PayPal is opening up a showroom in downtown New York that will demo in-store mobile payments through NFC and other channels, according to GigaOM. PayPal, which has been reticent to adopt NFC payments due to a perceived “lack of traction,” has now added a “tap phone” option that enables customers to simply tap their phone […]

Philadelphia-based identity software company Probaris has released an upgrade to its identity registration authority software. Called ID 4.0, it now supports multiple credential, token and device types, enabling configurable workflows for varying credential form factors. Additional new features include the ability to audit and provide reporting for governance, risk management and compliance by identity type […]

New research commissioned by First Data shows that Poland and the Middle East are more enthusiastic about contactless and mobile payments than UK/Ireland, Australia and Germany. According to the report, “Payment Methods: What Do International Consumers Want, Need and Expect?” contactless payment card ownership is still “very low” in all five countries/regions, despite being available […]

Entertainment retail chain HMV has announced it will adopt Visa payWave contactless payments in 116 stores across Canada. Starting this month, HMV customers nationwide will be able to pay for music, DVDs, video games, books and more with a simple tap of their contactless payWave-enabled credit or debit card at the point of sale. HMV […]

Unilever has partnered with Eye Corp and Tapit to launch an NFC-enabled poster campaign for Lipton Ice Tea at Sydney University. The pilot will use Eye’s Eyelite billboards equipped with NFC tags from Tapit. SU students with NFC-enabled phones can tap the tag with their handsets to instantly ‘Like’ Lipton Ice Tea on Facebook. In […]

HID Global announced that the company and its parent, ASSA ABLOY, have been notified by the United States Patent Office that their patent, US 2008/0163361, titled “Method and Apparatus for Making a Decision on a Card,” has been allowed and will issue shortly. This invention covers the use of portable credentials in a secure access […]

Aconite has announced the release of its new Mobile Application Manager, a solution that enables application issuers, such as banks and transit operators, to install and manage the life-cycles of apps in an NFC-enabled mobile handset’s Secure Element. The solution, which is based on the new standards for mobile application management and security from GlobalPlatform, […]