La Autoridad Regional del Transporte de Chicago, la cual desarrolla un moderno sistema de boletos que le permite a los pasajeros pagar con tarjetas de crédito sin contacto, piensa expandir ese servicio para incluir también teléfonos celulares NFC. “Pienso que es una de las tecnologías más prometedoras que hay ahora”, comenta Joseph Moriarty, analista principal […]

Integri, a provider test tools for payment, ticketing and mobile applications, and MicroPross, a supplier of test hardware, announced a partnership to offer a test solution to conform with the NFC Forum specifications for Near Field Communication technology. Before launching an NFC project, cards and readers need to be verified and debugged to ensure accuracy […]

By Ed McKinley, Contributing Editor, Avisian Publications There’s a number of things holding back near field communication, the lack of devices being number one or two on that list followed by the lack of a business case for mobile providers and financial institutions. But some are moving past those obstacles. Major players in the payments […]

Chicago’s Regional Transportation Authority, which is developing a revamped fare system allowing riders to pay with contactless credit cards, may expand that service to include NFC-compliant phones as well. “I think it’s one of the most promising technologies out there,” commented Joseph Moriarty, the RTA’s principal analyst. “More people carry a cell phone than carry […]

The NFC Forum is hosting a June 2 Webcast to announce its new “Target Mark,” a stylized “N” symbol that will allow consumers to easily identify embedded NFC tags. By holding an NFC-enabled device close to the Target Mark, consumers will be able to pick up information from objects such as posters, bus stop signs, […]

Forget contactless stickers. Just get on with NFC, a Boston, Mass. researcher argues. Nick Holland, Aite Group, tells Digital Transactions that contactless stickers, the kind that can be affixed to cell phones or PDAs and are meant to serve as an interim step before NFC takes hold, are “fundamentally flawed.” He believes the stickers, which […]

Finding the right business model for financial institutions, mobile network operators and others to come together to support near field communication and mobile payments is a challenge. The Smart Card alliance is offering its answers in a white paper entitled, “Security of Proximity Mobile Payments.” The white paper focuses on a “collaboration model,” where financial […]