The Handheld Group has announced it will supply Netherlands Railways (NS) with more than 10,000 rugged handheld ticketing terminals, 6,000 of which will be the Nautiz eTicket Pro for contactless ticketing. The Nautiz eTicket Pro rugged PDA, designed specifically for payment transactions and validations in the public transportation market, features an integrated smart card reader […]

Tyfone has unveiled its new mobile banking solution, offering NFC contactless payments, multi-factor ID authentication management and multiple new banking features all on the same platform. Built on the company’s u4ia mobile financial services platform, the solution is designed to provide banks with a “multi-faceted roadmap” for offering comprehensive digital wallet and payment services, says […]

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has begun the process of seeking a vendor for its new contactless fare payment system, according to Banktech.com. The MTA has invited members of the fare collection, technology, telecommunications, system integration and payments industries to attend a presentation of its Concept of Operations (ConOps), a document that the […]

INSIDE Secure today announced it will develop 32-bit secure processor solutions based on ARM architecture. Under the terms of a licensing agreement with ARM, INSIDE can now utilize the ARM SecurCore SC300 processor for its next generation of secure payments, digital security and NFC solutions. “This new partnership expands upon the ARM IP license INSIDE […]

Juniper Research has released a new report projecting North America as the top NFC market in five years, according to Internet Retailer. According to Juniper’s report, The NFC Briefing 2011-2016, there will be approximately $113 billion made in NFC transactions worldwide in 2016. Of that sum, North America will account for $47 billion, or 41.6% […]

Oberthur Technologies has announced the commercial launch of its Cosmo Fly v4 M/Chip Advance for MasterCard. Following Oberthur’s announcement of the development of MasterCard M/Chip Advance in December 2010, the Cosmo Fly has been fully certified and is now commercially available for MasterCard issuers. The new product is designed to provide MasterCard issuers with a […]

Clear2Pay has won the Contactless Monkey Award in the category of “Trailblazing and Innovation” for its EMV contactless ticketing solution in South Africa’s public transport system. Clear2Pay shares the award, which is given to companies who have “furthered the boundaries of contactless technology” through introducing new technology or pilot programs, with its partners Keith Smith […]

Deutsche Bahn and NXP Semiconductors have decided to continue their co-operation on Touch&Travel, a mobile ticketing scheme piloted on Germany’s national railway. Touch&Travel enables train passengers to purchase e-tickets with NFC-enabled mobile phones. Customers need only tap their phone against an interactive “Touchpoint” station to select and purchase a ticket. Ticket data and payment information […]

David Dorf, of the Insight-Driven Retail Blog, argues that the main advantage of NFC technology is its ability to be used for multiple purposes in the same transaction, i.e. couponing, loyalty and payment. But if using these services takes longer than it would to flip through your “real” wallet, what’s the point? In a test […]

The Atlanta Federal Reserve wants to put an end to erroneous fears over the security of mobile contactless payments, reports American Banker. According to the bank, a mobile device provides greater security than a common magnetic stripe credit card in that the device itself can be used as an authentication tool. For example, most if […]