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
17 Aug, 2012Top three uses for NFC beyond payments
With all the buzz about contactless mobile payments, it’s easy to overlook the other things NFC has to offer. Mobile & Apps takes a look at NFC’s top three use cases outside of payments: marketing, shopping, and peer-to-peer data sharing. NFC marketing strategies enable retailers and advertisers to connect with their customer base on a […]
17 Aug, 2012Discover cards can now be added directly to Google Wallet
Discover has announced that its cardholders can now load their Discover cards directly into Google Wallet, allowing them to tap and pay for items at the point of sale using an NFC phone. The announcement comes fresh on the heels of the newly launched cloud-based Google Wallet, which enables American Express, MasterCard, Visa and Discover […]
17 Aug, 2012ACI updates retail payments system to accept mobile wallets
Payment systems provider ACI Worldwide has released Retail Commerce Server 5.0, the latest version of the company’s integrated payment solution for acquiring, authenticating, switching and authorizing retailers’ financial transactions. Targeted for the U.S. and Mexican markets, the updated Retail Commerce Server framework adds the ability to process payments initiated on mobile devices through the retailer’s […]
15 Aug, 2012Wal-Mart et al. to launch mobile commerce platform
A group of major U.S. merchants, including Wal-Mart and Target, have formed a new company that will provide customers with a way to make payments and earn rewards using their mobile phone. Dubbed Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), the company is currently developing a mobile application to seamlessly integrates consumer offers, promotions and retail programs from […]
15 Aug, 2012ABnote, GO-Trust partner for NFC payments
ABnote Australasia has selected Taiwan’s GO-Trust Technology to provide Single Wire Protocol (SWP) 8GB Secure microSD cards for a new “Mobile Credit Card Select” NFC payments application According to ABnote, the mobile wallet app enables users to select from a number of credit cards stored on their mobile phone to make contactless payments at the […]
15 Aug, 2012Deutsche Telekom taps Wirecard for NFC payments issuance
Deutsche Telekom announced a partnership with financial services provider Wirecard AG to help implement DT’s mobile payments strategy. As part of the partnership, Wirecard will put in place the technical processes for issuing the Telekom MasterCard payments solution and support Deutsche Telekom in processing payments. The partnership provides the technical basis for the MasterCard payment […]
15 Aug, 2012Report: Mobile payments to hit $730 billion annually by 2017
The value of remote transactions for digital and physical goods purchased via mobile devices is expected to exceed $730 billion annually by 2017, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The report, “Mobile Payments for Digital & Physical Goods: Opportunity Analysis 2012-2017,” projects that transaction growth will be driven by the increasing scale of […]
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