Beloit College has once again released its annual Mindset List, providing a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall – the class of 2015. Since 1998, the Beloit College Mindset List has been as a reminder to faculty to be aware of dated references, and it has […]

A new study from British research firm YouGov shows that Apple iPhone users are most receptive to mobile payments and banking among UK’s mobile phone owners, reports GigaOM. The overall results of the study were underwhelming, with 21% of those surveyed saying they would pay bills through a mobile device, 25% would transfer funds, 36% […]

Rogers Wireless, Canada’s largest mobile operator, is planning to launch NFC payments by the first quarter of 2012, according to NFC Times. A source close to the project said that the teleco will likely team up with Visa and at least one bank for the launch, but will not partner with another mobile operator. No […]

The youth-oriented Australian travel agency – Student Flights – has selected Multicard to provide identity management services for the verification and issuance of International Student Exchange student ID cards. Student Flights, a division of Brisbane-based Flight Centre Limited, has 50 stores across Australia all of which are authorized issuing agents for the internationally recognized International […]

Jiepang, a location-based service provider in China, has announced it is testing NFC technology in its SoLoMo (social-local-mobile) service. Jiepang says the trial, which will use UPM BullsEye and UPM MiniBlock NFC tags, is part of a larger business strategy to take SoLoMo beyond social networking and mobile marketing promotions to provide contactless payments and […]

Payment card manufacturer Dynamics Inc. has purchased a state-of-the-art facility in the Pittsburgh area that will serve as its world headquarters. The 115,000 square foot facility will contain approximately 100,000 square feet of conditioned clean room engineering and manufacturing space. Dynamics plans to configure part of the space to be able to offer card issuers […]

The University of Ottawa has partnered with ITC Systems to develop a campus-wide ecommerce solution to combine its current multiple campus card systems. Using ITC System’s MultiPlan online student account solution, Ottawa students will be able to use a single contactless, MiFare-based card for all transaction payments across campus: vending, bookstore purchases, dining, laundry charges, […]

Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility should throw the company’s Mobile Wallet plans into hyper-drive, according to On Wall Street. Thanks to the acquisition, Google will not have to rely solely on the Sprint Nexus S to carry its Mobile Wallet service. Now the company will be able to design, manufacture and sell its […]

Telefónica Germany, Telekom and Vodafone have announced the formation of a new NFC payments joint venture under the ‘mpass’ brand. Already used by subscribers for paying their bills via mobile phone, the mpass service will soon be expanded to enable mobile users on all of Germany’s networks to perform contactless transactions at the point of […]

On Friday the PCI Security Standards Council released guidance on tokenization, saying that implementation of a token program does not automatically grant merchant compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). SCMagazineUS.com reports that although a tokenization solution is not a sure-fire way for merchants to be compliant with the standards, it […]