Irish convenience store chain Centra says it will become the country’s first retailer to accept contactless payments, according to Businessandleadership.com. Expected to launch in select Centra stores later this year, the technology will allow customers to pay for items costing €15 or under with a tap of a Visa payWave-enabled debit card. Centra says they […]

CardSmith and Agilysys announced the integration of the InfoGenesis POS with CardSmith’s campus card transaction processing system resulting in a 100% Web-enabled meal plan and campus card processing solution. CardSmith will offer the InfoGenesis POS solution to higher education clients, equipped with CardSmith’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) meal plan and campus card processing service. The integrated system […]

Heartland Payment Systems launched its new solution designed to streamline laundry services at higher education institutions and college campuses nationwide. WaveVision manages laundry services while delivering value-added convenience to students on campus. It enables students the ability to view the status of washers and dryers before making the trip to the laundry facility. The Web-based […]

PayPal has developed a new Android widget that enables users to tap their phones together to exchange money, reports PCWorld. Expected to launch this summer, the widget runs only on NFC phones, like the Nexus S featured in the video above. To exchange funds, one user enters the amount to paid, and then holds their […]

Identive Group has announced the launch of an online marketplace featuring NFC solutions for system integrators and applications developers. According to the company, IdentiveNFC.com will offer a range of NFC products and educational resources, including: NFC tags for Google Places program – Pre-personalized NFC tags for local businesses participating in Google’s smart poster campaign. NFC […]

Vodafone CEO Russell Stanners has announced that the company is working with banks to potentially roll out NFC payments in New Zealand, according to Computerworld. Stanners told the Trans-Tasman Business Circle yesterday that the infrastructure for NFC payments is already in place, and the company is currently in talks with banks on how to introduce […]

EFT Source, a provider of turn­key card production and management solutions, partnered with Evolis to develop Card@Once, a new product for financial institutions to easily and more affordably issue cards instantly. Card@Once enables banks and credit unions to provide debit, pre­paid or reloadable cards to customer’s on­site within seconds. Card@Once has successfully undergone an independent, […]

Spendvision has announced the availability of its new eMoney module, allowing businesses to capture, manage and report on purchases made by employees using NFC technology. Designed to give businesses better insight into employee expenses, the module enables eMoney transactions to be integrated with all other types of transactions, making it easier for staff to record […]

Gemalto marked the first year since the launch of United Nations Federal Credit Union’s EMV credit cards with newly released results of the financial cooperative’s effectiveness study. The credit union’s analyses demonstrated an increase in member demand, satisfaction and spend achieved during the period October 2010 to February 2011, compared to the previous year: 153% […]

Tyfone has announced that it will provide its suite of mobile wallet services to CoVantage Credit Union (CVCU). CVCU will use Tyfone’s technology to offer customers contactless mobile payments via a memory card through its nine branches in Wisconsin and Michigan. According to Tyfone, the the secure element in the memory card enables CVCU to […]