NXP Semiconductors has announced that its PN544 NFC chip has been chosen by Turkcell for Turkey’s first NFC-enabled smart phone. Manufactured by Huawei, the Turkcell T20 Android smart phone will enable Turkcell subscribers to perform a variety of contactless transactions, including payments, data sharing, public transport, event ticketing and access control, according to Turkcell. These […]

Verizon, AT&T T- Mobile are providing more than $100 million in new funding for their mobile payments joint venture Isis, an insider has revealed to Bloomberg. According to the source, the exact amount of funding will be determined by how many banks and merchants sign onto the service, which will debut next year in Salt […]

Paytoo has announced the addition of a multi-currency mobile payment platform to its SIM-based mobile wallet. According to Paytoo, the company’s mobile wallet service now supports international, mobile multi-currency transfers across the globe in real time, as well as online mobile payments and prepaid account top up through 185 mobile operators in 85 countries. “Real-time […]

Ingenico has announced it is joining Globus hypermarkets in the first mobile payments pilot in the Czech Republic. Launched at the end of July, the six month trial involves 400 clients of Telefonica, Citibank and Commercial Bank using Samsung Star 5230 NFC-enabled handsets to make contactless payments at Globus super stores in and around Prague. […]

Samsung has released a Bada 2.0 software development kit (SDK) in anticipation of launching several new smart phones later this year, according to v3.co.uk. First announced at the beginning of 2011, Bada 2.0 features support for NFC, HTML5, Wi-Fi direct sharing and voice recognition in addition to a number of other updates. To kick start […]

GlobalPlatform is inviting service and platform providers, software vendors and device manufacturers to attend a free, one-day seminar to learn how the mobile industry is coming together to standardize security run-time execution in mobile handsets. The event, titled “Leveraging the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) to Develop Secure Applications on Mobile Devices,” aims to facilitate the […]

Gentag has announced the receipt of a patent for its disposable NFC wireless sensors. Patent 7,969,307 covers Gentag’s disposable wireless skin patches as well as other NFC sensors for consumer applications, such as payments, medication, food safety, pathogen detection, cosmetics and M2M markets. With the issuance of this patent, Gentag says it is in good […]

ERPLY has announced the launch of a new POS reader that hooks up to an Apple iPad or iPhone to accept credit card and NFC payments. According to ERPLY, the mobile device attaches directly to the charging port of an iPad or iPhone, enabling secure transactions on the ERPLY POS software platform. The reader also […]

Biometric technology developer AuthenTec has announced its TCS2 fingerprint sensor has been selected to be embedded in technology developer TazTag’s new touchscreen tablet. The tablet, called TazPad, runs on the Android operating system and is being touted as a high security option for mobile payments. In addition to offering biometric authentication, the TazPad also has […]

A new study from British research firm YouGov shows that Apple iPhone users are most receptive to mobile payments and banking among UK’s mobile phone owners, reports GigaOM. The overall results of the study were underwhelming, with 21% of those surveyed saying they would pay bills through a mobile device, 25% would transfer funds, 36% […]