EMV and NFC payment software specialist Aconite has added support for host card emulation (HCE) and EMV tokenization to its product offering, enabling issuers to “operate an HCE and token-enabled service, including real-time data preparation, distributed EMV transaction processing, remote CVM management and mapping risk scores to card/token profiles.”... More
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Inside Secure acquires Metaforic for HCE payments
Inside Secure has bought software obfuscation and encryption specialist Metaforic... More
DCR to offer NFC HCE
Canada-based prepaid program provider DCR Strategies is to provide its clients in Europe, Canada, the USA and Latin America with the ability to offer mobile payments to their customers using both “conventional” NFC solutions and host card emulation (HCE)... More
Cuscal tests HCE in Australia
An NFC payments service using host card emulation (HCE) is being tested in-house by Australian transactional banking services provider Cuscal... More
Worldline offers HCE wallet
Atos Worldline has introduced a digital wallet that supports NFC payments via HCE... More
NBS adds HCE to Xpressi TSM
NBS Technologies has added support for host card emulation (HCE) to its Xpressi Trusted Service Manager (TSM) platform, enabling customers to deploy both Visa PayWave and MasterCard PayPass NFC services in the cloud... More
Wirecard adds HCE to mobile wallet platform
Wirecard has integrated support for host card emulation (HCE) into its mobile wallet platform, “enabling telecommunications companies, financial service providers, banks and also retailers to quickly enter the mobile payment market through near field communication.”... More
NFC Forum issues statement on host card emulation
The NFC Forum has issued a statement outlining its position on host card emulation (HCE)... More
Google Wallet ends support for physical secure elements
From 14 April 2014 it will only be possible to use Google Wallet to make an NFC payment using a device that supports host card emulation (HCE)... More
Juniper: 10bn mobile contactless transactions to be made annually by 2018
The number of contactless transactions made using a mobile phone will increase from 3bn this year to 10bn in 2018, according to Juniper Research, due to two key drivers: host card emulation (HCE) and the anticipated arrival of an Apple iWallet... More
Isis considers HCE as monthly growth hits 50%
US NFC venture Isis is considering using host card emulation (HCE) to store a user’s loyalty card and coupon information, the company has told NFC World, and is also looking into supporting HCE for credit card payments — should banks decide they want to use the technology... More
MeaWallet to launch mobile payments platform that supports NFC, BLE and QR
MeaWallet, a white label solution that supports mobile payments via NFC, Bluetooth LE, host card emulation (HCE), QR and more, is to be launched in May this year, enabling retailers, banks, MNOs and service providers to support a wide range of options for making mobile purchases in stores ... More
Reader offer: Save 15% on tickets to the NFCP Global Summit 2014
The NFCP Global Summit is returning to London in June with a show-stopping line up of speakers — and NFC World readers can save 15% on the usual ticket price... More
Banco Sabadell picks Carta for HCE payments trial
Spain’s Banco Sabadell is using a host card emulation (HCE) solution provided by Carta Worldwide for the NFC payments technology trial it is conducting in partnership with MasterCard... More
Video shows Bankinter’s HCE payments service in action
The HCE-based NFC payments solution to be deployed by Spain’s Bankinter this year has been demonstrated by the bank’s Alberto Perez Lafuente and technology provider Seglan’s Imanol Garcia in a video interview filmed by Visa Europe at MWC 2014... More
PrivatBank to offer NFC payments via HCE
Ukraine’s PrivatBank is to launch a cloud-based NFC payments service using host card emulation (HCE)... More
Carta adds HCE to mobile payments platform
Transaction technology provider Carta Worldwide has added support for host card emulation (HCE) to its mobile payments platform — and is currently “supporting market trials in Europe and North America” that are expected to lead to large scale HCE deployments in late 2014... More
NXP updates NFC controller for HCE
NXP has updated its PN547 NFC controller‘s firmware and middleware to provide enhanced support for host card emulation (HCE) transactions... More
Visa: HCE will drive innovation in payments
“We’ve seen this as a vehicle for innovation for financial institutions, for merchants, for others who want to enable payment using the mobile device,” Visa‘s Sam Shrauger has explained at MWC 2014, just a few days after the payment network announced its adoption of host card emulation (HCE) for NFC and QR payments... More
ABnote to add HCE to TSM platform
Global card manufacturer and NFC service provider ABnote is to integrate SimplyTapp’s host card emulation (HCE) technology into its trusted service manager (TSM) platform, enabling card issuers to deploy cloud-based NFC payments solutions to their customers... More