SparkBase is launching a free Android and iPhone app that will allow Chicago-area shoppers to store their loyalty cards on their smart phone, according to Fastcompany.com. Dubbed ‘PayCloud,’ the new app enables users to locate participating merchants, sign up for their loyalty programs and redeem rewards using just a smart phone – no plastic required. […]

Nokia’s new C7 and C9 handsets will be equipped with NFC chips, but will not have the technology necessary to support mobile payments, according to Recombu.com. Neither handset will feature an embedded secure element with payment capabilities or support for the Single Wire Protocol (SWP), says Recombu. The SWP is the specification for a single-wire […]

It’s only a matter of time before paying with your mobile phone becomes a reality in the U.S., says James Anderson, MasterCard’s senior vice president of mobile and vice chairman of the NFC Forum. In an interview with BGR, Anderson likened the current NFC payments situation to that of Internet-accessing smart phones in 2001: “Back […]

From some Austinites By Michael Koploy, Software Advice Isis, the mobile payments venture that is teaming up with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to bring NFC to the U.S., is piloting its program in Austin, Texas in 2012. While NFC adoption has begun to pick up in the rest of the world, it has been slow […]

CorFire, the mobile commerce business of SK C&C USA, has announced the release of three new products for the mobile payments market, CorTrust, CorPay and Cor360. Designed to enable businesses to deploy a wide array of mobile commerce applications, the three solutions leverage NFC technology as well as bridge technology for non-NFC based transactions, according […]

SMARTRAC has announced that it is now supplying a complete collection of NFC transponders, including inlays for labels, tickets, cards and complete tags. As one of the world’s major suppliers of RFID transponders, the company says it is “well prepared” to support its global customer base in tapping the potential of NFC technology. According to […]

Proxama has announced the release of a new NFC poster campaign to support the launch of the latest season of VH-1’s ‘Basketball Wives.’ Fans of the show will be able to tap their NFC-enabled phones against the posters to instantly receive an exclusive trailer for the new season as well as a link to the […]