Tyfone has announced a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT) that will bring mobile security in both cloud and NFC transactions to the U.S. government. IQT — a nonprofit organization that pinpoints technology solutions for use by the U.S. government — will use Tyfone’s mobile security and NFC platform in an attempt […]

Two corporations piloted NFC for physical access control with 80% to 90% of end users finding the system intuitive and easy to use. Netflix and Good Technology tested the solution from HID Global replacing either cards of key fobs with microSD cards embedded into Samsung Galaxy S III handsets. The phone has built-in, native NFC […]

Juniper Research has released an update to the second edition of its NFC Retail Market & Mobile Payments report — an update that details the consequences and repercussions of Apple’s snub of NFC. To this point, Apple’s role in NFC’s sluggish adoption has been little more than an attitude or opinion, but Juniper’s latest update […]

Isis has been in full pilot mode since October, but has the new technology affected any change to the way we make payments? Vince Horiuchi of the Salt Lake Tribune — and a recent Isis user — argues that the mobile wallet solution still has room to improve. According to Horiuchi, using Isis to make […]

A survey commissioned by IMS Research shows that 60% of consumers were interested in mobile payments. This is one of the main findings from the published report The World Market for Payment and Banking Cards – 2012 Edition. IMS surveyed 700 consumers from China, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S. Some […]

Gemalto’s UpTeq NFC SIM has gained certification from American Express, MasterCard and Visa. The UpTeq SIMs — which have previously been EMVCo certified — are available in all form factors including 2G, 3G and 4G handsets. The UpTeq NFC solution supports contactless payments and other secure services using AMEX ExpressPay, MasterCard PayPass and Visa payWave. […]

A recent whitepaper released in Canada has compiled a base of in-depth research and case study analysis in an attempt to characterize the future of NFC technology and its mobile marketing capabilities. The collaboration between Gaude Mobile, Newad and Astral Out-Of-Home, found that information on NFC technology was no easy task, especially with regards to […]

“We want to make the authentication of people over electronic systems convenient and secure,” says Charles Walton, CEO at SecureKey. Founded in 2008, Toronto-based SecureKey is a relative newcomer to the identity market. Its focus is twofold: place secure identity credentials on mobile devices and create identity ecosystems that use credentials consumers already have. One […]

USA Technologies Inc. announced up to 7,500 vending machines in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City will be targeted for mobile payment acceptance powered by USAT’s NFC-enabled ePort technology and ePort Connect service. The Isis Mobile Wallet aims to simplify the shopping and paying experience as consumers make vending machine purchases with a simple tap […]

GlobalPlatform has announced its board of directors for fiscal year 2013 after concluding annual elections for six of the eleven seats. Accompanying the elected the board seats, individual members have been confirmed to serve as Board Officers for the one-year term as well as the selection of a new Mobile Task Force Chair and Strategic […]