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
29 May, 2012Industry leaders see mass market ahead for NFC
Executives from MasterCard, Sony, Intel and other payments and consumer tech leaders took the stage earlier this week at the Smart Card Alliance’s NFC Solutions Summit 2012 to declare that NFC is coming soon, and when it does, it will enable a broad array of applications that will enhance the consumer experience at the point-of-sale […]
25 May, 2012Barcelona, Hamburg, Rio & Derry to launch NFC services with Connecthings
Connecthings has announced that it will deploy NFC-based information services in the cities of Barcelona, Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro and Derry, Northern Ireland. The four cities are launching NFC services as part of the Living Labs Global Awards, a project that involves 21 cities over five continents seeking to solve issues in areas as diverse […]
25 May, 2012Jersey Mike’s sees mobile rewards program take off
Jersey Mike’s Subs has seen its NFC-enabled Sub Club Rewards Program leap to more than 200,000 users nationwide since its debut last month, according to QSRWeb. The loyalty program uses both traditional bar code based membership cards as well as a mobile NFC-enabled sticker that can be tapped against a reader to earn points towards […]
23 May, 2012GlobalPlatform to host mobile security seminars in Tokyo and Beijing
GlobalPlatform is hosting two one-day seminars in Beijing and Tokyo on how the mobile industry is coming together to standardize secure application execution in mobile handsets. The seminars, titled “Leveraging GlobalPlatform Specifications to Develop Secure Applications on Mobile Devices,” are free to attend and are scheduled to take place on July 10 in Tokyo and […]
23 May, 2012Report: NFC payments here to stay for 9 out of 10 users
Nine out of 10 previous users of contactless mobile payments are likely to use the technology again in the near future, according to eDigitalResearch’s new Mobile Payment Index study. The survey also found that, of those that have the NFC technology enabled of their smart phone device, 47% have already used it to make a […]
23 May, 2012Vantiv picks Ingenico for EMV, NFC readers
Vantiv is now offering Ingenico’s NFC and EMV-enabled Telium series point-of-sale products to its financial institutions and merchant customers in the U.S. The Telium readers, which are equipped with Vantiv’s own point-to-point card data encryption solution (P2PE), will help the Vantiv’s U.S. clients make the jump to EMV chip-based and NFC mobile payments, according to […]
23 May, 2012Cubic customer tops one million mobile transit tickets sold in Frankfurt
Cubic Transportation Systems announced that Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund GmbH (RMV), one of Europe’s largest transport associations, has sold more than one million mobile phone transit tickets with Cubic’s smart phone app and mobile ticketing solution. With its head office located in Hofheim, RMV oversees transit services in the Frankfurt, Germany, region, including 153 transit operators that accept […]
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