PayPal was excluded from the list of Apple Pay preferred partners due to a falling out between the two companies, Bank Innovation reports... More
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NFC technology report available for free download
NFC Technologies and Systems, a 98-page report that explains in detail the technology behind NFC tag reading and writing, the role and functionality of trusted service managers (TSMs), how secure elements work and how they keep sensitive data secure is now available as a free download in the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre... More
InMarket reports on attitudes to beacon messages
Sending customers more than one push notification from a beacon platform in the same store leads to a 313% decline in app usage, a study conducted by Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) marketing platform InMarket has found... More
Amazon adds Wishlist tweets
Amazon customers can now add items to their wish list directly from Twitter... More
NFC Forum publishes connection handover paper
The NFC Forum has published guidelines for developers looking to use NFC to easily establish a connection between two devices and then hand over to Bluetooth or WiFi for high speed or long distance data exchange... More
SD Association adds support for TransferJet communications
Memory card standards group the SD Association has expanded its iSDIO specification to include support for TransferJet, a short range contactless communications technology that enables data to be transferred between devices at high speed... More
Samsung and PayPal to offer smartwatch payments
Samsung is working on a smartwatch that will include biometric verification and support for PayPal payments and location-based offers, reports Business Korea... More
SimplyTapp releases new HCE SDK
PARTNER NEWS: Host card emulation (HCE) specialist SimplyTapp has released a new version of its Mobile SDK... More
UL white paper explains Apple Pay
A new white paper that describes what is known about Apple Pay in both technical and organizational terms — as well as what questions still remain to be answered — is now available to download free of charge from the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre... More
SimplyTapp compares Apple Pay and Android HCE
PARTNER NEWS: A new blog post from HCE specialist SimplyTapp explains how Apple is using tokens in its new Apple Pay NFC mobile payments service — and how that compares with the way tokens are used to enable Android phones to make NFC mobile payments using host card emulation (HCE)... More
MasterCard issues European contactless POS mandate
European merchants who accept either MasterCard or Maestro will be required to switch to contactless POS terminals by 1 January 2020, “ensuring that consumers will be able to pay with their contactless cards and NFC enabled devices at all point-of-sale (POS) terminals”, the payment network has announced... More
Apple posts PassKit payments dev guide
Apple has posted a guide to iOS 8.0’s new Apple Pay mobile payment features in its developer library... More
NXP publishes guide to NFC and the Internet of Things
Chip maker NXP has published a 20-page guide to NFC and the Internet of Things (IoT) that is available for readers to download from the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre... More
NFC Business Models report available for free download
NFC Business Models, NFC World’s landmark 2011 research report on strategies for monetising NFC, is now available as a free download in the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre... More
NXP launches dynamic NFC tag chip for consumer devices
PARTNER NEWS: NXP has unveiled a dynamic NFC chip that can be used by electronic device makers to let consumers use their mobile phone as a remote user interface “rather than relying on expensive touchscreens or WiFi connectivity for wireless data exchange on home electronics.”... More
Introducing the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre
NFC World+ now has a Knowledge Centre which provides readers with in-depth reports, technical guides and market briefings on the technologies shaping the future of mobile payments and commerce... More
Barclays calls time on Quick Tap NFC payments
UK bank Barclays is to close its pioneering NFC payments service on 30 October... More
Invitation to contribute to the NFC World+ Knowledge Centre
NFC World+ is introducing a new service in September 2014 that will go beyond the news to provide our readers with in-depth information on the technologies driving the future of commerce. Initial expressions of interest are now invited from readers who would like to share their knowledge and experiences with our 100,000+ monthly visitors. More
NFC wallet seeks funds
A Silicon Valley startup is seeking crowdfunding to put a minimalist wallet with two integrated NFC tags into production... More
Tapit powers Google I/O and Game of Thrones NFC promotions
NFC marketing platform provider Tapit has run two high-profile campaigns with Google in recent weeks... More