STMicroelectronics has partnered with Wasion Group, a China-based supplier of energy-metering technology, to introduce NFC-enabled power meters to the residents of ChongQing, China. The new meters, which integrate NFC technology from ST, enables users to pay their electricity bills with a tap of an NFC phone. According to ST, the data is transmitted from the […]

Participants of a recent NFC payments trial in New Zealand have given the service overwhelming positive reviews, with 100% reporting a positive experience and 97% saying they will likely use the service again in the future. The four-month trial, conducted by Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), Vodafone, Visa and Paymark, saw participants using NFC-enabled mobile […]

Samsung has introduced a new line NFC tags that users can program to perform ordinary tasks on their mobile phone. Samsung’s TecTile tags, along with their corresponding TecTile mobile app, can be used to launch a particular mobile app, set an alarm, turn on/off Bluetooth or WiFi, make a call, update a Facebook status and […]

NXP Semiconductors and security specialist Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) have singed an agreement enabling G&D to integrate NXP’s Mifare technology into its portfolio of secure SIM products. Per the agreement, G&D can now offer Mifare-enabled SIM products to mobile network operators, enabling the deployment of NFC mobile ticketing solutions throughout Mifare’s global contactless infrastructure. According […]

Some 300,000 contactless payment terminals have been installed throughout France, but only 5,000 have been activated so far, according to French mobile operator SFR. The operator reports that merchants are having a difficult time buying the necessary equipment, upgrading software and paying for installation of the NFC-enabled equipment. Despite slow adoption on the merchant end, […]

Fresh on the heels of last week’s buzz about Sprint planning to launch its own mobile wallet, photos of the rumored Touch app have made their way to Android Central. The photos show a layout similar to Google Wallet, with a PIN-protected login screen that leads to a main menu where you can store and […]

Tyfone signed a 10-year deal with PT Number One, an Indonesia-based secure ID solutions provider, to bring its iCashe mobile financial services platform to the Indonesian market. According to Tyfone, PT Number One has enabled the personalization of more than 100 million cards for Indonesia’s leading banks, including each of the country’s top 10 banks. […]