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GlobalPlatform adds Trusted Service Manager Working Group
SIM and smart card standards body GlobalPlatform has launched a Trusted Service Manager (TSM) Working Group... More
VTT video shows NFC social networking service in action
Finnish technical research institute VTT has produced a video showing its NFC-based social networking concept in action:... More
French national home care services association to roll out NFC services
ADMR, the French national association for providers of home care services, is to begin equipping staff with NFC phones from next month... More
Alcatel-Lucent introduces turnkey pay-as-you-go mobile wallet platform for operators
The new Mobile Wallet Service is a software-as-a-service platform for mobile network operators that combines proximity payments, mobile marketing, ticketing, international remittances, P2P funds transfer and mcommerce services. More
NBS adds NFC to its UbiQ card personalisation system
Card personalization and secure ID specialist NBS Technologies has added NFC capability to its UbiQPersoMaster personalisation software suite... More
Eastcompeace to offer RF SIM cards
Chinese SIM and smart card supplier Eastcompeace has announced that its RF SIM card has now been certified by the Ministry of Information Industry’s IC Card Quality Supervision Center... More
Apple planning role as mobile Trusted Service Manager?
A new patent application sees Apple using the term ‘trusted service’, hinting at the company’s potential to play a major role as a Trusted Service Manager for mainstream mobile applications and, perhaps, for mobile payments and NFC. More
Could PayPal bump NFC’s P2P ambitions into touch?
A new technology from US start-up Bump, which lets consumers use phones equipped with accelerometers to make peer-to-peer payments and share images or contact details, has been adopted by PayPal for its new Send Money service. More
China UnionPay begins major expansion of NFC project
The bank card association is conducting NFC pilots in Shanghai, Ningbo and Changsha and has extended its mobile payments services to a total of six provinces and regions. More
First Data to offer Tyfone’s SideTap NFC MicroSD cards, will run first trials in US from mid-2010
The cards “will be sold where consumers buy memory cards today, including retail merchants and major network operators as well as new locations such as mass transit kiosks and financial institution branch locations,” says First Data, and “SideTap MicroSD cards may also come pre-bundled in handsets.” More
Banks get serious about NFC
OPINION: Interest in near field communication is gathering pace in the financial services sector, fuelled by the arrival of NFC-enabled microSD cards and a recognition that there is a business model to be found — so long as you look for it hard enough. More
Ericsson Labs adds QR code support to NFC and RFID tag developer tool
Ericsson Labs has upgraded Tag Tool, the set of developer tools for working with NFC and RFID tags first launched in November 2009... More
Barclaycard and Orange to launch commercial NFC service by the end of 2010
Card issuer Barclaycard and mobile network operator Orange are to launch a commercial NFC service in the UK before the end of 2010, a senior Barclaycard executive has revealed... More
Citi’s Bangalore trial: Offering cardholders phone subsidies can kickstart NFC transaction volumes
‘This pilot provides insights which will prove crucial to getting the customer experience right as we, together with the industry, bring next-generation mobile financial services to market,’ says Citi. More
DeviceFidelity signs up first licensees for its In2Pay NFC microSD solution
DeviceFidelity has signed up the first licensees for its microSD format NFC solution, UK mobile payments provider Monitise and US mobile solutions provider Ecrio, and has announced version 2 of its In2Pay product, adding support for EMV compliant payment applications and for Mifare ticketing applications... More
Tyfone to launch MicroSD NFC solution in second half of 2010
Pre-production test runs of its SideTap microSD format NFC solution have now been successfully completed, says Tyfone, and volume production will begin during the second half of this year. More
GlobalPlatform sets out branding guidelines for multi-application mobile wallets
The standards body’s new Contactless Services technical document sets out how a card issuer’s brand identity will be maintained within a consumer’s mobile wallet. More
Wima unveils speakers for annual NFC conference and exhibition
The fourth annual Wima NFC event, to be held in Monaco from 20-22 April 2010, will include exhibitors from around the world plus conference streams and workshops focusing on both the technical and business issues surrounding near field communication. More
China Mobile confirms purchase of stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
China Mobile has agreed to pay $5.8 billion for a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD Bank), making the mobile network operator the second largest shareholder in the bank... More