NFC and contactless chip specialist Inside Secure has announced the availability of a new chipset that enables NFC payment capabilities to be added to standard mobile phones... More
Archive for November 2012
Eurosmart forecasts NFC SEs
Close to 100m NFC secure elements will be shipped this year and that number will double in 2013, according to analysis conducted by smart card trade body Eurosmart... More
OTI adds NFC to standard phones with Copni Wave plug-in
On Track Innovations (OTI) has announced a new device that adds NFC functionality to standard mobile phones, via the headphone jack... More
Legic demos NFC for ID
Contactless card specialist Legic is demonstrating at Cartes a new NFC trusted service management solution aimed at the employee ID market... More
AdvanIDe adds reader boards
Assa Abloy owned smart card and RFID chip maker AdvanIDe has launched a range of contactless reader modules aimed at the NFC market... More
Marie Claire magazine runs NFC print advertisement
“As the number of NFC-equipped handsets grows, this technology becomes attractive for advertisers looking for a way to bridge the offline print world with the online digital world and boost consumer engagement,” says the magazine publisher’s Declan Boyle. “It’s immediate, measurable, dynamic and a low-cost platform with flexible distribution.” More
Identive adds PC NFC readers
Identive has announced a range of desktop readers that support credentials stored on contact and contactless smart cards as well as NFC phones... More
C-Sam and DNP expand NFC deal
C-Sam and Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) have expanded availability of their joint NFC mobile wallet solution, available in Japan since July, to more than 30 countries across the Asia-Pacific region... More
Morpho ships NFC SIMs to KT
Morpho has shipped 500,000 NFC/LTE SIM cards to KT, Korea’s second largest mobile network operator... More
Yubico shows NFC token
Online identity protection specialist Yubico is demonstrating a production version of its YubiKey NFC USB authentication device at Cartes this week. First announced in February, the US$50 YubiKey Neo is designed to fit neatly onto a keychain and allows NFC phone users to securely identify themselves by simply bringing their YubiKey into close proximity with their mobile phone... More
Cirque demos EMV trackpad
Capacitive sensing provider Cirque has teamed up with authentication specialist SecureKey to build EMV payments security into its GlidePoint NFC-enabled trackpad... More
HID Global adds iClass SE reader module
HID Global has added a reader module and a developer tool kit (DTK) for its iClass SE secure credentials platform... More
Rogers and CIBC switch on NFC payments in Canada
Canadian athlete Simon Whitfield has completed Canada’s first NFC transaction, at a Tim Hortons coffee shop, and customers of the bank and mobile network operator can now order an NFC-enabled Rogers SIM ahead of the full commercial launch of the new mobile payments service on 16 November. More
Meet NFC World at Cartes
The NFC World team will be at the Cartes 2012 tradeshow in Paris next week, on stand 4-L-019... More
Hang Seng Bank to launch NFC payments in Hong Kong
The bank is partnering with PCCW Mobile, MasterCard, Gemalto and Samsung Electronics to introduce Hong Kong’s first NFC service in mid-2013. More
Leaked images suggest physical Google Wallet card on its way
A series of screenshots published by Android Police indicate that Google is set to offer a physical companion card for its Google Wallet service... More