Brazil is launching Gemalto’s TSM solution for mobile NFC payment program with UpTeq NFC SIM and AllynisTrusted Services Management (TSM). Gemalto is partnering with TIM Brasil, a mobile operator with 70 million subscribers and Banco Itaú, one of the world’s largest banks to bring secure NFC mobile payments. Gemalto’s TSM platform will be at the […]

Stollmann and COMPRION have partnered to automate the NFC Forum’s device test application. Automation of the test application will help to reduce overall test time and error-prone activities associated with the Forum’s digital test cases. Testing specific protocol or application behavior is often necessary to trigger certain communication patterns. When testing NFC, the Device Test […]

Oberthur Technologies announced MasterCard Certification for its PEARL Secure Element (SE) 800k Classic. PEARL — an NFC embedded SE — is capable of supporting secure NFC payment applications at the highest level. The PEARL 800k Classic is a multi-application embedded secure element that aligns with both Global Platform 2.2 and JavaCard 3.0 specifications. Boasting a […]

The Smart Card Alliance Mobile and NFC Council is partnering with GlobalPlatform and the NFC Forum to host a four-part webinar series on mobile and NFC security. Entitled “Mobile and NFC Security Fundamentals,” the series is geared toward mobile app developers and the mobile community to help them understand the various types of security for […]

By Christoph Wiesinger, principal business architect for Border and Immigration Solutions Center of Excellence, CSC “We are Federales … you know, the mounted police.” “If you’re the police, where are your badges?” “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!” The next number […]

The upcoming CARTES America Conference will discuss the opportunities and barriers to NFC adoption, how to manage a complex ecosystem as well as address security concerns and consumer education. The conference will be held in Las Vegas from April 23- 25. The first two days of the conference will feature NFC sessions addressing all six […]

The Australia-based supermarket chain Coles has announced that it will trial a mobile payments app that will enable Coles MasterCard customers to pay for their groceries using NFC-enabled smartphones. TechWorld reports the trial is scheduled to run for three months, with Coles representatives revealing that the app could be available to the public within the […]

INSIDE Secure has launched its ComboPulse NFC system-in-package (SiP) solution. ComboPulse is a solution that makes adding NFC functionality to a broad range of mainstream consumer electronic products easy and inexpensive. ComboPulse has the ability to bring NFC to tablets, entry-level mobile phones, personal media players and other smart mobile devices. The ComboPulse SiP requires […]

VingCard Elsafe, a provider of hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, has installed an invisible door lock systems at the 5-star Hotel Bristol in Vienna. Essence by VingCard offers hotels a more minimalist design by eliminating all external lock hardware on guestroom doors. It encases all electronic components inside the door itself […]

Four partners have come together to deliver mobile contactless payment experience at Mobile World Congress. CaixaBank, Gemalto, Telefónica and Visa Europe will deliver a payments application, which will be offered to 3,500 delegates at Mobile World Congress, taking place Feb. 25-28 in Barcelona. The app, developed by Telefónica Digital, will enable delegates to make mobile […]