U.K. mobile operator Orange has announced that it will expand its Quick Tap contactless payments service to NFC-enabled Android handsets, according to The Telegraph. Originally available only on the Samsung Tocco and Samsung Wave 578, Quick Tap lets users make contactless mobile purchases of up to £15 at nearly 70,000 retailers around the U.K., including […]

Starbucks has processed more than 42 million mobile transactions in the U.S. since launching its “mobile pay” app for Android and iPhone, according to VentureBeat. Released in January 2011, mobile pay enables customers to load money onto a digital Starbuck’s card stored on their phone. At checkout, the customer opens the app on their phone […]

The University of Toronto’s Prop-ID research team has developed a new mobile app designed to help users maintain control of their personal information as they make mobile transactions, according to Global Montreal. The team’s “ID wallet” app functions in a similar fashion to Google Wallet, only instead of containing payment and loyalty cards, its stores […]

Nokia has announced that an NFC version of its new Lumia 610 smart phone will soon be available in Europe through mobile operator Orange. The first Windows-based phone to feature built-in NFC, the Lumia 610 NFC has already been certified by MasterCard and Visa to make mobile contactless payments using their respective PayPass and payWave […]

The Smart Card Alliance is offering a certification program dedicated to smart card-based payments – the Certified Smart Card Industry Professional/Payments (CSCIP/P) credential. Designed for Industry professionals interested in supporting the U.S. move to EMV and NFC contactless mobile technologies, CSCIP/P certification covers EMV migration, mobile and NFC contactless payments, secure remote transactions and smart […]

Mobile payments joint-venture Isis is taking the slow road to mobile wallet adoption, rather than going full steam ahead like rival Google Wallet, reports GigaOM. Isis will be nearly a year behind Google Wallet when it finally comes to market this summer in Salt Lake City and Austin. However, in light of Google Wallet’s recent […]

Vimpelcom, one of Russia’s largest mobile operators, has announced plans to bring NFC-enabled mobile payments to the Moscow subway. According to East-West Digital News, the contactless payments system will be identical to the one Vimpelcom introduced in the St. Petersburg Metro last year, which enables passengers to purchase and redeem transit tickets with a tap […]

Google has acquired payments technology company TxVia, Google Wallet chief Osama Bedier announced on the company’s blog. According to Bedier, the acquisition will improve Google Wallet’s payments capabilities and help to “accelerate innovation towards our full Google Wallet vision.” “Since 2008, TxVia has supported the management of more than 100 million accounts,” wrote Bedier. “They’ve […]

MacKay Meters announced that it has partnered with Uniform Industrial Corporation (UIC) to provide the first single-space wireless parking meter capable of contactless and NFC payments. With the integration of UIC’s contactless card payment and NFC technology, the MacKay Guardian SOLO meter will be able to support most major contactless credit cards, including MasterCard PayPass […]

ROAM Data has announced a new point of sale (POS) reader that can handle both traditional magnetic stripe cards and NFC-enabled contactless devices. According to ROAM, the “NFC Swipe” reader can connect via audio jack to hundreds of different smart phones, tablets and PCs, turning them into secure state-of-the-art mobile POS devices. The device will […]