VeriFone and MICROS Systems have teamed up to develop a new solution that enables restaurant goers to pay at the table with NFC-enabled phones. According to the partners, this is the first practical service allowing restaurants to accommodate NFC payment and rewards technology. The new system combines VeriFone’s PAYware Mobile Enterprise POS system, which adapts […]

Slated for launch in 2012, ISIS will aim to bring contactless mobile payments to the majority of American cell phone users. So, how exactly will it work? Forbes, which was recently privy to a sneak preview, examines the nuts and bolts of the exciting new service: According to Forbes, the ISIS app will come preloaded […]

Westpac, one of Australia’s four major banks, has announced it will run an internal trial of contactless mobile payments, according to ITnews.com.au. Set to kick off later this month, the trial will involve the use of NFC stickers that will enabled contactless payments on Westpac employees’ mobile phones. Westpac declined to give further details about […]

The BCR Romanian Commercial Bank, and the Bucharest Autonomous Transportation Administration have joined forces to introduce the BCR Zambet card. The Zambet card is a debit card which includes contactless payment, so it may be used to pay for transit fares in and around the city of Bucharest. One major benefit of the card is […]

Lloyds TSB has joined Visa as an issuance partner for Samsung’s NFC-enabled Olympic and Paralympic Games mobile handset. The Olympic handsets will be linked to Lloyds TSB accounts, enabling customers to make contactless mobile purchases at thousands of locations in London during the 2012 Games. To make payments, customers simply select the Visa mobile contactless […]

UK drivers using the M6 Toll Road will be able to pay for their journeys using contactless credit and debit cards from as early as February 2012, says Barclaycard. The M6 Toll is working with Barclaycard to install contactless payment terminals at toll booths, allowing customers to pay by simply passing their card over a […]

DAILY RFID has released a SD RFID card reader that essentially transforms a smart phone or PDA into a portable high frequency RFID reader. The 13.56 MHz RFID reader can scan various types of high frequency RFID tags, and collect information as well. Information can be transferred via Wi-Fi, GPRS or Bluetooth. It is compatible […]

According to an online poll released by marketing firm Acxiom, one in five mobile users in the UK are ready to embrace NFC. The poll also showed that females would use the service to mostly collect coupons, and married couples 45-54 in age would be most likely to pay via NFC. The results suggest that […]

Digital Payment Technologies has announced the launch of its new NFC-enabled LUKE II multi-space parking pay station. Designed to give municipalities, parking operators and universities a more cost-effective way to manage their parking operations, the LUKE II offers real-time monitoring, reporting and credit card authorization, in addition to payments via contactless credit cards and NFC-enabled […]

Discover and PayPal have partnered to create a new service to send money around the globe. Money Messenger is available to Discover Card members through Discover.com on a computer or through the Discover smart phone application. The Money Messenger service is free, however, fees may be levied by PayPal if an individual is paying for […]