Meet NFC World’s partners at Money20/20
NFC World partners Rambus Bell ID, Giesecke & Devrient, Gemalto, SimplyTapp, NXP and Kona will be exhibiting at the Money20/20 expo in Las Vegas from October 23 to 26... More
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US banks pilot mobile wallet authentication and issuance at the ATM
PARTNER NEWS: ATM manufacturer Diebold has teamed up with HCE specialist SimplyTapp to offer banks a way to use their ATM network to add a layer of card present security to their mobile wallet provisioning process... More
Ask the Expert: HCE pioneer Doug Yeager — See it now on NFC World
NFC World’s ‘Ask the Expert: HCE pioneer Doug Yeager’ webinar is now available to view online... More
Put your questions to HCE pioneer Doug Yeager tomorrow
Close to 300 people have registered to attend tomorrow’s NFC World webinar with host card emulation (HCE) pioneer and SimplyTapp CEO Doug Yeager... More
HCE webinar: one week to go
Join NFC World and SimplyTapp on September 10 for a unique opportunity to put your questions on HCE, tokenization, Apple Pay, Android Pay and more to host card emulation pioneer Doug Yeager... More
SimplyTapp picks up contactless payments award
PARTNER NEWS: HCE specialist SimplyTapp has been awarded Best Contactless Payments Solution of the Year at the 2015 Future Digital Awards, organised by UK-based firm Juniper Research... More
Join NFC World for a live Q&A with HCE pioneer Doug Yeager
The next event in NFC World’s free educational webinar series will be a unique opportunity to get answers to your technical, business and operational questions on mobile payments from host card emulation (HCE) pioneer Doug Yeager, co-founder and CEO of SimplyTapp... More
SpotMe app lets Android users spend Apple Pay cash
Android users can spend their iPhone-owning friends’ money using a new app that can capture NFC payment transaction tokens from other devices and hold onto them before spending them later. More
HCE specialist SimplyTapp raises an additional US$2.5m
PARTNER NEWS: Fast growing mobile payments platform provider Mozido has made a US$2.5m investment in SimplyTapp, bringing the total amount raised in the host card emulation (HCE) specialist’s Series B financing round to US$10.1m... More
SimplyTapp explains the role of token requestors in mobile payments
PARTNER NEWS: Token requestors play a key role in the delivery of mobile payment services like Apple Pay, Doug Yeager, CEO of SimplyTapp, explains in a blog post — and taking the time to get a detailed understanding of what that role involves could pay dividends in the future... More
SimplyTapp raises US$6m to grow HCE
PARTNER NEWS: Host card emulation (HCE) specialist SimplyTapp has closed a US$6m Series B funding round... More
SimplyTapp launches open source tokenization project
A new open source software project designed to help banks offer tokenized card payments has been launched by HCE specialist SimplyTapp... More
SimplyTapp compares Apple Pay and Android HCE
PARTNER NEWS: A new blog post from HCE specialist SimplyTapp explains how Apple is using tokens in its new Apple Pay NFC mobile payments service — and how that compares with the way tokens are used to enable Android phones to make NFC mobile payments using host card emulation (HCE)... More
ABnote to add HCE to TSM platform
Global card manufacturer and NFC service provider ABnote is to integrate SimplyTapp’s host card emulation (HCE) technology into its trusted service manager (TSM) platform, enabling card issuers to deploy cloud-based NFC payments solutions to their customers... More
SimplyTapp gets funding for HCE
SimplyTapp, the US startup which created Host Card Emulation, bypassing the need to use a carrier controlled SIM-based secure element in NFC transactions, has raised a Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners... More
Google gets around the carriers with Host Card Emulation for NFC payments
Google has introduced support for Host Card Emulation in Android 4.4 KitKat, enabling any Android NFC device to be used for mobile payments and other secure applications — without needing access to a secure element... More
SimplyTapp proposes secure elements in the cloud
A US-based start-up has developed an alternative approach to storing the sensitive data required to make a transaction with an NFC phone. Rather than placing it in a secure element on the phone, SimplyTapp stores the data in the cloud on a “remote secure element” and passes encrypted transaction data through the phone to a point-of-sale terminal when the user makes a purchase. More
