Contactless chip provider INSIDE Contactless and First Data, a Denver-based electronic commerce and payment processing service, have signed a three-year agreement to develop contactless payment stickers which can be affixed to mobile phones or other devices. First Data will market the sticker as the GO-Tag, while INSIDE will supply its MicroPass payment sticker prelaminates exclusively […]

ViVOtech, a Santa Clara, Calif. provider of contactless and NFC mobile phone payments and UK-based Eagle Eye Solutions, a mobile couponing provider, have agreed to integrate their respective systems to provide a consolidated solution for retailers. The new partnership will enable retailers to issue mobile vouchers to customers–promotional, gift, loyalty, etc.– either via standard SMS […]

Blaze Mobile, an Alameda, Calif. provider of mobile commerce applications, has partnered with MasterCard to produce a contactless payment sticker that can turn a mobile phone into a payments device. MasterCard says it sees this approach as a bridge to fully integrated contactless payment capabilities using NFC technology. The small mobile payment sticker can be […]

Sony Electronics’ expansion of its FeliCa contactless technology in North America got a boost with the company’s announcement that it had signed MxN Media Group, a company doing business in the U.S. and Canada as an authorized FeliCa technology deployment channel partner. It’s part of the FeliCa System Integrator Application Developer program launched last year. […]

Obopay Inc., the service provider for payments via mobile phones, announced an investment from Nokia. According to the Financial Times the mobile device manufacturer’s investment was $70 million. Obopay has also named Teppo Paavola, vice president and head of corporate business development at Nokia, to its board of directors. The company will use this minority […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit association created to advance the use of NFC technology, has selected 20 finalists from 52 entrants in its Global Competition 2009 awards. Entries represented 21 countries and four continents. More than half of the 20 finalists are from two countries, Finland, with seven, and Germany, with four. Developers in a […]

The school’s Mobile Experience Lab explores the future of life with the mobile handset Most trials of near field communication have involved payment applications at the neighborhood department store, restaurant or transit agency. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge took a different tact, however, attempting to illustrate the many other ways NFC could be […]