Contactless NFC

NXP and security specialist Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) announced the full validation of a joint software solution offering secure interfaces between the handset, NFC functionality and secure elements such as the SIM card. This solution...

China Unicom commercially launched its Single-Card NFC solution with transportation application in Beijing on 31 December 2010, utilizing the 13.56MHz SIMpass product provided by Watchdata. With the SIMpass card, which is a dual-interface SIM card...

Apple is reportedly planning to launch a mobile payment service that will enable consumers to use Apple's iPad 2 and the next generation of the iPhone for AT&T to make purchases with funds from...

O2 has contracted with Wave Crest, FIS, Intelligent Environments and Visa Europe to deliver the payments and processing systems for the launch of a full-scale commercial mobile wallet service in the 'second half of...

Mike Cook, SVP and assistant treasurer of Wal-Mart, has recently turned his back on Google Wallet and NFC payment solutions, apparently seeing no business value in those solutions. In his opinion, NFC will not...

Digital payments experts Consult Hyperion, in conjunction with the GSMA, have published a guide to help banks and mobile operators understand the Host Card Emulation (HCE) and SIM Secure Element approaches for NFC payments. The...

Following the launch of Apple Pay in the UK last week, new MasterCard figures show that the British public are willing to embrace mobile payments despite some hesitation. 1 in 4 British consumers (25%) said...

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) says that shipments of its 'Convego Ai' contactless payment cards in the US have now surpassed the 50 million unit mark. Since the introduction of its contactless payment cards in 2006...

Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC) has released its white paper titled "Citi Tap and Pay mobile NFC proximity payments pilot - Bengaluru, Results & Findings" that captures its views, perspectives and conclusions on the...

Three of Australia’s major banks (National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac), along with Bendigo bank have released a joint statement in response to the Apple Pay submission to the coalition seeking to bargain...