HID Global announced a cloud-based platform for secure NFC tags and services that eliminates the inherent risks of authenticating original documents, processes, data-logging and high-value assets with traditional sign-off procedures. Leveraging the company’s Trusted Identity Platform for secure communications and identity transactions, the HID Trusted Tag Services platform is designed to secure assets and protects […]

While some may have seen Apple’s exclusion of NFC from the lastest iPhone as a slight, Miami-based Flomio saw an opportunity. As reported by BetaKit.com, the FloJack could be the solution that will enable iPhone users to have their cake and eat it too. The solution works much like the Square mobile reader— which allows […]

GlobalPlatform announced a compliance program that will standardize the trusted execution environment (TEE) and promote assurance in the mobile secure services sector by forging an approved industry framework. GlobalPlatform states that the new compliance program will cut the cost of progress for industry players— application developers, hardware manufacturers, software developers, etc.— by eliminating barriers caused […]

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance has certified the first two products to implement the CIPURS open security standard – a contactless security controller from Infineon Technologies and a CIPURSE smart card applet for NFC smart phones from INSIDE Secure. System integrators, transit systems operators and other transit ecosystem members can use these […]

Research firm Gartner identified NFC payments as one of the fastest moving technologies in its 2012 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle, an annual report that assesses the maturity, business benefit and future direction of numerous high-impact technologies. In last year’s Hype Cycle, Gartner placed NFC payments at the very peak of the “Inflated Expectations” curve–occupied now […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has announced its SmartTrust Portigo mobile wallet – a solution for NFC services that integrates all the functions of an electronic wallet into a common platform. The Portigo mobile wallet features a framework that supports a number of services including debit and credit cards, ID cards, loyalty cards, public transport tickets […]

Gemalto has revealed plans to sign a 5-year, global contract global with mobile titan Vodafone Group. As NASDAQ.com reports, the deal will provide the technology for a mobile payment service that is planned for a launch next year. According to a source close to the situation, the Amsterdam-based Gemalto is likely to announce the contract […]