CIBC and Rogers revealed that the first point of sale (POS) mobile credit card transaction— using a secure SIM card housed in an NFC-enabled smartphone— has been made in Canada. According to a report by WMPoweruser.com, the flagship mobile payment was made with the CIBC Mobile Payment app using a Blackberry smart phone from Rogers. […]

VingCard Elsafe announced that Prague’s One Room Hotel has selected RFID security technology among its launch amenities. One Room Hotel will offer its guests VingCard Elsafe’s suite of RFID locking systems which feature contactless access control via RFID encoded communication and anti-cloning software. In addition to the RFID locking system, One Room Hotel has deployed […]

Convergence of physical and logical access credentials on to one card has often been compared to Bigfoot or unicorns. It’s talked about a lot but rarely seen. This had been starting to change in recent years as U.S. government agencies and a number of large corporations launched converged solutions. But the need to enable mobile […]

China Merchants Bank (CMB) announced that alongside partner Telco China Unicom, it will soon be providing an NFC-based mobile wallet app in Shanghai. According to an East & Partners report, the bank plans to launch the NFC-based solution as soon as December, with further plans to deploy the solution countrywide. Beginning next month, Shanghai residents […]

The number of contactless and NFC-enabled payment solutions has grown in recent months, and to test the effectiveness and usability of the technology, Gemalto put together a contest that put contactless technology to the test. Spanning 10 days and culminating on Nov. 28, Gemalto’s Contactless Challenge 2012 pit two Mobile Industry Review bloggers — Jon […]

Identive announced the release of its Tagtrail solution — a cloud-based NFC mobile services platform. According to a release from Identive, the Tagtrail app will enable advertisers, retailers and other organizations to deliver tailored content and services direct to users’ mobile devices using NFC. The company expects the solution to provide solutions to the education […]

DeviceFidelity has announced that moneto prepaid MasterCards will now be available at all MetroPCS retail locations in the San Francisco area. Customers using the moneto prepaid MasterCard will also be able to use the moneto Android app, which will enable customers to manage their account, monitor transaction history, view real time balance information, make mobile […]

Gemalto announced the deployment of its Mobile Financial Services software solution by Telecom Italia, a mobile operator in Italy with more than 30 million subscribers, for the launch of their mobile wallet. The solution includes the LinqUs Trusted Services Management platform for the secure management of NFC applications and the LinqUs mobile payment platform for […]

ABI Research expects NFC to come out its “trial phase” in 2013 and as a result the technology is expected to see a surge in both the number of functionalities and devices. ABI research expects the majority of NFC advancements to be made in mobile handset market. However, ABI also predicts a wider trend and […]

jusTap! announced a partnership with Cinemax — one of India’s largest and most popular movie theaters — to deliver an NFC mobile app. The app is part and parcel to the duo’s “Box Office Now in Your Pocket” campaign that is attempting to provide moviegoers with a one-stop solution for cinema info. Patrons use jusTap!’s […]