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
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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
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
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
NXP launches new generation of NFC tags with built-in security features
NXP has launched a new generation of NFC tag chips that feature a range of built-in security features... More
Smartrac adds ultrathin tags
Tag manufacturer Smartrac has announced the introduction of the first ultrathin NFC tags using chips shaved down to just 50 micrometres thick... More
HID debuts NFC asset management platform
HID Global has launched HID Trusted Tag Services, a cloud-based platform that works with NFC tags to authenticate a wide range of assets... More
T-Mobile picks Gemalto for NFC
T-Mobile has picked Gemalto’s LinqUs Trusted Service Manager (TSM) platform for its Europe-wide rollout of NFC services... More
Inside Secure reports Q3 2012 results
Inside Secure generated revenues of US$28.6m during the third quarter of 2012, the chip maker reports, up 1% on sales during the second quarter of 2012 but 22% down on the third quarter of 2011... More
Stollmann adds support for Texas Instruments NFC chips
Software stack specialist Stollmann has expanded its NFC stack to include support for Texas Instruments’ TI TRF79xx family of NFC chips... More
G&D debuts white label mobile wallet
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has introduced SmartTrust Portigo, a three part white label mobile wallet solution “for NFC services and beyond” that includes:... More
Gemalto to announce major deal with Vodafone?
Vodafone Group is set to sign a five year contract with Gemalto, The Wall Street Journal reports, for “technology for a mobile payment service planned for launch next year”... More
NFC in Access Control webinar: See it now on NFC World
383 people registered to attend NFC World’s latest webinar — and participants gave it an overall rating of 4.2 out of five. More
GigaOm: Isis awareness low
The Isis pilot launch has been “softer than a goose down pillow”, says GigaOm’s Stacey Higginbotham, who has been checking out the service in Austin, Texas and found that merchant awareness of the NFC payments system is currently quite low... More
Isobar and Proxama partner on NFC in the UK
Digital agency Isobar has partnered with Proxama to offer NFC marketing campaigns to its UK clients... More
Cirque offers NFC trackpad kit
Capacitive touch technology specialist Cirque has introduced an evaluation kit for its GlidePoint NFC solution, which integrates an NFC antenna directly into the trackpad on a laptop or other personal computing device... More
BNL begins Rome NFC pilot
Italian bank BNL, part of the BNP Paribas group, has begun an NFC payments pilot in Rome... More
RBC to launch NFC in Canada
Royal Bank of Canada is preparing to launch a mobile wallet service “within the next month”, the bank’s Dave McKay has told Reuters... More
Google sued over NFC patent
Peter Sprogis, a co-founder of NFC pioneer MoLo Rewards, is suing Google for allegedly infringing US Patent No... More