Revenues generated by secure elements […]

Placecast has announced the launch of ShopAlerts Wallet, a white label mobile wallet solution that combines location-based offers with mobile payments. With ShopAlerts, customers can receive, save and use offers via their mobile phone. Users can search manually for offers based on location, keyword or category, or receive them automatically through SMS or push notifications […]