SNCF and Gemalto presented a new service enabling travelers to purchase and recharge their transport tickets using a contactless mobile phone which incorporates near field communication. The technology is being demonstrated at the Gemalto booth during the Cartes & IDentification 2009 exhibition.
 The integration of NFC technology into consumer mobile phones will enable travelers to […]

Giesecke & Devrient is consolidating its payment division’s portfolio of products, systems and services under the umbrella brand name Convego. This transition to a consistent nomenclature, being unveiled at the CARTES international trade show in Paris, will give the company a more coherent market presence. Convego will consolidate all of G&D’s payment activities within a […]

The winners of the 2009 Sesames were announced before the opening of the CARTES & IDentification exhibition in Paris. Gemalto was the only company to take home more than one award, winning Sesames for best hardware and mobile application. The winner for best hardware was awarded to Gemalto, Leti and Raisonance for their contactless smart […]

Gemalto announced that its Near Field Communication SIM card product range successfully operates with Nokia’s contactless mobile phones. Gemalto is demonstrating interoperability of its SIM cards with NFC-enabled Nokia 6216 classic handsets at Cartes & IDentification. The company is also presenting its Trusted Services Management (TSM) offer for the secure deployment and management of NFC […]

The number of locations that accept contactless payments is set to increase by more than 12.5 million by the end of 2013, according to research from IMS Research. In its latest report on “The World Market for EFT-POS Terminals & Contactless Readers” IMS Research forecasts that the number of contactless-enabled points of sale (POS) in […]

Payter will end its mobile payment services in Rotterdam on Dec. 1. The aim of the project was to explore the concept of a mobile wallet including all related services in a live operational setting. More than 1,400 users and 100 retailers had used the services in Rotterdam. The scale of the program, however, was […]

Gemalto announced that it has deployed its Secure Access Modules (SAM) into existing EasyCard payment terminals in Taiwan with Gemalto Channel Partner Program member, eSECURE Technology. The module card is used to upgrade existing payment terminals for contactless use. Upgraded contactless-ready terminals give consumers a fast and secure means to make small sum payments. There […]

NXP, the semiconductor company founded by Philips, and STMicroelectronics, a provider of smart card chips, announced a global strategic licensing agreement for NXP’s MIFARE technology. The licensing agreement enables STMicroelectronics to integrate the MIFARE family into its security solutions for mobile phone and banking applications. It will facilitate the convergence of the MIFARE infrastructure and […]

Zenius Solutions, an NFC software company, announced an NFC credit card payment solution for the iPhone. Retrofitted iPhones can conduct secure contactless transactions for MasterCard PayPass, Visa payWave, American Express ExpressPay and Discover Network Zip. The solution provides control to the user from a menu on the iPhone handset screen, as well as support for […]

A report from Juniper Research forecasts that one in every six mobile subscribers globally will have an NFC enabled device by 2014. Adoption now is centered on the Far East, with use very limited outside of this region. The report of the potentially $110 billion dollar market determined that payments and retail transactions such as […]