First Data Corporation is partnering with mobile contactless payment provider Tyfone to launch SideTap MicroSD memory cards designed to transform cell phones into mobile contactless payment devices. The SideTap card, which works with any phone equipped with a memory card slot, can contain financial information and secure identification from multiple sources, such as specific retailers […]

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UK’s Barclaycard and mobile service provider Orange are planning to deploy NFC-enabled mobile phones by the end of 2010, according to The Register. The announcement came during a presentation by Barclaycard’s Head of Innovation Marketing, Sarah Mansfield, who stated that before the end of the year Orange customers will be able to buy NFC-enabled handsets. […]

IBBT, a research institute of the Flemish government, has completed two-year study on the use of NFC-enabled mobile coupons in place of paper vouchers. The research was conducted in collaboration with Clear2Pay/Integri, Keyware and Accor Services, and addressed mobile coupons’ usability, legal aspects, security and applications. The technology would enable consumers to pay at the […]

Germany’s Stollmann announced that it has integrated its NFC protocol stack into Tipro Deutschland’s NFC Money Tray. The integrated NFC Money Tray enables point of sale mobile payment and supports ticketing system applications as well as applications for access control and Web-based control systems. Stollmann revealed NFC Money Tray last week at the Embedded World […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit association dedicated to advancing NFC technology, has gained 19 new members from 14 countries. The new members are from several sectors of the NFC industry, including semiconductor and terminal manufacturers, higher education, service providers, compliance and testing organizations and systems integrators. According to the NFC Forum, the increasingly global composition […]

Can biometrics help launch mobile payment in U.S.? For the first time, a mobile phone with a fingerprint biometric scanner is arriving on U.S. shores. The LG eXpo is being offered in the U.S. by AT&T and in Canada by TELUS, says Art Stewart, vice president of mobile systems products at Authentec, a Melbourne, Fla.-based […]