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
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
17 Jun, 2009MPS wants to skin your cell phone
Instead of a contactless payment sticker for your mobile phone, why not just skin the entire phone? That’s the reasoning behind Phoolah the product that that Mobile Payment Skins, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based provider of mobile contactless payment service solutions that is launching this fall. The name comes from a combination of payment card, personalized skin […]
17 Jun, 2009Gemalto providing personalization service for Singapore NFC pilot
Gemalto announced that it is providing personalization services to Citibank and Visa in support of the Citi – M1 mobile – Visa payWave NFC pilot in Singapore. More than 750 merchant locations across Singapore are participating in the three-month pilot, which was launched in May 2009. Up to 300 selected Citi M1 Visa Platinum […]
16 Jun, 2009UPM Raflatac, Hansaprint partner to produce NFC solutions
Two Finland-based companies, UPM Raflatac, a producer of RFID tags and inlays, and printer Hansaprint, have partnered to target the growing NFC market. As one part of the agreement, the two companies will offer a solution that provides easy creation of low volume customized NFC tags and labels via an online service. With Hansaprint’s digital […]
15 Jun, 2009Strong authentication focus of Cartes 2009
CARTES & IDentification 2009 is turning the spotlight on strong authentication. Exhibitors will present solutions for meeting today’s security needs in the field of the Trusted Internet. The theme of the fight against cybercrime will also be addressed. The IDentification trade show will be held alongside CARTES and will bring together players offering solutions and […]
15 Jun, 2009Bay Area universal transit card stalls
Is TransLink, a regional smart card designed to tie some 28 transit agencies in the San Francisco Bay area together stumbling along “like a broken-down bus?” According to the Contra Costa Times, it has been a “bumpy ride” for TransLink. It didn’t help matters when one of the directors for BART, the area’s rail system […]
15 Jun, 2009Canadian telcos launching mobile payment service
Three of Canada’s largest wireless carriers plan to deploy today a mobile payment service that will enable customers to send, request and receive money via their mobile phones. Zoompass, managed by Enstream, is a joint venture from Bell, Rogers and Telus. Mobile phone users can register for the service online and then download the Zoompass […]
12 Jun, 2009SkyRFID offers automated library system
Canada-based SkyRFID Inc., a provider of RFID-enabled automated data collection systems, has announced the release of an Automated Self Serve Library Management system. Patrons of a library deploying the system can access a full range of library services with a swipe of their RFID-enabled library cards. The system offers the standard functions of the increasingly […]
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