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November 15th, 2011
VeriFone buys Point in move to managed services
VeriFone has acquired electronic payments specialist Point International from Nordic Capital for €600m (US$812m) as the POS terminal maker accelerates its transition to a managed services revenue model. Stockholm-based Point provides a range of services... More
November 15th, 2011
French bank tries iPhone NFC
French bank Credit Agricole is launching a contactless payment trial in Caen. The bank will provide 200 iPhone users with a phone case from Device Fidelity containing a microSD-based NFC solution. Triallists will be able... More
November 15th, 2011
Ecebs joins OSPT Alliance
Transit systems specialist Ecebs has joined the OSPT Alliance as a full member and will promote the alliance's Cipurse standard for secure transit fare collection solutions. The company's Stephen McSpadden commented, "The Cipurse open standard... More
November 15th, 2011
Inside shows off NFC on a SIM
The digital security specialist has developed an NFC card emulation solution that fits within a standard SIM form factor, allowing NFC to be added to any mobile phone. More
November 14th, 2011
Sony announces FeliCa Lite-S NFC chip
Sony has announced the FeliCa Lite-S chip, a smaller, faster and more secure update to its low cost FeliCa Lite chip for NFC tags and stickers. The new chip improves security by introducing a "write... More
November 14th, 2011
CPI enters TSM business with Bell ID’s software
"Utilising Bell ID's software solutions will enable us to offer services and support to the emerging payments industry by providing the framework for a powerful and flexible offering to our North American customers," says Steve Montross, the card manufacturer's president and CEO. More
November 14th, 2011
ShelfX builds NFC into smart shopping shelves
"We are taking the shopper back to a time when shopping was simple," says the founder of a start-up which is using NFC and shelf-based weighing scales to enable customers to self serve in large stores. More
November 14th, 2011
Consumer education needed ‘to dispel myths surrounding NFC’
A survey of UK consumers conducted for Gemalto has found that a third of Brits would use NFC services — if they understood the technology better and knew it was completely secure. More
November 14th, 2011
Intel enters NFC market with MasterCard
The two companies are working together to increase the convenience and security of online purchasing from NFC-enabled Intel Ultrabook devices and future generations of Intel-based PCs. More
November 11th, 2011
Coca-Cola tests NFC vending
"We're doing a trial with Google Wallet and it's great for those consumers who don't have cash but want to buy a Coke," Coca-Cola SVP Wendy Clark told attendees at Ad:tech in New York this week, Mobile... More
November 11th, 2011
Sears and Kmart turn bus stop posters into stores
Retailers Sears and Kmart are selling toys through QR-coded 'shopping walls' this holiday season. Customers with smartphones can scan the quick response (QR) codes on advertising posters to find product information and make purchases of... More
November 10th, 2011
Inside Secure launches counterfeit detection system for luxury goods
The new VaultIC150 solution uses NFC to provide manufacturers and buyers of high-end consumer products with proof that an item is the genuine article. More
November 10th, 2011
Starbucks m-payments for Canada
Starbucks is now accepting mobile payments from customers in Canada, reports The Globe and Mail. The coffee chain has processed more than 20 million mobile payments since launching its barcode-based payment app in the US... More
November 10th, 2011
Amex to invest $100m
American Express is to invest US$100 million in digital commerce startups over the next several years. A new Silicon Valley office will fund innovative technologies in loyalty and rewards, mobile and online payments, fee-based services,... More
November 10th, 2011
Samsung joins OSPT alliance
Samsung Electronics has joined the Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance, becoming the seventh company to join the association developing the Cipurse open standard for secure transit fare collection. Dojun Rhee of Samsung explained... More
November 8th, 2011
PayPal launches NFC P2P payments service
NFC-based peer-to-peer payments are now included in the PayPal Mobile App for Android which is now available to download from Android Market. More
November 8th, 2011
Jamba Juice explains why it adopted Google Wallet
Jamba Juice's VP of information technology has explained to Nation's Restaurant News why the California-based beverage chain decided to accept Google Wallet. "First of all, the Google brand name carries a lot of weight, and... More
November 8th, 2011
Schreiner stickers certified
MasterCard has certified secure labeling specialist Schreiner ProSecure's NFC-Sticker for use in contactless payments. The sticker is preloaded with Mastercard software and can be applied to the back of any mobile phone and then used... More
November 8th, 2011
Starbucks hits 20m m-payments
Starbucks has processed more than 20 million mobile payments since rolling out the application in January, according to VentureBeat. Users with the coffee chain's mobile applications can pay with their smartphones at 9,000 locations by showing... More
November 8th, 2011
Docomo buys German bank
Japanese telco NTT Docomo is investing an additional 28.4m euros in Net Mobile AG, which it acquired in 2009, to allow the mobile content distributor to purchase a controlling stake in private German bank Bankverein Werther.... More
