HTC Corp. has signed a deal with China UnionPay, China’s only credit card network, to launch a new NFC-enabled smart phone for mobile banking, according to Focus Taiwan. The 4-inch, Android-powered HTC “Stunning” will allow UnionPay customers to pay their bills from their phones as well as make contactless payments at the point of sale. […]

Subway is preparing to launch NFC payment terminals in 24,000 restaurants across the U.S., according to Mobile Commerce News. The terminals, which are slated to hit stores this fall, will enable customers to pay for their meals with a tap of their NFC-enabled smart phone. As one of the first retailers to join Google’s Mobile […]

The Keller Independent School District based in Keller, Texas has selected Radiant RFID to manage a new pay-for-ride bus transportation system. Using RFID tags and readers, the Radiant RFID solution will operate in much the same way as a city bus pass. Combined with Motorola’s FX 7400 readers, the Radiant RFID platform detects directionality of […]

Visa Inc. is getting behind the adoption of contact and contactless EMV in the U.S. as a way to prepare the payments infrastructure for near field communication. The company will start offering incentives to merchants in 2012 to make the switch to contact and contactless point-of-sales terminals. Chip technology aims to accelerate mobile payments but […]

Oklahoma City University has teamed up campus card service provider CardSmith to launchthe StarCard – a new multi-functional ID card at the university’s Oklahoma City campus for the upcoming academic year. Powered by CardSmith’s Software as a Service transaction solution, StarCard will enable OCU students cashless access to a range of campus facilities and services […]

Google looks poised for an acquisition of BlackBerry smart phone manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM), according to Anton Wahlman, a former telecom stock analyst with UBS, Needham & Co., and ThinkEquity. The deal, which Whalman says has a 50-50 shot at happening, would give Google access to RIM’s celebrated security technology in order to better […]

ABI Research has released a new report predicting that China will see more than $8 billion in NFC payments by 2014. According ABI, Chinese device manufacturers and operators like ZTE are keen to move ahead with contactless mobile payments. This is due in part to an enormous market with more than 868 million cell phone […]

Collis has announced that its CPV version 4.2 module in the Collis EMV Personalization Validation Tool has achieved MasterCard qualification. Collis’ CPV module is now authorized to check if MasterCard EMV/PayPass cards are correctly personalized according to the latest MasterCard specifications. According to Collis, the module ensures compliance with the following MasterCard WorldWide standards: M/Chip […]

STMicroelectronics has unveiled a new secure IC chip for the latest version the Calypso ticketing open standard. With the support of ST’s CD21-Rev3 solution, the Calypso Revision 3 standard enables operators to offer contactless transit cards with extra services such as an e-purse, loyalty rewards or USB key. According to ST, the EMV-compliant solution is […]

RIM has announced the launch of its new BlackBerry OS7 operating system along with five brand new smart phones – two which will be NFC-enabled, according to Finextra. Both the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Bold 9930 will come equipped with NFC chips, making them ready for a host applications including contactless payments, tag reading, device […]