SideTap
News about SideTap and NFC.
Tyfone signs up US credit unions and Indonesian partner
June 20th, 2012
NFC-on-microSD specialist Tyfone is to supply mobile banking solutions, including its NFC payments technology, to two US credit unions. Security Service Federal Credit Union (SSFCU) will use a cloud-hosted instance of Tyfone's u4ia mobile platform... More
Tyfone’s NFC-on-microSD technology to go into volume production
September 23rd, 2011
The US NFC specialist has signed a manufacturing and distribution deal with Taiwan's AboMem technology that will see the company's SideTap NFC-enabled microSD device become widely available for the first time. More
NBS Technologies adds support for Tyfone’s SideTap NFC device
December 3rd, 2010
NBS Technologies has announced the development of personalization scripts for Tyfone's SideTap NFC microSD device, enabling new and existing NBS customers using the company's UbiQPersoMaster personalization software to support Tyfone's NFC solution. "Our partnership with... More
Tyfone picks up another patent, shows off NFC on Androids
November 22nd, 2010
NFC-on-microSD specialist Tyfone has been granted another patent that covers its use of memory cards as an NFC-enabler in mobile phones. US patent 7,828,214, "Mobile phone with electronic transaction card", was issued on 9 November... More
Datacard acquires in-branch NFC payments personalization provider
October 20th, 2010
Datacard has acquired Dynamic Card Solutions (DCS), providers of the CardWizard Perso-to-Go instant in-branch card personalization and issuing solution used by 500 banks, predominantly in the US. Perso-to-Go includes the ability to provision a payments... More
First Data to offer turnkey NFC service to US banks from early 2011
September 17th, 2010
The payments processing giant has signed a deal with Korea's SK C&C, responsible for the technology behind SK Telecom's mobile contactless payments service, and will begin offering a turnkey NFC payments service to US banks from the first quarter of 2011. More
