Gemalto and Sony Corporation have announced that the pair will offer integrated FeliCa/near field communication solutions worldwide. Under the agreement, Gemalto will incorporate Sony’s FeliCa software technology into its UpTeq NFC SIM product lineup starting in 2012. According to Gemalto, the UpTeq NFC SIM enables mobile operators to securely install additional applications from new service […]

Multiple announcements on mobile ID and the enterprise Entrust Inc. is extending its Entrust IdentityGuard strong authentication platform to offer smart credentials on mobile devices for enterprise-grade security. Taking advantage of near field communication and Bluetooth standards, Entrust embeds biometrics and digital certificates on smart phones to create trusted identity credentials for stronger, more convenient […]

DeviceFidelity announced that its In2Pay iCaisse4 has become the first NFC payments solution for iPhone to be certified for commercial deployment with MasterCard Mobile PayPass. The iCaisse4, a protective case for the iPhone 4/4S that enables NFC via microSD, can now be issued by banks or wireless operators in conjunction with MasterCard certified mobile wallet […]

Vodafone and Visa have announced a partnership to enable consumers to pay for goods and services using their mobile phones. Available to Vodafone’s 398-million customer base across the globe, the mobile wallet service will feature a Vodafone stored value account – based on the Visa prepaid account – that uses Visa payWave technology to perform […]

NXP Semiconductors announced a new SWP-SIM secure element platform that combines passport level security, flash memory, smart card performance and multi-application support. Designed to boost security in mobile transactions, the new secure element incorporates SmartMX2 technology, NXP’s next generation of secure elements, which have been deployed almost 1.5 billion times in eGovernment, banking and transport […]

Banco Santander, the Spanish arm of Santander Group, has teamed up with Orange to develop the first mobile wallet that supports both Visa and MasterCard issued accounts. According to NFC World, Santander’s mobile wallet will enable customers to load their Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards onto their mobile phones to make NFC payments […]

By Bob Fontana, President and CTO, Codebench Physical security professionals are hearing about public key infrastructure, or PKI, more frequently than ever before. This is because the federal government, through the National Institutes of Standards and Technology and the Interagency Advisory Board (IAB), are pushing for higher security in the physical access control world. The […]