Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, has announced it will pilot its mobile commerce program in Salt Lake City next year. The program will enable consumers to tap and pay for goods at various merchant locations in the Salt Lake City area using only an NFC-enabled mobile phone. Isis has […]

Amazon’s Payments unit is looking to launch a mobile payments service using NFC technology, two anonymous sources close to the project told Bloomberg. Amazon has been steadily investing in mobile the past couple years, introducing a service in 2009 that lets users pay for goods on Amazon via mobile phone, and, earlier this week, a […]

Motorola Solutions has released its MC75A HF RFID Contactless mobile computer, designed for businesses that require enhanced connectivity in the field and mobile capability to deliver secure payment transactions. The MC75A is essentially six devices in one: 3.5G worldwide mobile phone, 2-way radio, NFC/contactless reader/writer, bar code scanner, high resolution digital camera and GPS. According […]

Samsung has announced plans to introduce its new Samsung Olympic and Paralympic Games mobile handset with mobile payment technology from Visa. The handset will enable consumers at the London 2012 Summer Games to make contactless mobile payments at more than 60,000 merchant locations. To make payments, customers simply select the Visa mobile contactless application, select […]

Microsoft is said to be working on a version of its Windows Phone software that will enable mobile contactless payments via NFC, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Two anonymous people familiar with the plans told Bloomberg that the new operating system, Windows Phone 7, may make its debut on devices as early as this year. Microsoft […]

Gemalto has introduced the a UICC-embedded software application compliant with Mobile MasterCard PayPass M/Chip 4, the new MasterCard specification for NFC mobile payments. Gemalto says this development could pave the way for mass commercial roll outs of NFC payment across the world. In the UK, Gemalto is already partnering with a global first-tier financial institution […]

Australian supermarket chain Coles is considering adopting contactless payments after a successful introduction of the technology in its hardware business Bunnings Warehouse last year, according to ZDNet Australia. The company, which has 742 stores in Australia, hopes to introduce the technology to boost efficiency at the check-out line and improve overall customer experience, says Douglas […]

CHARGE Anywhere has developed an Android app that turns Google’s Nexus S smart phone into an NFC payment terminal. The app enables businesses of any size to process check, ACH and credit card payments, including MasterCard PayPass and Visa Blink, using only a Nexus S handset. The company says it intends to expand the solution […]

Hong Kong-based Advanced Card Systems (ACS) released its first LCD-equipped NFC reader, the ACR122L VisualVantage. Designed specifically for e-payment applications with NFC phones or other devices, the ISO 14443-compliant reader supports Mifare, FeliCa and ISO 18092 NFC technologies. The ACR122L is equipped to operate in three NFC modes: read/write, card emulation and peer-to-peer. The reader […]

Aconite and Proxama have announced the launch of a mobile prepaid solution that will allow South African commuters to pay for fares with the tap of an NFC-enabled phone. This new mobile proposition, which integrates Proxama’s NFC wallet application, extends the capability of the solution Aconite recently implemented for the South African Transit project. Aconite […]