IBM

The computer giant has partnered with Russia's Skolkovo Foundation to create a Science and Technology Center that will work on intelligent operations, technology for the oil and gas industry and on "the creation of security-rich and customizable mobile payment transactions for use across a number of industries including telco, retail and banking." More

AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA have hired Michael Abbott, the chief marketing officer for General Electrics' GE Capital card business, as the chief executive of their NFC-based US mobile payments venture, according to the... More

Plans at Metro Bank, the first new retail bank to be launched in the UK for more than a hundred years, include the provision of contactless stickers that customers could attach to their mobile phones... More

Bank of America will begin a field trial next month in partnership with Visa that will enable customers to use their smartphones to pay for purchases in stores, according to a Reuters news report. "The... More

The mobile network operator has partnered with card issuers, airlines, a cinema chain, a car manufacturer and others to run a series of tests of NFC standard technology and aims to introduce NFC services "in the near future". More

TechIPm, a research and consulting firm specializing in technology and intellectual property mining, has carried out an analysis of the strength of the patent portfolios held by companies in the NFC market. For its analysis,... More