PARTNER NEWS: AMS’s BoostedNFC technology has been included by STMicroelectronics in a new NFC board that will let developers quickly implement secure contactless technology in devices with tight space constraints, such as IoT nodes and wearables... More
Wearables
NFC secure element shipments grow 40% in 2015
A total of 490m NFC secure elements will be shipped in 2015, up 40% on the 350m shipped in 2014, smart security industry association Eurosmart reports. A total of 590m units is expected to ship in 2016, up 20% on 2015. More
NFC necklace wins Unicef award
A necklace that stores electronic health data to track child immunization via NFC has been named joint winner of the Wearables for Good challenge run by Unicef, ARM and Frog... More
Pebble Time watches get contactless payment straps
Wearable payments provider FitPay and connected watch maker Connectedevice have developed a smartstrap for the Pebble Time range of smartwatches that lets wearers make NFC payments... More
Meet NFC World’s partners at Cartes
NFC World partners AMS, Clear2Pay/FIS OTS, Kona, Gemalto, Mahindra Comviva and NXP will be exhibiting at Cartes in Paris from November 17-19... More
Fashion retailer TopShop launches range of contactless payment accessories
UK fashion retailer TopShop has launched a range of accessories equipped with Barclaycard’s bPay technology that enable shoppers to make tap and go payments at any contactless terminal... More
G&D provides NFC chip and operating system for Swatch smartwatch
PARTNER NEWS: Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is providing the embedded smart card chip and operating system used in the NFC contactless payment smartwatch launched by Swatch in China last month... More
East London commuters get free bPay wristbands for tap-to-pay travel
Train operator c2c, which runs rail services for commuters across London, Southend and Essex, is offering a free Barclaycard bPay contactless payment wristband to 8,000 selected local rail passengers in East London and Thurrock to enable them to access cheaper rail travel by tapping to pay with their wrist. More
Kona unveils customizable payment platform that supports cards, tokens, NFC, HCE and wearable devices
PARTNER NEWS: South Korean smart card provider Kona has unveiled the Kona Payment platform, a customizable, end-to-end solution for card issuers that supports tokenization, physical cards, mobile payments via both HCE and SIM-based secure elements, and wearable devices... More
PureWrist makes pitch for NFC payments bracelet
Wearable payments startup PureWrist has begun taking pre-orders for a bracelet that comes equipped with a prepaid MasterCard account and lets its wearer make NFC payments at any contactless terminal with a tap of the wrist. The company showcased the product during its StartupPitch180 presentation at Money20/20. More
MasterCard extends tokenization platform to clothing, accessories and wearable devices
MasterCard has extended the capabilities of its tokenization service to enable payments to be made using “virtually any device”, including NFC-enabled clothing, jewellery and vehicle keyfobs. “Products will begin rolling out in 2016 in the US,” the payments network says, “with plans to expand to other markets.” More
Khosla predicts NFC will replace EMV cards in three to five years
EMV will become irrelevant in three to five years’ time and NFC will take over, Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla has told attendees during a keynote at Money20/20... More
AMS unveils NFC chip and antenna for adding payments and ticketing to wearable devices
PARTNER NEWS: Chip maker AMS has introduced an NFC payments and ticketing solution for manufacturers of smartwatches, wristbands and other small devices that only have room for an extremely small antenna... More
Apple Pay accounts for 68% of all in-store mobile payments in US
Apple Pay is used for more than two thirds (68%) of all in-store mobile payments in the US, research from Accenture reveals, and the number of North Americans aware of mobile payments has increased by nearly 10 percentage points since last year, reaching 52%... More
Dubai commuters to replace travel cards with watches
Commuters in Dubai may soon be able to pay for travel using contactless watches from Watch2Pay... More
NETS to launch HCE mobile payments in Singapore
Electronic payments network NETS is planning to launch a host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments service in Singapore... More
Blocks smashes Kickstarter campaign for build-your-own NFC smartwatch
A UK startup raising funds on Kickstarter for a modular smartwatch that includes NFC and contactless payment functionality has amassed pledges totalling more than double its US$250,000 target in just two days. More
Swatch launches NFC payment watch in China
Swiss watchmaker Swatch has launched an NFC watch in China in partnership with China UnionPay and Bank of Communications that will let consumers make payments with a tap of their wrist in stores across the country. More
Industry veterans seek funding for NFC payments ring
A team of NFC payments veterans has launched a campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for an NFC ring that can be used to make payments at contactless POS terminals and across the Transport for London network. More
Second generation NFC Ring seeks funding
The UK start-up that developed the NFC Ring in 2013 has begun raising funds on Kickstarter for its second generation device... More