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
21 Jan, 2013NFC-enabling voter registration
Rock the Vote goes high-tech for 2012 elections
The November election is a recent memory but before ballots were cast, Rock the Vote added another technology to its bag of tricks to inform young people of their voting rights and help them register to vote. The latest “We Will” campaign used NFC technology to enable citizens to begin the voter registration process and […]
18 Jan, 2013Transit tickets merging with smart phones
Smart phones have effectively penetrated virtually just about every facet daily lives, but there is one segment of the population that remains underserved; public transit users. For some time now, the “cutting edge” solution to transit tickets has been either paper-based cards or contactless cards. However, for an increasingly paperless society these solutions simply won’t […]
18 Jan, 2013Visa, BlackBerry partner to forge mobile phone payment tech
Research in Motion (RIM) has announced that BlackBerry users will soon be able to charge purchases made at cash registers with their Visa cards using NFC technology implanted in the provider’s new line of smartphones. According to a TMCNet report, RIM said Tuesday that Visa has officially opened its credit card system to work with […]
17 Jan, 2013Identive releases new NFC developer kits
Identive announced two new NFC solution development kits that will enable faster construction and implementation of NFC apps. The first of the SDKs is the NFC Plug & Play Starter Kit, which enables NFC developers to quickly create and assess new NFC-based apps across a variety of NFC chips. The second SDK is the NFC-NDEF […]
16 Jan, 2013Mobile payment market to reach 400 million users by 2016
A report from yStats.com reveals that the number of mobile payment users is poised for a significant increase in the coming years, with total global user base to reach 400 million by 2016. In 2012, the global mobile payments landscape grew by an astonishing 70% with emerging markets like China leading the charge. China set […]
15 Jan, 2013RFID keycard vendor opens fulfillment center in the heart of the United States
RFID Hotel, a supplier of RFID keycards and credentials, announced it opened a new sales and order fulfillment center in Nashville, Tenn. This location complements RFID Hotel’s global headquarters in Orlando and its centralized location will enable more than 70% of the country to be accessible via two-day ground shipping. Working with both independent properties […]
14 Jan, 2013Visa’s Gajda sees NFC as the key to mainstream mobile payments
Bill Gajda, global head of mobile products at Visa, recently sat down with Fierce Mobile Content to discuss the mobile payments landscape and where NFC fits into the equation. Since Visa’s 2011 purchase of Fundamo, the financial services giant has been beefing up its mobile wallet efforts. One of the concerns surrounding mobile payments is […]
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