Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has unveiled a trio of new solutions – including a software platform, iOS add-on device, and a point of sale terminal – designed to change the point of sale experience for merchants and customers The new software platform, CommBank Pi, enables application developers and businesses to create Android apps and distribute them […]

Google released a software upgrade for the Nexus 7 tablet enabling it to use Google Wallet. With the update, Nexus 7 owners can now use their tablet to make purchases and redeem offers just like with an NFC-enabled smart phone, the company posted on Google Plus.  

Engineers at Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University have developed a tiny, low-power random number generator that can be used to improve security on data transmitted via NFC-enabled devices, according to IEEE Spectrum. The innovation uses so-called “memristors” and resistive random-access memories (RRAM), which store memory as resistance rather than charge. With these technologies, researchers were […]

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has introduced an NFC-enabled sticker that enables German bank customers to make contactless payments with their existing mobile phones. The mobile payments sticker runs on SECCOS (Secure Chip Card Operating System), the German banking industry system for smart cards. When attached to a cell phone or smart phone, the sticker enables […]

Malaysia-based electronic payments provider Touch ‘n Go (TnG) will introduce a mobile version of its prepaid smart card for NFC-enabled phones within the next two months, according to The Sun Daily. The mobile Touch ‘n Go app will support a number of contactless functions, including transit ticketing, payment, loyalty, access control, tag reading and peer-to-peer […]

Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, has announced the launch of its new NFC-enabled T Series handset, the Turkcell MaxiPLUS5. In addition to being a “more affordable” alternative to other NFC smart phones, the Android-based MaxiPLUS5 debuts Turkcells’ new NFC-based Mobile Contactless Order system. Each handset will ship with an NFC-enabled refrigerator magnet that can be […]

Mobey Forum, an international bank-led association aimed at promoting mobile commerce, has established a new chapter in North America that will address mobile issues facing the region. Mobey Forum North America brings together the region’s banks and payment providers – including chapter leader Bank of America, American Express, Capital One, Visa, MasterCard and others – […]