Google has acquired platform-as-a-service (PaaS) electronic payments technology provider TxVia... More
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UL acquires Collis
NFC and secure transaction testing and advisory firm Collis has been acquired by UL, a safety science company with 9,000 employees in more than 100 countries... More
Wallet engineer heads to Square
Rob von Behren, a co-founder of Google Wallet, has left the search giant to join Square as a “hyperspatial payments pioneer”... More
NFC Forum partners with GlobalPlatform on NFC standards
The partnership will see the organisation responsible for setting core NFC functionality standards working with the association which handles secure element specifications to support the development of internationally interoperable, multi-application NFC solutions. More
GSMA showcases mobile keys
The GSM Association has produced a video introduction to NFC mobile keys that shows how the technology can bring benefits beyond those offered by traditional keys... More
Delhi Metro tests NFC
Indian mass transportation operator Delhi Metro Railway Corporation has “started experimenting with NFC-enabled cell phones” for ticketing, reports The Times of India... More
RIM video brings NFC to life
Blackberry maker RIM has produced a short film to show consumers some of the ways using an NFC smartphone can change their lives... More
Opera for Android gets NFC
Opera Software has added support for NFC peer-to-peer information sharing to its popular mobile internet browser... More
HTC to unveil at least one NFC phone at MWC
The internet rumour mill has been running overtime with a series of leaked details of new HTC phones to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress... More
Australia gets online NFC store
An online NFC store has opened in Australia... More
NXP to showcase NFC at MWC
NXP is to showcase NFC applications from six partners at its booth at the Mobile World Congress next week:... More
Krakow gallery tags exhibits
Visitors to an art gallery at the National Museum in Krakow, Poland, can use NFC smartphones to access extra information about exhibits by touching nearby NFC tags... More
Android NFC app grabs contact details from MWC visitor badges
A new Android app can scan Mobile World Congress visitor badges and store the contact details in the user’s address book... More
LG reveals Optimus 3D Cube with NFC
LG has unveiled another NFC smartphone, its second this week, in the run-up to the Mobile World Congress... More
Panasonic names NFC phone
The upcoming NFC smartphone announced by Panasonic in late 2011 is to be called the Eluga, the company has told attendees at its Panasonic Convention 2012 in Hamburg... More
Forum publishes m-wallet paper
Mobile financial services association Mobey Forum has published Control Points In Mobile Wallets (PDF), the second in a series of white papers exploring issues around the deployment of mobile wallet solutions... More
Orange illustrates NFC
Orange Business Services has produced an infographic that shows consumers six ways NFC will change our world... More
Visa US offers mobile services
Visa has added mobile services to its Visa DPS issuer processing platform... More
Toppan adds NFC to Salesforce
The Japanese firm has developed a field service and asset management system that integrates with Salesforce, allowing data gathered by technicians reading NFC tags in the field to be automatically posted back to the CRM system. More
GlobalPlatform explains TEE
GlobalPlatform is to publish a series of guides that aim to explain in simple terms the technology developments it is working on and how they will benefit the industry... More