Visa launched the Visa Developer Center, a place where approved application deployers can access tools to assist in faster creation and rollout of payment applications, reports Outlook Series. The center offers assistance in creating e-commerce and mobile applications that will enable online purchases of all kinds, including those made with Visa’s new digital wallet, V.me. […]

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 […]

Gemalto is presenting its collection of software applications, secure devices and services for the mobile financial services market at this week’s CARTES & IDentification show in Paris. Gemalto created a demo lab called “Enter the Mobile Financial Services Experience” to give conference attendees a hands-on opportunity with its applications. These include: Mobile Money – a […]

INSIDE Secure has developed a way to fit an NFC card emulation solution into a standard SIM card form factor and still achieve industry-standard 4-centimeter proximity transaction performance. According to INSIDE, this innovation promises significant improvements over conventional NFC core technology, enabling 4 cm or greater contactless read distance in a legacy mobile device with […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has announced that it will provide Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund (NVV), a public transit authority in the German state of Hessen, with a mobile phone-based service for rail and bus ticketing. According to Cubic, the mobile ticketing solution will integrate with the existing NVV journey planner app so that passengers can receive travel updates […]

Oberthur Technologies and AuthenTec, a provider of mobile and network security solutions, have teamed up to create SIM-based designs that will make NFC mobile payments via smart phones faster and more secure. The two worked with NFC technology provider INSIDE Secure to implement control of NFC functions using a fingerprint scanner. This mobile payment solution […]

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 […]

Bell ID announced the launch of Bell ID Mobile Token Manager, a new software platform that provides over-the-air life cycle management of applications, cryptographic keys and secure elements NFC-enabled mobile devices. According to Bell ID, the solution assists mobile network operators, service providers and trusted third parties in executing complex Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services […]

The SD Association has announced a new collaboration with GlobalPlatform to include smart-chip technology in SD standards, enabling mobile phones and other portable CE devices to provide authentication services with SD memory cards. According to the association, standardized authentication services on microSD and full-size SD memory cards would transform consumers’ mobile phones and CE devices […]

Absa, South Africa’s largest consumer bank, has announced that it will launch a contactless payments network in South Africa by the end of the year, according to Tech Central. As part of a long-term strategy to add “mobility and convenience,” Absa customers will soon be provided with contactless bank cards that can be used to […]