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White paper sets out how Trusted Execution Environments can be used to secure mobile payments, loyalty, credentials and more

Covershot — Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) 101: A Primer

A new white paper that looks in-depth at Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) technology, the architecture and principles underpinning its operation and how it can be used to secure a variety of mobile wallet and IoT applications is now available to download free of charge from the NFC World Knowledge Centre... More






What's New in Payments

W3C: All major browser makers ‘now implementing Payment Request API’

Standards for streamlined checkout gain traction — World Wide Web Consortium — “With these technologies, users no longer complete web forms to provide payment credentials, shipping information, and contact information. Instead, the user registers support for different payment methods — such as card payments, proprietary native mobile payments, bitcoin or other distributed ledgers, or credit transfers — with the browser or other user agent.”




NXP predicts ePassports will become virtual mobile identities

PARTNER NEWS: The electronic passport could soon become a “virtual mobile identity” that will allow owners to interact with and authenticate applications, as well as send credentials to other electronic devices using NFC smartphones and wearables, according to NXP... More


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Secure element security added to web applications

GlobalPlatform

GlobalPlatform has released Web API for Accessing Secure Elements v1.0, a standardised communications interface between web applications and secure elements (SEs) that will enable sensitive data from online applications to be stored and processed in a secure, isolated environment... More










What's New in Payments

Visa Europe adds support for cloud-based credentials to tokenization service

Visa

Visa Europe has expanded its tokenization service to include support for services where payment credentials are stored in the cloud — such as banks’ own mobile payment apps, wearables and other connected devices — as well as for internet browser-based wallets, retailer-specific checkout offerings like Visa Checkout and card on file payment options... More