Author archive: Mike Clark

About Mike Clark

Mike is a former newspaper editor, direct marketer and games developer with a strong technical background. He has contributed to NFCW since its launch in 2008.

Email mike@nfcw.com

NFC World

ST explains how NFC tags with digital signatures can provide end-to-end protection against counterfeiting throughout the supply chain

By Mike Clark • • nfcw.com
2 people holding shopping bags

NFC tags that include support for digital signatures can provide protection against counterfeiting and grey market goods right through the supply chain — from the factory, through the distribution chain to the retailer and the consumer — chip maker STMicroelectronics explains in a white paper now available to download from the NFCW Knowledge Centre... More

NFC World

Ahold Delhaize to roll out NFC shelf edge labels in supermarkets across Europe

By Mike Clark • • nfcw.com
Nfc shelf edge label in front of coffee capsules

European supermarket group Ahold Delhaize is to equip its stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Czech Republic, Serbia and Romania with NFC-enabled electronic shelf edge labels that shoppers can tap to obtain more information about a product — and then add the items to their shopping basket so that they can self-checkout on their mobile phone... More

Transit Ticketing Today

Guangzhou Metro pilots facial recognition at ticket barriers

By Mike Clark • • nfcw.com

South China city subway adopts facial recognition — Xinhua — “Instead of using tickets or swiping their smartphones, passengers can smile at a screen to unlock the electric gates in about half a second after completing a real-name registration on Guangzhou Metro’s official mini-program on WeChat, China’s popular social media platform, or on the ‘Guangzhou Metro’ mobile app. The fee will be deducted from the payment methods that subway riders previously register and validate through their mobile phones.”

NFC World

NXP opens doors in China with RocketXS NFC electronic locks

By Mike Clark • • nfcw.com

NXP drives convenience in Chinese Access Market with ‘RocketXS’ — NXP — PARTNER NEWS — “The RocketXS solution allows a quick and reliable unlocking via fingerprint, Bluetooth Low Energy and NFC. It also takes convenience and security to the next level as all NFC cards in a user’s wallet (phone) can be set as a door key. This means that the real key is hidden and only the user himself knows which one is right and thus increases the difficulty of break-ins and hacking.”