Author archive: Sarah Clark

The new tag data format will allow NFC phone users to access location-based information without having to go online. More

Avery Dennison RFID, the world's largest producer of UHF RFID inlays, has launched a new line of NFC tags. The N-Zone product line comprises an "extensive portfolio" of products designed to support "the proliferation of... More

The handset maker has picked NXP to supply it with embedded secure elements and NFC controllers to go into its Android-based Xperia smartphones. More

Everything Everywhere, which runs the Orange and T-Mobile networks in the UK, Vodafone and Telefónica O2 have agreed to establish a joint venture company that "will deliver the technology required for the speedy adoption of mobile wallet and payments." More

The Quick Tap mobile payments service launched by Barclaycard and Orange last month is just the start of the partners' NFC plans, says the card issuer's head of digital payments. "We have a long and deep roadmap of people we want to work with." More

The first commercially available LG NFC phone is to hit the market in the next few weeks. The LG T530 is a mid-range, 2G touchscreen feature phone and will be available in both NFC and... More

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced it will be issuing NFC stickers to frequent flyers from September 2011. The SAS Smart Pass stickers are to be provided to all EuroBonus Gold frequent fliers across Scandinavia with... More

"Larry and Eric personally convinced me" to make the move to Google, Osama Bedier, the company's VP of payments, has told NFC World as he set out Google's commitment to building an NFC platform that is open to all — and revealed that Google Wallet will eventually be able to hold keys, ID credentials and driving licenses. More

Bling Nation, the company behind the first commercial NFC payments system in the US, has suspended service while it seeks to revamp its business model, American Banker reports. Bling Nation's technology was specifically designed to reduce... More

Taiwanese mobile network operator FarEasTone plans to introduce mobile payment applications this year, the Taipei Times reports, and then gradually expand the service to include NFC: Far EasTone Telecommunications Co, the nation's No. 3 telecoms... More

The chip maker has announced a secure application processor for PCs and tablets which includes an NFC interface and is designed to handle keys and credentials. More

Support for both tag reading/writing and card emulation applications are included in the BlackBerry Java SDK v7.0, ready for the forthcoming launch of the NFC-enabled BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones. More

Google has announced Google Wallet, Google Offers and a Google Prepaid Card, in partnership with MasterCard, Citi, First Data and Sprint. More

More details of Google's new NFC service are becoming available, but it's still not clear what business model the company has created for its Google Wallet service. More

The internet giant is set to announce its NFC mobile payments strategy at noon on 26 May in New York. Here are the key things to look for to work out if the company's strategy will succeed — and what it means for the payments industry, the mobile network operators, phone manufacturers, the firm's competitors and the future of Google's own advertising business. More

"We're making a big bet on it as a company," says Stephanie Tilenius, Google's VP of commerce and payments. "There is a lot of potential there." More

The NFC joint venture between AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile has fundamentally changed the way it plans to bring NFC to market. But that doesn't mean Isis is scaling back, the company's Jaymee Johnson has told NFC World. In fact, he says, "we are pretty drastically accelerating the scope of what we are bringing to market." More

Google is set to launch an NFC mobile payments service in conjunction with mobile network operator Sprint on May 26, according to a Bloomberg news report. More

Starbucks has signed a deal with Barclaycard, in partnership with Visa Europe, to bring contactless and NFC mobile payments to its UK coffee shops. Starbucks' move follows the launch by Barclaycard and Orange last week... More

Fourteen US and Canadian banks have signed up for the launch later this year of a multi-platform digital wallet that can be used for e-commerce, m-commerce and mobile contactless transactions and includes mobile payment, NFC and coupon capabilities. More