Motor manufacturer Lenze has introduced the Smart Motor, an industrial motor that can be controlled via NFC... More
Lenze introduces industrial motor with NFC control
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Jabra Revo headphones get NFC
Wireless audio specialist Jabra has revealed that its Revo Wireless headphones, first announced in January, include NFC for pairing with other devices... More
Autosplice offers compact one piece contacts for NFC antennas
Autosplice has introduced a range of compact, one piece surface mount contacts which, the company says, are ideally suited for NFC antennas built into smartphones and tablets... More
Toshiba GCS adds Isis SmartTap support to POS system
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions has added support for Isis SmartTap payments to its Ace POS platform... More
NFC Israel launches NFC pet ID tags
NFC Israel has teamed with printing and packaging provider Tadbik Group to launch FindMyPet, an NFC identification tag for pets... More
Digital authentication using a passport and NFC tested in Brazil
A Brazilian startup has developed an authentication process that uses government-issued electronic ID documents and NFC phones to provide users with an additional level of security when logging in to online services... More
iKaaz launches NFC mPOS reader add-on for mobile phones
Mobile payment provider iKaaz, founded by former Nokia Money employees, has launched an NFC reader that converts a mobile phone into a mobile POS device... More
Carta offers turnkey kit for NFC payments pilots
Payments processing technology provider Carta Worldwide has launched a turnkey kit that can be used by banks and mobile network operators to run an NFC prepaid payments pilot with up to 1,000 participants... More
Turkcell adds transit card to mobile wallet
Turkish mobile network operator Turkcell has added the Urfakart transportation ticketing card to its Turkcell Cüzdan mobile wallet service... More
Snapper adds parking to NFC transit card service
Wellington City Council in New Zealand is trialling the use of Snapper transit cards, which are also available on NFC phones, to pay for car parking... More
Vodafone staff test mobile payments in UK
“Thousands” of Vodafone UK staff are currently pilot testing the mobile network operator’s Vodafone SmartPass mobile payments service at the carrier’s campus in Newbury, Berkshire... More
Eagle Eye gets US and European EMV coupon patents
Loyalty and payments specialist Eagle Eye Solutions has been granted US and European patents for an EMV-based digital coupon and gift voucher solution that allows point-of-sale terminals to be used to both process card payments and redeem vouchers and coupons... More
DBS expands One.Tap NFC payments to all Singapore carriers
DBS has become the first bank to offer a virtual credit card to customers of all three mobile network operators in Singapore... More
Inside Secure NFC controller gets Linux kernel support
Inside Secure has announced its MicroRead NFC controller chip is supported in the new 3.9 branch of the Linux kernel, speeding up integration of the chip into a range of Linux based TVs, set-top boxes, GPS devices and industrial machines... More
Think&Go, Comprion, Taztag, Sistel, Payter and Seibersdorf win Wima NFC awards
The winners of this year’s Wima NFC competition have been announced — with Think&Go NFC scooping three awards... More
Wroclaw restaurant tries NFC table tents
Local NFC specialist NFC Group has implemented NFC table stands and placed NFC stickers on doors in an Indian restaurant in Wroclaw, Poland... More
New York City to pilot NFC parking meters
The New York City Department of Transportation is to pilot test PayByPhone‘s mobile payments system, which is already live in San Francisco, Miami, London and Vancouver, in an 18 block area of the Belmont Business Improvement District in the Bronx... More
NFC house buying system promises more privacy for sellers
Academics from the School of Computing and Mathematics at Plymouth University have developed an NFC tag platform that allows sellers to promote their property in a more discreet way than the traditional ‘for sale’ board... More
Samsung adds Galaxy Mega 6.3-inch NFC phone
Samsung has added a new smartphone to its Galaxy range... More
Consumer awareness of NFC remains low across Europe
Only 8% of European consumers are aware of NFC technology, up just 2% from a year ago, a survey of 9,000 people in six European countries has found... More