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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08 Oct, 2008Contactless card featuring payments, transit debuts in Brazil
Libercard, ViVOtech and Inteligensa have developed the first transit and retail combination contactless payment implementation in Latin America. With the new technology, Brazilians in Fortaleza can use a single contactless payment card to ride local transit and make retail purchases and reload the card at several hundred retail stores in the city that use ViVOtech […]
06 Oct, 2008BART NFC trial shows high transit and retail usage
A four-month near field communication trial involving Bay Area Rapid Transit riders in San Francisco that enabled them to use their Sprint-supplied cell phones to both pay for fares and food, has been deemed a success. Companies participating in the trial–BART, First Data and ViVOtech–released the results of the Jan. 28 to May 30, 2008 […]
30 Sep, 2008AIRTAG launches first NFC and contactless development solution
Professionals and other end users can develop their own contactless and NFC applications thanks to the AIRTAG Kit that enables users to program tags to NFC standards, communicate with all NFC mobile phones and to develop secured applications compliant with the industry standards. AIRTAG Kit is a multimedia NFC reader with USB connection that comes […]
26 Sep, 2008Sesames finalists named
Thirty five finalists are in the running for 10 Sesames awards that will be presented during the 2008 edition of the CARTES & IDentification show Nov. 4-6 in Paris. At first there were 233 entrants, but the field has been cut to 35. It’s a field which features some of the top names in the […]
26 Sep, 2008Visa working with Nokia, Android to deliver more mobile payments services
Visa contactless payments, money transfers and more are being added to Nokia’s next generation NFC-compliant handsets beginning in October while at the same time Visa also announced plans to link with Google’s new Android-powered handsets to make some mobile payment services available, first to Visa Chase cardholders. The Visa applications for the Nokia 6212, will […]
22 Sep, 2008Smart Card Alliance’s contactless council now includes mobile payments
As near field communication begins to make inroads in the payments market, the Smart Card Alliance has decided to make this new technology part of one of one of its industry councils. The Contactless Payments Council has thus been renamed the Contactless and Mobile Payments Council. “Consumers, mobile carriers, banks and technology providers are all […]
18 Sep, 2008LEGIC participates in NFC pilot in Switzerland
An NFC pilot project by contactless smart card producer LEGIC, telecommunications provider Swisscom and vending machine operator Selecta is providing customers an easier way to pay for refreshments with their NFC-enabled phones. The phones are being tested in Swisscom’s buildings in Bern, Switzerland. Swisscom staff use the mobile phones to get chilled drinks and snacks […]
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