Google has introduced a new “Save to Wallet” API that enables customers to save offers directly from a merchant’s website into their Google Wallet app with the click of a button. According to Google, customer can redeem saved coupons by either tapping their phone against an NFC reader at the point of sale or by […]

Sweden’s four major telecos, Telia, Tele2, Telenor and 3 have officially launched their WyWallet mobile wallet service. The first service of its kind in Sweden, WyWallet covers 97% of the country’s mobile users, enabling them to perform person-to-person money transfers and make payments for SMS-services like public transport, ticketing and voting, as well as shop […]

GlobalPlatform and the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) have formed a joint work group that will collaborate on mobile device industry standards. According to GlobalPlatform, the work group will focus primarily on security topics, including the TCG Trusted Platform Module Mobile (TPM Mobile), a security component for mobile devices that secures root secrets and immutable data, […]

Orange, France’s largest mobile operator, has partnered with Gemalto to roll out NFC-enabled SIM cards nationwide. Acccording to Orange, the wide-scale deployment of Gemalto’s UpTeq NFC SIMs will enable service providers, such as banks, transport operators and retailers, to deploy mobile contactless services on a massive, nationwide scale. Orange will offer service providers a secure […]

NXP Semiconductors has announced that the newly launched Google Nexus 7 tablet will feature its PN65 NFC solution. Comprising an NFC radio controller and an embedded Secure Element, the PN65 supports full NFC functionality, enabling the Nexus 7 to perform content sharing via Android Beam and Bluetooth pairing with a simple tap. The PN65’s embedded […]

The mobile device hardware security market is projected to jump from $430 million in 2012 to $1.9 billion by 2017, according to a new report from ABI Research. The bulk of the market is attributed to embedded chip security technology, such as ARM’s TrustZone and other semiconductor companies’ security solutions. Revenues generated by secure elements […]

Placecast has announced the launch of ShopAlerts Wallet, a white label mobile wallet solution that combines location-based offers with mobile payments. With ShopAlerts, customers can receive, save and use offers via their mobile phone. Users can search manually for offers based on location, keyword or category, or receive them automatically through SMS or push notifications […]