Turkcell has announced a partnership with Ticket Restaurant to pilot a meal payment program based on NFC technology. Operating on the Cep-T Cuzdan mobile wallet service, the new system enables Turkcell employees to embed their Ticket Restaurant meal cards into their NFC-enabled SIM card, enabling them to pay for lunch with just a simple tap […]

MasterCard is teaming up with Georgian banks to launch mobile payments as soon as next year, according to Finchannel.com. Kemal Uyan, regional business development director for MasterCard South East Europe, told Finchannel.com that the company is looking to roll out an NFC service called MOTAPS for contactless transactions at the point of sale, as well […]

Insurance2go has become the first company to offer fraud insurance for NFC payments in anticipation of a mobile wallet boom later this year. The company launched the service, which covers its current UK customers using mobile wallet technology at no extra cost, according to Mobilechoices.co.uk. “With this new payment system mobile phones will become even […]

NXP Semiconductors, AuthenTec and DeviceFidelity Inc. announced that they are jointly developing reference designs that enable secure mobile payments via Android-based phones through the use of fingerprint biometrics and near field communication technology. Reference designs created by the companies are expected to help mobile phone manufacturers and wireless carriers to address the growing demand for […]

TagStar has expanded its TOM (TagOnMetal) product line to include several new tags that combine various shielding elements and tag surfaces for use with up-and-coming NFC applications. TOM is TagStar’s patented magnetic shielding technology that allows a tag’s RFID to overcome the weakening effect of metal on RFID signals. Depending on the application, the shielding […]

Kyocera is launching an NFC update for its Android-based Echo handset, according to Ubergizmo.com. Scheduled to launch today, the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update will deliver NFC support to the dual-touchscreen Echo. Ubergizmo says this will enable handset to perform contactless payments, store loyalty cards and read tags and posters. In addition to NFC, the update […]

GE Capital has announced the launch of new contactless-enabled Visa credit cards in New Zealand. Dubbed ‘Gem,’ the new cards are the first in New Zealand to offer Visa’s payWave technology, enabling consumers to tap and pay at the point of sale for purchases up to 80NZD (about $70) without having to sign or enter […]

FIME, a provider of integration testing services for contact and contactless chip solutions, has become the first laboratory to achieve Interac Association accreditation to certify dual interface cards and readers. According to FIME, this will support the mass market roll out of Interac Flash, Canada’s new contactless debit service. Based on EMV requirements, Flash enables […]

Indra has announced it will lead a consortium to supply the Kuala Lumpur Monorail with a new contactless ticketing system Indra, an IT company based in Spain, will team up with Malaysia’s Iris to design, supply, and implement the €4.4 million system, which will include new access control equipment and automated and manual ticket sale […]

BNP Paribas and Orange have have announced a partnership to launch mobile banking services in France. Starting this November, BNP Paribas will be able to offer mobile banking through all of its 2,250 branches, enabling customers to manage their accounts and make payments using their mobile phones. To accelerate the service, the partners say they […]