TSYS has entered into a partnership with Singapore-based CASSIS International to provide secure mobile payment, loyalty and commerce functionality. Globally certified by Visa and MasterCard, CASSIS is a mobile trusted service manager (TSM) for banks, retailers, transit operators and mobile service providers, while TSYS offers electronic payment services in credit, debit, prepaid, NFC mobile, chip […]

Precise Biometrics has introduced a new division called Mobile that it hopes will help the company provide new solutions. As would be expected, the new Mobile division is tasked with developing biometric solutions for mobile technologies and devices such as smart phones and tablet computers. The company is standing on a number of other accomplishments […]

Leaked specs of two brand-new BlackBerry handsets shows RIM is serious about NFC. According to Top10.com, both the Monaco Touch and Sedona handsets will be NFC-equipped when they hit stores in late summer 2011. In addition to NFC, the Monaco Touch will feature a 3.7 in touch screen, 4GB of internal memory, a five megapixel […]

Visa has signed a deal with UK-based mobile money solutions provider Monitise to roll out mobile contactless payments across Europe, according to nma.co.uk. The deal, which builds on Visa’s €500 million investment in mobile banking technology, will see the partners develop and deploy large-scale mobile services, including payment, peer-to-peer money transfers and text alerts for […]

INSIDE Secure has announced the availability of biometric on-card matching capabilities for its SecuRead system-in-package NFC solution. Based on advanced fingerprint identification software from Neurotechnology running on the SecuRead secure element, the new solution enables manufacturers of mobile NFC devices to provide two-factor security for a variety of mobile applications, including payment. The solution will […]

O2 UK has announced plans to launch a contactless mobile payment service in the UK later this year, according to Total Telecom. O2’s managing director of financial services James Le Brocq told Total Telecom, “We want to take the entire contents of your wallet and put it on the mobile,” adding that the service will […]

Research in Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry smart phones, has announced plans to launch NFC payments in the UK in time for the 2012 Olympics, according to MarketingWeek. Last week T-mobile and Orange announced their joint venture Everything Everywhere will be the first UK operator to offer NFC payments this year, with O2, Nokia, Android […]

HID Global announced that China Unicom has installed HID Global’s OMNIKEY 1021 desktop smart card readers at its stores in more than 20 provinces and cities across the country. By incorporating OMNIKEY 1021 readers in its business operating system to read/write SIM cards, China Unicom has attempted to simplify the SIM card issuance process and […]

Contactless network provider accells has announced it will unveil its new point-of-sale contactless mobile service this month at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona. By linking a contactless tag or any NFC-enabled phone to the user’s mobile phone number, accells enables customers to make contactless transactions at the point of sale, conduct money transfers, […]

LG Electronics is gearing up for a 2012 launch of NFC payments services in Europe, according to Reuters. The Korean electronics giant says it is already beta testing contactless mobile payment technology, which will be targeted at small and medium-sized businesses. According to Reuters, LG is looking to integrate NFC into its security systems and […]