viaForensics, the company hired by Channel 4 News to crack the Barclays card, has apparently demonstrated that it can also lift data from any Visa-branded card, according to The Register. Previously, the mobile security company exhibited how it could extract data from Visa cards issued by Barclays. Now, viaForensics claims it can lift the customer’s […]

GuestLogix, a provider of retail and payment technology solutions to airlines, has upgraded its XPDA onboard handheld point of sale device to accept contactless, NFC and EMV payments. Customers on any flight using GuestLogix readers are now able to tap and pay for in-flight snacks and services using their NFC-enabled mobile phones, contactless credit or […]

Six out of 10 consumers in the UK would avoid using NFC to make mobile payments, according to new research from VoucherCodes.co.uk. Out of 2,000 adults surveyed by VoucherCodes, 60% said they would avoid using NFC to pay for goods even if they had the capability to do so. Of these, 36% cited security as […]

Japanese teleco KDDI has selected Gemalto to help roll out NFC services to KDDI’s 34 million subscribers. According to Gemalto, the company is providing KDDI with its Allynis Trusted Service Manager (TSM) software and UpTeq NFC high-end security device to aid in the deployment of multiple contactless services ranging from mobile payments, transit ticketing, e-driver’s […]

Ingenico is working together with Cajasiete, a financial services provider based in Canary Islands, Spain, on the deployment wireless terminals to support a new program of contactless payments at throughout the islands. Cajasiete has issued more than 5,000 of its SINcontacto cards, offering customers contactless payments using Visa payWave technology. For the initial roll out, […]

Certified Payment Processing (CPP) recently unveiled their new line of payment processing terminals, under the brand name Proxima. Proxima is offers support for future payment processing technologies, with the ability to handle mobile wallet payments, contactless and EMV smart cards. It also features a full-color display, high-speed Ethernet or dial-up connectivity and backlit keypad. Currently, […]

Swedish mobile payments provider Accumulate has signed an agreement with Chinese IT provider Potevio to jointly develop and deploy mobile financial and authentication services to the Chinese market. According to the partners, future projects will include an undisclosed “unique NFC solution” that will be commercially deployed by summer 2012, a solution for secure payment of […]

The Warnow Tunnel in Rostock, Germany is now experiencing smooth traffic flow thanks to an RFID-based toll collection system commission by Schreiner PrinTrust. The automatic vehicle identification system leverages the Schreiner PrinTrust ((rfid)-Windshield Label, equipped with a specially adapted antenna for application to windshields and other glass substrates. The compact RFID label establishes a connection […]

U.S. Bank has officially launched its global EMV commercial card, designed to offer U.S.-based corporate travelers greater convenience when traveling abroad. The U.S. Bank global EMV card contains the magnetic stripe technology used in the United States, in addition to the EMV chip technology – with full chip-and-PIN capability – widely used in Canada, Europe […]

There have been a lot of questions circulating around regarding the recent news of Barclays contactless cards and how customers could have their data potentially stolen without even knowing it, according to SC Magazine UK. Barclays answered, reassuring customers that “the only information which can be obtained from a contactless chip is the same which […]