RFID transponder and inlay developer SMARTRAC has revealed Australia-based NFCWireless as the winner of its global NFCTags partner competition. The NFCTags partner competition began in December 2012 with the goal of providing developers and inventive newcomers with an outlet to showcase their products and solutions to a global audience at the Mobile World Congress in […]

Viableware, creators of the RAIL payment platform for full-service restaurants, has put the finishing touches on a mobile wallet plan involving some of the top mobile payments industry players. The full list of mobile payments industry partners will likely be announced in the coming weeks, but for now Viableware has revealed that its new m-wallet […]

Sequent’s new mobile wallet management platform for Android effectively enables authorized mobile apps to use any card stored on the phone’s secure element (SE), transforming apps into wallets. The Sequent Wallet Management Platform is available for phones with secure element technology running Android 4.0 or later. The platform tracks which wallets are authorized to use […]

By Fred Emery, Vice President and General Manager of Campus Solutions at Heartland Payment Systems Spend time around a college campus these days and it will become apparent just how attached students have become to their mobile phones. Whether texting, listening to music, playing games, checking out the latest app or talking to a friend, […]

NFC Forum has revealed the addition of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that will composed of leaders from the consumer electronics, health care, payment, retail and transport sectors to work on NFC solution implementation, interoperability, best practices and future requirements. The SIGs will work to involve NFC stakeholders in key vertical markets, use cases and technology […]

Ingenico, a provider of payment solutions, has been selected by McDonald’s Ukraine to implement its contactless payment terminals equipped with NFC technology to provide multi-choice payment options at all McDonald’s restaurants in Ukraine. The Ingenico PIN Pad iPP350 will be used by McDonald’s Ukraine, enabling users to experiment with contactless and mobile phone (NFC) payments. […]

Accells Technologies has announced that is has been awarded the “System and method for secure transaction process via mobile device” patent, which will protect Accells mobile ID for smart authentication of mobile transactions. This, the latest patent in Accells’ rise in the authentication sector, further cements the Israel-based cybersecurity specialist as a player in mobile […]