Episode 144: Implanting an NFC chip
Credential Convergence Takes Hold in Key Industries
Health, finance lead charge to unite PACs and LACS
Ticketless, cashless Lollapalooza
NFC wristbands replace tickets and cash at mega music fest
Non-payment use cases for NFC
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06 Jun, 2013MasterCard gears up to deploy 410,000 PayPass terminals in Japan
Setting the stage to advance consumer adoption of contactless payment technology, MasterCard announced it will deploy a target of 410,000 MasterCard PayPass-enabled point of sale (POS) terminals throughout Japan. Over the next three years, the 410,000 MasterCard contactless terminals will be deployed by domestic card companies including Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, Orient Corporation […]
31 May, 2013ABI: Smart card, IC shipments surge
2012 was a great year for both smart cards and integrated circuit (IC) cards with a reported 7.95 billion and 7.99 billion units shipped respectively – a year over year jump of 9.4% and 12.0%, according to ABI Research. The addition of NFC, RF and secure elements has been a major influence in the new […]
29 May, 2013St. Albert moves forwards with smart transit fare system
The community of St. Albert, a suburban city in Alberta, Canada, has taken the next step towards its long pursuit of a smart fare system for the region’s transit buses, according to the St. Albert Gazette. The city council has endorsed a proposal for a new open transit fare system that enables passengers to pay […]
28 May, 2013Awareness of contactless mobile payments more than doubles in just 12 months
Awareness of contactless mobile payment points and symbols amongst consumers has more than doubled from in just twelve months according to the latest Mobile Payment Index results from eDigitalResearch. Spending via mobile NFC technology has also grown in the past twelve months. In May 2012, results indicated that contactless mobile payment users were, on average, […]
20 May, 2013Future of NFC greater than just payments
The NFC Solutions Summit in Burlingame, California — put on by a partnership of the Smart Card Alliance and NFC Forum— examined the future of NFC and the best use cases for the technology. Widely considered to be an ideal solution for mobile payments, the Summit posits that the most promising applications for NFC mobile […]
04 May, 2013OSPT Alliance releases CIPURSE open security standards for NFC phones
The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced the availability of the CIPURSE V2 Mobile Guidelines, a set of requirements and use cases for developing and deploying CIPURSE-secured transit fare mobile apps for NFC-enabled smart phones, tablets and other smart devices. Providing everything developers need to implement and use the CIPURSE V2 open security […]
29 Apr, 2013Spring 2013 Regarding ID Magazine available via interactive PDF viewer
AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the spring 2013 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]
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