“MasterCard is providing a programmer-friendly set of functions that make it easy for application developers to rapidly deliver payment apps to consumers – without having to become smart card programming experts,” says the payments network. More
Compliance
RFI tests NFC for Visa
Test lab RFI Global has been accredited to perform Visa mobile product testing... More
NFC Forum certifies Inside Secure’s NFC controller chip
NFC and contactless specialist Inside Secure has announced that its MicroRead solution has become the first NFC controller chip design to be certified by the NFC Forum... More
EMVCo picks GlobalPlatform secure element compliance programme
EMVCo, the standards body collectively owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, has officially recognised the GlobalPlatform Compliance Program for validating secure elements as an integral part of its mobile payment certification process... More
Visa certifies Samsung, LG and BlackBerry NFC phones for mobile payments
The Samsung Galaxy S II, LG Optimus Net NFC, BlackBerry Bold 9900/9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9360/9380 have now been added to the list of approved Visa payments products, enabling financial institutions to use them in commercial NFC deployments for the first time. More
Clear2Pay joins GlobalPlatform
Payments and testing specialist Clear2Pay has joined smart card standards association GlobalPlatform as a Participating Member... 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
NFC Forum picks Broadcom for device certification testing
The NFC Forum has chosen to use Broadcom‘s recently announced BCM2079x NFC controller chips to validate its NFC device certification test suite... More
GlobalPlatform marks compliance
GlobalPlatform has introduced a compliance trademark to identify solutions that have met the requirements of the smart card, SIM and NFC secure element standards association’s compliance program... More
Citi proposes ‘hybrid model’ for mobile payments
Banks and mobile network operators should work together on a mobile payments business model that plays to both their strengths, says Citi’s Dickson Chu. More