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Survey finds four in ten businesses are planning to upgrade to a mobile-ready contactless access control solution

By Tom Phillips • 2 August 2022 • Updated 2 August 2022

Survey graph showing trends in businesses plans to adopt mobile-ready contactless access control systems

More than four in ten businesses are planning to adopt a mobile-ready contactless access control solution (42%) while just under one in four have already upgraded to a mobile-ready system (24%), a survey of professionals from across a range of industries worldwide reveals... More

Silverstein lets World Trade Center workers add their employee IDs to Apple Wallet

By Tom Phillips • 4 February 2022 • Updated 4 February 2022

Silverstein staff using digital corporate ID in Apple Wallet to access World Trade Center

Apple users working at the 7 World Trade Center office building in New York in the US can now gain access to the building, their workplace and shared amenities with a tap of their NFC-enabled iPhone or Apple Watch using a digital employee badge stored in Wallet... More

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Fidesmo opens NFCW Expo showcase

By Sarah Clark • 25 January 2021 • Updated 25 January 2021

Fidesmo joins NFCW Expo showcase

NFCW EXPO: Fidesmo, a contactless platform provider that makes it possible for issuers to connect payment, transit ticketing and access control cards to a wide range of both passive and active devices, has opened a booth in the NFCW Expo... More

Case study: Collectible coin grading service combats counterfeiting with HID Trusted NFC tags

By Tom Phillips • 7 January 2021 • Updated 7 January 2021

KNOWLEDGE CENTRE: Collectible coin grading company Collectors Universe is deploying two million NFC tags to enable collectors and dealers to authenticate rare and valuable coins and banknotes... More

HID Global launches combo NFC and RFID tags for tracking returnable industrial containers

By Tom Phillips • 23 October 2020 • Updated 23 October 2020

HID Global Rain RFID chips for curved containers

PARTNER NEWS: HID Global has launched a range of tags that combine NFC and Rain RFID technologies to enable companies to track, locate, identify and authenticate bulk containers, gas cylinders, steel kegs and other industrial returnable transport items... More

NXP launches secure UWB chips for hands-free access control, payments and IoT

By Tom Phillips • 23 October 2020 • Updated 11 July 2022

NXP Trimension UWB IC portfolio for IoT applications diagram

PARTNER NEWS: NXP has released a portfolio of secure ultra-wideband (UWB) chips that enable more accurate positioning and sensing for hands-free access control, payments and IoT use cases... More

HID Global adds employee IDs to Nymi biometric workplace wearables

By Sarah Clark • 9 October 2020 • Updated 9 October 2020

Nymi wristband with HID Global NFC for digital ID

PARTNER NEWS: Employers can now provide their staff with a wearable wristband that uses continuous biometric authentication to enable them to securely gain hands-free access to buildings, devices and computer networks throughout the working day... More

Collectable coin grading service combats counterfeiting with NFC

By Tom Phillips • 6 October 2020 • Updated 6 October 2020

NFC smartphone held against NFC chip coin to verify authenticity

Collectors, investors and dealers in rare and valuable coins, banknotes, medals and tokens can now verify the authenticity of items certified by the US-based Professional Coin Grading Service by tapping an NFC chip embedded in PCGS holders with their smartphone... More

HID Global opens NFCW Expo showcase

By Mike Clark • 23 September 2020 • Updated 23 September 2020

HID Global sponsor showcase for NFCW Expo

NFCW EXPO: HID Global has opened a showcase in the NFCW Expo, featuring a series of white papers and case studies exploring how NFC technology can be used to deliver innovative use cases across retail, industry, building safety and beyond... More

NFC testing innovator Cilab opens NFCW Expo showcase

By Mike Clark • 17 September 2020 • Updated 17 September 2020

NFCW EXPO: NFC testing innovator Cilab is providing NFCW readers with early access to a showcase in the NFCW Expo hall that provides information on how its ci230 high speed NFC tester works, the benefits it offers to both engineers and to budget holders — and highlights the testimonials it has received from customers... More

HID Global explains how NFC can be combined with Rain RFID to create innovative new use cases

By Mike Clark • 20 August 2020 • Updated 20 August 2020

Pages from HID Global's NFC and Rain RFID white paper

KNOWLEDGE CENTRE: Developments in NFC technology and existing RFID infrastructure are enabling businesses in a range of markets to benefit from the use of NFC-enabled devices at all stages of their operations, HID Global explains in a new white paper now available to download from the NFCW Knowledge Centre... More

Transact rolls out Android NFC student IDs at 16 US universities

By Mike Clark • 19 May 2020

University of Alabama Russell Hall

Campus card solutions provider Transact has rolled out support for Android NFC student IDs, integrated with Google Pay, to 16 US universities... More

HID Global adds employee IDs to NFC wearables

By Mike Clark • 7 May 2020

PARTNER NEWS: HID Global has announced that employee ID card issuers can now use its Seos digital credential technology to let staff use smart watches, watchbands, rings and other devices to gain access to buildings, log in to PCs and cloud applications, make payments at vending machines, and more... More

HID Global adopts Cilab NFC test equipment to standardise worldwide labs

By Sarah Clark • 4 March 2020

Hans-Juergen Pirch, HID Global

PARTNER NEWS: HID Global is using Cilab’s ci230 high-speed testing suite to reduce testing bottlenecks and standardise its NFC test results across its labs around the world — and is gaining a positive return on its investment in the equipment in less than a year, engineering director Hans-Juergen Pirch has told NFC World... More

Kansas City Chiefs issue NFC tickets to premium suite guests

By Mike Clark • 3 February 2020

Kansas City Chiefs players at Superbowl LIV on 2 February 2020

Super Bowl LIV winners the Kansas City Chiefs have installed NFC ticketing in the premium suites at their Arrowhead Stadium, enabling fans to receive tickets directly on their Android or Apple mobile phones and then tap to enter their suites using NFC... More

Apple expands NFC student IDs to 12 more universities

By Sarah Clark • 14 August 2019

Phone being passed over reader

Students at an additional 12 US universities will be able to use their iPhone or Apple Watch “to get into dorms, buy lunch and more” in the coming school year, Apple has announced... More

Case study: Distillery uses NFC tags to fight counterfeiting and build customer engagement

By Sarah Clark • 4 April 2019 • Updated 10 July 2019

PARTNER NEWS: Tasmania-based Old Kempton Distillery is using HID Global’s Trusted Tag technology to combat counterfeiting of its whiskies and gins — and to drive personalized and ongoing engagement with customers after they make a purchase... More

HID Global enables workers to log in with NFC mobile phones

By Sarah Clark • 4 December 2018 • Updated 19 January 2019

HID Global unites high security authentication and convenience with its Crescendo Mobile smart card — HID Global — PARTNER NEWS — “The HID Crescendo Mobile solution provides organizations seeking to eliminate passwords with a solution that combines the high security of physical authenticators with the usability of a mobile solution. Crescendo Mobile works similarly to, and is compatible with, highly secure Crescendo smart cards; however, rather than inserting a separate device into a contact smart card reader, it connects to a desktop computer via an NFC (near field communication) reader or Bluetooth.”

Meet NFC World’s partners at Trustech 2018

By Mike Clark • 26 November 2018

NFC World partners Antelop Solutions, Dejamobile, HID Global, NXP, Okey Co and STMicroelectronics will be attending Trustech in Cannes, France from 27 to 29 November... More

HID Global expands investment in NFC brand protection solutions

By Sarah Clark • 4 October 2018

PARTNER NEWS: HID Global is increasing investment in its NFC-based Trusted Tag brand protection service and expanding its network of solution providers around the world... More