First Data Corporation has received Discover certification for its Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution. The qualification enables First Data to support financial institutions in the deployment of their NFC services on mobile devices using the Discover Zip contactless payments application. Designed as a managed service model, First Data’s TSM solution features a single interface that […]

NFC testing lab FIME has been authorized by Isis to certify its mobile handsets and secure elements. FIME’s North American laboratory is the first to earn this qualification, which will standardize the technology throughout the Isis ecosystem to ensure that it meets functional, security and industry regulations. FIME says it will work with device manufacturers […]

Access IS is supplying Alaskan Airlines with 350 new boarding gate readers (BGRs) that can be upgraded to support NFC phones. Access’ BGR135 unit comes with the ability to scan both mobile and print 2D bar codes, but can be upgraded to accommodate NFC by simply swapping the original base for an NFC-enabled one, according […]

Frost & Sullivan has released a new report urging the mobile commerce industry to pursue new market strategies to accelerate the consumer adoption of NFC technology. According the the report, “Mobile Financial Services—A Technology and Market Analysis,” NFC has not created the revenue-generating opportunities the telecom industry expected. However, recently established partnerships between telecom operators […]

Google has released a cloud-based version of the Google Wallet app that supports all credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. According Google, the new app stores your payment cards on Google’s secure servers, instead of in the secure element of the mobile phone. The secure element still stores a wallet […]

Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, has announced that fuel dispenser technology providers Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Wayne will integrate Isis’s SmartTap technology in select gas pumps in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City to accompany Isis’s official market launch later this summer. The upgraded pumps will allow customers to pay […]

Taiwan’s Cathay United Bank has announced a partnership with Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) to launch an NFC payments pilot on the Taipei public transit network. The pilot uses NFC-enabled Mobile Security Card SWP microSD cards from G&D Secure Flash Solutions, which bank customers can pop into their mobile phones to make contactless mobile payments for […]