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
03 Jul, 2008NY Times’ Pogue talks smart cards with Randy Vanderhoof
New York Times Technology Columnist David Pogue wrote a column about smart cards and the potential future of identification and payments. Pogue chatted with Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance for the column. Pogue was the keynote speaker at the 18th Annual CTST Conference this past May in Orlando, Fla. The column […]
02 Jul, 2008New plan brings global payment system closer
A new cooperative agreement between the GSM Association (GSMA), which brings together the world’s major mobile operators, and the European Payment Council (EPC), which the EU banking sector, could speed the adoption of mobile phone payments, or near field communication, across Europe and the world. Under the GSMA-EPC plan, payments would be carried out through […]
27 Jun, 2008O2 tests NFC in health care, concert toilets
Working toward its goal of leading NFC adoption in the U.K., O2 is conducting trials of NFC technology in the health care and entertainment sectors. O2 is testing NFC technology to protect visiting health care workers in the field. It has equipped 120 health care workers with NFC handsets for remote community care access. Workers […]
23 Jun, 2008Ingenico PINpad approved by MasterCard and Visa
Ingenico has announced that its i3070 Contactless PINpad has been approved by both Mastercard PayPass and Visa payWave. The company notes that this gives their pinpad a unique flexibility, as it is the first such device on the market that can read magnetic stripe cards, smartcards, contactless cards and NFC phones. The i3070 Contactless can […]
19 Jun, 2008NXP tops contactless IC vendor ranking
NXP Semiconductors has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Inside Contactless and Infineon Technologies claimed the second and third spots in the company’s most recent evaluation of worldwide contactless IC vendors. The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by ABI Research to provide a clear understanding […]
18 Jun, 2008StarHub to pilot mobile wallet based on Japan’s Osaifu-Keitai service
Is the wallet you’re carrying in your back pocket or handbag today getting too bulky? StarHub, Singapore’s second largest info-communications provider, thinks so. The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NTT DOCOMO, one of Japan’s mobile communications provider, to explore a mobile wallet concept similar to Japan’s Osaifu-Keitai wallet solution for a near […]
16 Jun, 2008APACS: Contactless payments growing in UK
Contactless payment cards will continue to be deployed in the UK, according to payment association APACS. There are 337,000 cards enabled for contactless technology in the UK, according to a story in IT Pro. Most of the cards are in London and the South East where Barclaycard, Visa and Transport for London have held trials. […]
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