Japanese mobile network operator Softbank, card issuer Credit Saison and American Express have teamed up with NFC technology providers Dai Nippon Printing and Gemalto to test SIM-based NFC payments on Android phones... More
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SD Association and GlobalPlatform to set standards for external secure elements
The two associations will create international standards for SD and microSD format secure elements for use in NFC services as well as a wide range of other applications. More
Samsung adds embedded SE
Samsung Electronics has launched a system-in-package (SIP) NFC embedded secure element solution... More
CPI enters TSM business with Bell ID’s software
“Utilising Bell ID’s software solutions will enable us to offer services and support to the emerging payments industry by providing the framework for a powerful and flexible offering to our North American customers,” says Steve Montross, the card manufacturer’s president and CEO. More
ShelfX builds NFC into smart shopping shelves
“We are taking the shopper back to a time when shopping was simple,” says the founder of a start-up which is using NFC and shelf-based weighing scales to enable customers to self serve in large stores. More
Motorola Droid Razr to offer NFC?
A teardown of the new Motorola Droid Razr conducted for Engadget has discovered that the smartphone includes an NXP PN544 NFC controller chip... More
Consumer education needed ‘to dispel myths surrounding NFC’
A survey of UK consumers conducted for Gemalto has found that a third of Brits would use NFC services — if they understood the technology better and knew it was completely secure. More
Intel enters NFC market with MasterCard
The two companies are working together to increase the convenience and security of online purchasing from NFC-enabled Intel Ultrabook devices and future generations of Intel-based PCs. More
Coca-Cola tests NFC vending
“We’re doing a trial with Google Wallet and it’s great for those consumers who don’t have cash but want to buy a Coke,” Coca-Cola SVP Wendy Clark told attendees at Ad:tech in New York this week, Mobile Commerce Daily reports... More
Inside Secure launches counterfeit detection system for luxury goods
The new VaultIC150 solution uses NFC to provide manufacturers and buyers of high-end consumer products with proof that an item is the genuine article. More
Sony enters NFC controller market
The electronics giant’s new NFC controller chip will enable mobile phone makers to manufacture devices that support both international NFC standards and Japan’s existing Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet service. More
Apple patents ‘SIM within’ secure element technology
A newly published Apple patent application sets out a way for a virtual SIM card to be built into an embedded secure element which can, in turn, be attached to an NFC controller chip. More
PayPal launches NFC P2P payments service
NFC-based peer-to-peer payments are now included in the PayPal Mobile App for Android which is now available to download from Android Market. More
HTC Edge with NFC on its way?
The HTC Edge may be the most powerful smartphone to date and will include NFC, according to a report from BGR about the as-yet unannounced phone... More
Acer to include NFC in all its Android phones
The company’s new Liquid Express NFC smartphone supports both tag reading and mobile payments — and, the company says, NFC will now be included in all its future Android phones. More
NFC ‘for sale’ signs to appear across the UK
NFC tags and QR codes are being added as a standard feature on UK real estate agency chain Strutt & Parker’s property ‘for sale’ signs. More
Old Navy tests NFC ads in Miami
The US clothing retailer is running Spanish language NFC-enabled advertisements at bus shelters in Miami, targeted at “mobile savvy” Hispanic shoppers. More
NFC goes green: New ST chips use energy harvesting to replace the need for batteries
The new wireless memory chips harvest the energy generated from NFC and RFID actions to power up small devices so that a battery or other power supply no longer needs to be included. More
Aconite adds secure NFC app manager
Smart card and secure element specialist Aconite has launched an NFC mobile application manager aimed at secure NFC service providers such as banks, transportation operators and card personalisation agencies... More
NXP inside Galaxy Nexus
NXP has confirmed that its PN65N NFC controller with embedded secure element has been picked for Google’s recently launched Galaxy Nexus phone, along with the company’s open source NFC middleware... More