Shanghai COS Software (SCS), a Chinese chip operating system developer, has joined smart card standards association GlobalPlatform as an observer member... More
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Japan gets NFC Expresspay test
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
Samsung adds embedded SE
Samsung Electronics has launched a system-in-package (SIP) NFC embedded secure element solution... More
Swedish MNOs form payments JV
Swedish mobile operators Telia, Tele2, Telenor and 3 have formed a mobile payments joint venture... More
Google Wallet swallows Checkout
Google is taking a step towards a unified digital wallet by rebranding and moving its existing online payments system into Google Wallet... More
Clear2Pay joins GlobalPlatform
Payments and testing specialist Clear2Pay has joined smart card standards association GlobalPlatform as a Participating Member... More
French bank tries iPhone NFC
French bank Credit Agricole is launching a contactless payment trial in Caen... More
Samsung ships 4m NFC handsets
Samsung shipped four million NFC phones in the first eight months of this year, the GSM Association’s Nav Bains has revealed... More
Ecebs joins OSPT Alliance
Transit systems specialist Ecebs has joined the OSPT Alliance as a full member and will promote the alliance’s Cipurse standard for secure transit fare collection solutions... More
UPM launches NFC tag resource
NFC inlay manufacturer UPM RFID has launched a website that acts as a hub to connect consumers, developers and businesses with online NFC tag stores around the world... More
MPI enters NFC tag market
Label manufacturer MPI has added NFC tags to its RFID product line... 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
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
Clear2Pay tests payment apps
Clear2Pay has released its MPA Test Solution test tool, used to confirm that new mobile payment applications comply with industry standards... More
Starbucks m-payments for Canada
Starbucks is now accepting mobile payments from customers in Canada, reports The Globe and Mail... More
Amex to invest $100m
American Express is to invest US$100 million in digital commerce startups over the next several years... More
Samsung joins OSPT alliance
Samsung Electronics has joined the Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance, becoming the seventh company to join the association developing the Cipurse open standard for secure transit fare collection... More
Nokia turns on N9’s NFC
Nokia has released a software update that switches on NFC tag reading functionality in its MeeGo-based N9 handset... More
Schreiner stickers certified
MasterCard has certified secure labeling specialist Schreiner ProSecure‘s NFC-Sticker for use in contactless payments... More
Qmuzik takes Vivotech to Africa
South African mobile solution provider Qmuzik Technologies is to resell, implement and support Vivotech‘s NFC trusted service manager (TSM) software suite throughout Africa... More