Mobifyer, a division of Merchant360, announced the release of an NFC development kit for Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The development kit features Mobifyer’s mobile contactless tags, which can be encoded by the customer online to suit their particular program. Mobifyer also offers contactless key fobs, wristbands and cards. “We are in the business of increasing the […]

Jack Jania, vice president and general manager, Gemalto Inc. Mobile payments are fast becoming one of the most discussed, and least understood, trends across several industries. Mobile device manufacturers, retailers and banks, and even application developers are attempting to tame the mobile payment beast. But it will take more than a smart phone application or […]

Visa Europe, la Caixa and Telefónica have announced the completion of their mobile payment pilot in the Barcelona town of Sitges, according to telefonica. The positive reaction to the pilot has prompted the companies to keep their mobile payments infrastructure in Sitges indefinitely. According to the companies, mobile payment could be rolled out “massively” in […]

UK mobile operator O2 is expanding its NFC team to gear up for the launch of its mobile payments services, according ZDNet UK. O2 says its O2 Money team is looking to fill 14 new positions in order to have its NFC services on the UK market as soon as the second half of 2011. […]

Ambiq Technology has signed an agreement with the St. Petersburg Transportation Authority to provide products and services based on its proprietary NFC mobile payment platform. The St. Petersburg Metro has already begun testing Ambiq’s solution, which lets passengers use mobile phones to buy tickets for public transit. According to Ambiq, the system utilizes secure element […]

ARS Interactive and CellPoint Mobile are partnering to introduce a mobile retail shopping solution, to be unveiled at the National Retail Federation 2011 Big Show on Jan. 10-11 in New York. The solution, called ARS Mobile, will combine product information, coupons, customer loyalty and mobile payment into one complete shopping package, says ARS. The mobile […]

By Neville Pattinson, Vice President for Government Affairs, Standards and Business Development at Gemalto It is safe to say that Americans live in a cyber world. With more than 91% of Americans using mobile phones, many of them smart phones, the desire to stay connected has turned into a necessity and is now expected. Health […]

TazTag has announced that production versions of its TazCard contactless mobile electronic wallet and TazBox NFC hotspot products will be on display at the 2011 International CES held in Las Vegas, Jan. 6-9. Based on the NFC SecuRead System-in-Package solution from INSIDE Secure, TazCard and TazBox are used to simplify the deployment of contactless applications […]

An anonymous source has revealed that Google is working on a new mobile payment service, according to businessweek.com. Google’s new project, which may make its debut as early as this year, will leverage NFC technology to enable customers to conduct contactless transactions by passing their cell phone over a reader at the point of sale, […]

China Unicom has announced the commercial launch of its Single-Card NFC solution application in Beijing. Utilizing Watchdata’s 13.56MHz NFC-enabled SIMpass SIM card, the new solution provides Beijing’s 22 million residents with mobile payment capabilities for Beijing Automated Fare Collection System (Beijing-AFCS). According to China Unicom, the Beijing-AFCS is the world largest transportation system, delivering smart […]