The business card has long been a staple in business networking, but custom business card maker, Moo is using NFC to create cards like never before. As reported by GigaOM.com, Moo is producing paper business cards that house an NFC tag. While sending data between phones using NFC has been around for some time now, […]

Peter Cattaneo, vice president of business development, Intercede During the past several months, near field communications has been associated with a number of different industries and solidified itself as one of the most anticipated new technologies of 2012. Between checking the date of your last oil change by waving your phone over your keys to […]

While the restaurant industry is starting to adopt mobile payments, no one platform is coming across as the clear winner in the field, reports Nation’s Restaurant News. Adoption of mobile payments is slowly growing, as customers get used to the concept of paying with phones and feeling that their transactions are conducted securely. Some chains […]

INSIDE Secure has entered into an agreement to purchase Authentec’s Embedded Security Solutions (ESS), a business which designs and develops encryption-related security hardware intellectual property and software for a variety of industries, including the mobile and networking markets. INSIDE Secure will pay $38 million in cash subject to a working capital adjustment and up to […]

College students are more interested in using their smart phones as an all-around identity product rather that what most colleges and universities now offer–picture IDs with a mag stripe or contactless chip, a study from SecurityInfowatch.com reports. The study, conducted among 980 U.S. four-year and two-year colleges and universities, found that convenience is the “ultimate […]

E-security solutions provider Cryptomathic announced that it has joined with Smart Card Alliance and its EMV Migration Forum, to bolster secure chip-based technology adoption efforts in the United States. With a background in providing e-security solutions to a number of sectors, Cryptomathic will bring experience with regards to enhancing the security and integrity of data […]

A recent IDC report estimates that total mobile device spending — driven largely by m-commerce — will exceed $1 trillion by 2017. As reported by Information-Age.com, the IDC Financial Insight’s Worldwide Mobile Payments 2012-2017 report presents a worldwide forecast of consumer and private sector spending via mobile networks, and sees major increases in m-commerce in […]