Mobey Forum, a bank-led mobile commerce industry association, has released a new report providing industry stakeholders with a strategy for making NFC contactless mobile payments at the point of sale a mass market reality. The report, Business Models for NFC Payments, addresses how all stakeholders – i.e., financial institutions, MNOs, handset manufacturers and software providers […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association dedicated to advancing NFC technology, has announced that credit card provider Barclaycard has become a sponsor member. As a sponsor, Barclaycard will hold a seat on the NFC Forum Board of Directors, the organization’s governing body. According to the NFC Forum, sponsor membership is the highest level of […]

Peet’s Coffee & Tea, a Calif.-based specialty coffee and tea retail chain, has announced that it will begin accepting MasterCard PayPass contactless payments at all of its company-owned locations by the end of October 2011. The roll out, which will encompass all 193 Peet’s locations nationwide, will support both contactless PayPass credit and debit cards, […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Sitronics Smart Technologies (SST) are teaming up to manufacture and personalize NFC-capable SIM cards for a mobile payment system in Russia. The first of it’s kind in Russia, the solution will enable customers of leading Mobile TeleSystems, a leading Russian MNO, to tap and pay for gas at Lukoil service […]

Merchant360, Health Portal Solutions, and CliniCard have teamed up to create a patient identification and payments system using NFC technology. Dubbed PatientID+, the solution enables health care providers to quickly perform identity verification, eligibility screening, and payment at intake by simply swiping the patient’s information from their PatientID+ NFC card or NFC-enabled phone. The patient […]

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) expects to award a contract for its long-awaited contactless fare payments system this month, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The $100 million system will enable some 3.9 million people in and around Philadelphia to use contactless credit or debit cards, as well as SEPTA smart cards and mobile phones, […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the fall 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

Vodafone Italia has teamed up with CartaSi to offer customers a prepaid card that can be used to purchase goods via NFC technology. Launched with the support of MasterCard and l’Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane, Vodafone’s Smart Pass card can be used for both contactless payments at PayPass-enabled points of sale, as well as […]

The September meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

OfficeMax has deployed new payment terminals in more than 100 stores in support of Google’s mobile contactless payments service, Google Wallet. Google Wallet users can now pay for their office supplies with a single tap of their NFC-enabled phone, as well as redeem coupons and earn points with OfficeMax’s MaxPerks Rewards loyalty program. The new […]