Collis has announced the launch of its Visa Mobile Payment Specification (VMCPS) Test Suite, enabling the functional testing of UICC or secure element-based contactless mobile payments applications. According to Collis, UICC or secure element vendors, can use the VMCPS Test Suite to perform pre-certification testing on their VMCPS payment products. This ensures that the secure […]

A new survey from Euro Kartensysteme shows that Germans are starting to embrace the idea of contactless and NFC payments. Out of 1,040 Germans aged 18-59, 43% responded that they would like to make contactless payments if given the opportunity, of which 58% percent would make their payments with a debit card card, 41% with […]

The Auriemma Consulting Group (ACG) has announced the launch of its new Mobile Payments Report, a market research service that examines the mobile phone as a payments device, financial managing tool, marketing channel and as a method of engaging with consumers. The report tracks UK consumer usage, penetration, and attitudes towards mobile across more than […]

MasterCard introduced a road map focused on advancing the U.S. electronic payments system. The map, which includes the path for migration from magnetic stripe to EMV technology available on chip cards, will serve as the foundation for the next generation of products and services. As payments evolve to include new devices and new channels, such […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will hold a workshop on April 26 to examine the use of mobile payments and how this emerging technology impacts consumers. Open to consumer advocates, industry representatives, government regulators, technologists and academics, the free workshop will examine a range of issues. This includes the technology, business […]

Mobile payment solution provider I Love Velvet announced that it has reached the second level of EMV certification (EMV2) which authorizes PIN and integrated chip payments from debit, credit and smart cards around the world. I Love Velvet’s customers in the payment sector include Bank of America, Moneris Canada, Heartland Payment Systems, Zetes Nederland and […]

Ed McLaughlin, MasterCard’s head of Emerging Payments, has some good news for those waiting on NFC-enabled phones for contactless payments. In an interview with Fast Company, McLaughlin said that he didn’t know of a handset maker who wasn’t working on integrating support for PayPass contactless payments. When pressed by FC about whether this statement included […]

MasterCard and Commonwealth Bank have announced the launch of a QkR, a new mobile app that enables movie theater goers to browse and purchase refreshments from their seats. The app (pronounced “quicker”) is now being piloted at Australian cinema chain Hoyts at multiple La Premiere theaters around Sydney. Each La Premiere seat armrest contains an […]

CARTES in North America, a new annual card manufacturing, payment, identification and digital security expo and conference, has placed mobile payments at the center of its agenda of this year’s inaugural event. Held March 5-7, 2012 in Las Vegas, CARTES will focus on determining what combination of technology convergence, business partnerships and consumer acceptance points […]

Office Depot has joined Home Depot as the second U.S. retailer to test PayPal’s point of sale payments solution, according to TG Daily. Customers at select Office Depot stores can now make payments directly from their PayPal balance by simply punching in their mobile phone number and PayPal PIN. The solution requires only a software […]