Apple is working with Gemalto to develop an integrated SIM card for its iPhone that could be used for mobile payments, according to gigaom.com. The new built-in SIM, which would enable Apple to bypass mobile operators in offering service to its customers, seems to indicate Apple is finally ready to deliver an iPhone with a […]

Canada and London are less than two years away from commercial deployments of NFC mobile payment technology, according to BBC News. Experts predict Canada is set for a mobile payments ‘revolution’ in late 2011, with the successful conclusion of pilots by both MasterCard and Visa in addition to Sage Payment Solutions and ROAM Data’s recently […]

Thirteen French cities are receiving government support to launch NFC-enabled mobile contactless payment and information services, according to scottrade.com. The initiative is backed by the Ministry of Industry, which will provide consultancy and engineering assistance for a number of NFC projects ranging from public transit mobile ticketing to m-payments for school lunches. Among the cities […]

Gemalto has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, HTC, Motorola and Samsung concerning the Android operating system, and associated development tools and products. The patented technologies concerned in the suit include Gemalto’s JavaCard operating system, which Gemalto stated was developed in the 1990s at the company’s research and developed facility in Texas. JavaCard runs […]

By Brian Rogal, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications The University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business is always looking for technical innovations they can introduce on campus to better educate students. They need to be familiar with the latest technology for us to be seen as legitimate by the industry, says David Corsun, the director of […]

The European Payments Council and the Global System for Mobile communications Association issued a while paper on mobile contactless payments, describing the life cycle management, such as distribution, configuration, activation and maintenance, of a bank’s contactless payment application when integrated with a mobile phone. The paper also discusses the role of the trusted service manager, […]

Despite a flagging economy, Gemalto has reported a revenue increase of nearly $140 million for the third quarter of 2010. The company reported $700 million in revenue as compared to $561 million for the same 2009 period. Year-to-date (9-month) revenue stands at nearly $1.9 billion, compared with $1.7 billion for the same 2009 period. “This […]

VeriFone and Gemalto have announced a partnership designed to accelerate EMV payment adoption, particularly among U.S. retailers and banks, allow VeriFone to buy Gemalto’s POS solutions business and make Gemalto VeriFone’s preferred wireless module supplier. According to the announcement released by the two, they will jointly pursue new chip card solutions based on the global […]

Swedish company Cale Parking Systems is testing an NFC-enabled parking system in Poland based on MIFARE that will include readers, cards and charging stations. The Cale MIFARE system’s pilot project involves two Web terminals accepting contactless payment, one for parking and another for public transport, buses and trams. The terminals complement the larger standard ticketing […]

Dynamic Card Solutions, an Englewood, Colo.-based card provider recently acquired by Datacard Group, has announced that its mobile payments personalization platform now supports Tyfone’s SideTap MicroSD secure memory card for NFC payments. The CardWizard Perso-to-Go platform personalizes at the branch or back office level, cardholder information onto the chip embedded in Tyfone’s MicroSD secure memory […]