A mobile campus card service that uses NFC built into microSD cards is now live at a “number of universities”, enabling students to use their mobile phone to make payments in canteens and to access buildings... More
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NXP to demo NFC national ID app
An Android NFC app that lets German citizens use their national ID card to prove their identity in a variety of situations is to be presented by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior at next week’s Cebit show... More
MTS picks Novacard for NFC in Russia
Russian carrier MTS has selected Novacard, a Russia-based SIM and smart card supplier, as its TSM provider and will launch the new platform at the end of 2014... More
Apple patent combines NFC, Bluetooth and WiFi for mobile payments
A newly published Apple patent application uses a secure element in a mobile phone to store cardholder data, NFC to initiate a transaction and Bluetooth or WiFi to complete the processing of a transaction and return coupons and other information to the customer’s device... More
Oberthur offers NFC eID
Oberthur Technologies has launched ‘ID-One PIV for eSE’, a software solution that enables US federal government personal identity verification (PIV) credentials to be stored on an embedded NFC secure element, allowing mobile phones to be used for logical and physical access control instead of smart cards... More
Civintec offers NFC terminal with fingerprint biometrics
Civintec has launched a multi-purpose smart card and biometric-enabled terminal with a 7-inch touch screen and NFC functionality... More
Google gets around the carriers with Host Card Emulation for NFC payments
Google has introduced support for Host Card Emulation in Android 4.4 KitKat, enabling any Android NFC device to be used for mobile payments and other secure applications — without needing access to a secure element... More
Taglio offers smartcard-secured access for Android devices
Smart card security specialist Taglio has produced a smart card integration kit for Android devices that supports contactless cards and NFC devices as well as standard mobile phones and employee cards, enabling companies to provide staff with a way to securely access internal resources from their mobile phones... More
IBM launches two-factor authentication for NFC devices
Computer giant IBM has added a two factor authentication solution to its IBM Worklight mobile app platform, providing “an extra layer of security when using an NFC-enabled device and a contactless smart card to conduct mobile transactions.”... More
Novay releases NFC passport verification app
Dutch research institute Novay has developed an Android app that could make expensive NFC reader equipment redundant when verifying passports... More
SD Association introduces new standard for NFC microSD cards
The SD Association has introduced a standard for MicroSD cards containing NFC secure elements... More
Eurosmart ups NFC SE forecast
250m NFC secure elements will be shipped in 2013, Eurosmart forecasts, up some 67% from the 150m units shipped in 2012 and an increase on the smart card trade body’s last estimation in November 2012... More
Ingenico launches mobile POS terminal with NFC and fingerprint security
Point-of-sale terminal maker Ingenico has introduced a range of mobile payments terminals that include NFC and biometric verification... More
Think&Go, Comprion, Taztag, Sistel, Payter and Seibersdorf win Wima NFC awards
The winners of this year’s Wima NFC competition have been announced — with Think&Go NFC scooping three awards... More
NXP adds PUFs to NFC
Chip maker NXP has licensed Intrinsic ID‘s Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) technology for use with its SmartMX2 smart card and secure element chips... More
Hoverkey adds NFC security to Android apps
Android users can ditch their passwords and instead wave a contactless smart card over their phone or tablet to securely log in to apps and access encrypted data. More
UL gets GP certification
GlobalPlatform has qualified two UL test tools, the Collis Compliance Test Suite for GlobalPlatform Mapping Guidelines and the Collis Compliance Test Suite for GlobalPlatform SWP and HCI... More
CIA fund backs Tyfone for NFC transactions and cloud security
“Tyfone has an impressive patent portfolio and history of innovation in mobile financial, secure ID management, and NFC solutions,” says Jay Emmanuel, technology VP at IQT. “We believe that Tyfone’s technology has the potential to address a wide range of complex government and commercial secure identity challenges.” More
Bell ID buys Ecebs
Transportation and smart card technology specialist Ecebs has been acquired by Bell ID... More
Eurosmart forecasts NFC SEs
Close to 100m NFC secure elements will be shipped this year and that number will double in 2013, according to analysis conducted by smart card trade body Eurosmart... More