Mobile device accessories maker Incipio has unveiled Cashwrap, an NFC case that can be used to add Isis mobile payments and offers capabilities to the iPhone 4 and 4S... More
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Sony and Watchdata team up on NFC
Watchdata is to add support for Sony FeliCa contactless technology to its range of SIMpass NFC add-ons... More
Sistel launches NFC pen for smartphones and tablets
The vWand is designed to act as a data bridge, enabling users to read data stored on contactless ID cards and other media and forward it on to standard PCs and mobile phones via Bluetooth. More
Moneto hits the shops
DeviceFidelity’s NFC mobile wallet solution is now available at MetroPCS stores in the San Francisco Bay Area... More
Flojack on target for funding
Flomio’s bid to crowdfund the production of its FloJack NFC add-on for iOS devices is just over US$10,000 away from its $80,000 target with five days to run... More
TransCard to offer white label NFC wallets to US banks
The prepaid card specialist’s 84 financial institution clients will be able to provide customers with mobile wallets based on DeviceFidelity’s Moneto platform, which uses NFC-enabled cases and microSD cards to add mobile payments capabilities to Apple iPhone and Android devices. More
Inside Secure’s SIM card chipset adds NFC to standard mobile phones
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
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
ANZ to launch NFC payments in 2013
Australian banking group ANZ has begun an NFC payments field trial and announced plans to launch a commercial service in 2013... More
UK banks launch iPhone NFC payments service
The UK’s Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest banks, both part of RBS group, have launched TouchPay, an NFC payments service first announced in July... More
Casino to open world’s first NFC-enabled supermarket
Shoppers at the French supermarket chain’s Les Belles Feuilles branch in Paris will be able to use shelf-edge labels equipped with NFC tags to obtain details of each of 25,000 products on offer, scan items into their basket and then checkout by simply tapping their NFC phone to a reader attached to the retailer’s cash register. More
Moneto to bring NFC payments to Europe
Beginning with the UK, consumers in Europe will be able to equip their Apple and Android smartphones with an NFC add-on and use it to make prepaid contactless payments from later this year. More
Assa Abloy launches Seos mobile keys
The access control giant — owner of HID Global, Yale, Vingcard Elsafe and more — has unveiled a new platform that allows NFC phones to be used to replace mechanical keys and access cards in homes, hotels, offices, hospitals, universities and commercial buildings. More
New library for NFC shield
New software for Seeed Studio’s US$30 NFC shield for Arduino, an add-on that brings NFC functionality to the low cost computing platform via an NXP PN532 controller, has been released... More
ING to pilot NFC in Poland
ING Bank Slaski is to conduct a twelve month NFC payments trial in Poland... More
DeviFi gets European patent
DeviceFidelity has been granted a European patent covering technology underlying its iCaisse NFC add-on for Apple devices... More
NatWest invites UK customers to test NFC payments
The UK’s NatWest bank is inviting 1,000 customers to take part in a four month pilot trial of a new NFC payments service called TouchPay... More
OTI picks up US patents
Israel-based contactless technology developer On Track Innovations has been granted two new patents... More
China Mobile signs NFC payments partnership deal
The world’s largest mobile network operator is to collaborate with national payments network China UnionPay, in a deal set to lead to the introduction of NFC services in up to one hundred Chinese cities. More
University of San Francisco to extend NFC campus card service
An NFC solution that integrates fully with the university’s existing campus card system to enable students to access rooms and make laundry payments has been hailed as “a first-rate experience for our students and our staff” and is now to be expanded. More