I like to see when banks start to get involved and concerned about new technology. It’s a sure sign that NFC technology may eventually become mainstream. This news update come to us from American Banker and Source Media’s Will Hernandez . As Always- Read it. Enjoy it. Share it… Mobile-payment proponents let out a collective sigh when [...]
Google has launched its first version of the Google Wallet app to Sprint, a significant step in the implementation of near field communication (NFC) technology. With NFC, users can simply pay for goods by waving their NFC phone in front of a contactless payment scanner. In other words, NFC allows for simplified transactions, data exchange, [...]
By Sarah Clark | September 6th, 2011 @ NFCWorld.com The nurses use their NFC phones to track and manage home healthcare visits, in one of the world’s longest established commercial NFC services. NEDAP: Home health care tracking solution is one of the earliest commercial NFC systems More than 50,000 care workers in the Netherlands are [...]
By Sarah Clark Reporting for NFCWorld.com Google has been field testing its NFC payments service with a large group of users since late May and, from later this summer, anyone with a Nexus S 4G and a Sprint contract will be able to use their phone to make mobile payments at merchants that accept MasterCard [...]
Written by Gareth Halfacree on 29 August, 2011 Reported at NFCNews.com In a desperate attempt to rekindle interest in its products and to avoid becoming just another Windows Phone box-shifter, Nokia has announced that it will be including NFC technology in all its future products. NFC – Near Field Communications – chips allow short-range two-way [...]
Samsung has taken preorders for some nine million Galaxy S III handsets from more than 100 mobile networks, Reuters reports. An unnamed Samsung executive revealed the figures to the Korea Economic Times, which also reported…
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POS Portal, a national distributor of point-of-sale terminal modules, has selected Ingeico’s Telium series of NFC and EMV-enabled products for sale and distribution to its independent sales organizations in the U.S.
Under the agreement, POS Portal will distribute Ingenico’s Telium countertop terminals, NFC-enabled mobile devices, and customer-facing terminals, enabling merchants to accommodate all forms of payment including contactless, EMV, NFC mobile, and traditional magnetic stripe cards.
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A new consumer heart monitoring device that uses near field communication to pass test results to the user’s Android NFC phone or tablet has been unveiled by Impak Health, a joint venture between Swedish chip…
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The Smart Card Alliance has announced the formation of the Mobile and NFC Council, a new industry body tasked with accelerating the adoption of NFC and raising awareness of the technology’s various capabilities.
“Many think of payments when they hear NFC, but the technology opens the door to many industries for innovative applications, such as ticketing, digital content exchange, secure identification, social networking, and communication between electronic devices,” said Randy Vanderhoof, executive director at the allaince. “The Mobile and NFC Council will provide a bridge between NFC technologies and the industries who want to adopt NFC-enabled mobile devices to discuss and promote common standards and best practices.”
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Canada’s banking and credit union groups have come together to create a set of open guidelines for the development of mobile payments at point-of-sale in Canada.
This “Mobile Reference Model” will serve as a blueprint for how mobile payment capabilities can be offered in the Canadian market, including guidelines on how financial information is exchanged among various parties such as financial institutions, payment card companies, telecommunications companies and merchants, according to the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA).
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The Canadian banking and credit union industry’s Mobile Payments Reference Model provides a detailed blueprint for how NFC mobile payments can be offered in Canada, how open mobile wallets will be and how consumer privacy will be assured.
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The Canadian banking and credit union industry’s Mobile Payments Reference Model provides a detailed blueprint for how NFC mobile payments can be offered in Canada, how open mobile wallets will be and how consumer privacy will be assured.
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Virgin Mobile has set a May 15 launch date for the LG Optimus Elite, the first device in the operator’s lineup to feature NFC and Google Wallet.
Debuted by Sprint last month, the Optimus Elite runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and features a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen, 800 MHz processor and 5MP rear-facing camera.
With the launch of the Optimus Elite, Virgin Mobile joins Sprint as the only two carriers to offer the Google Wallet NFC payments and loyalty service so far.
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VeriFone Systems has unveiled its new Sail mobile point of sale solution for merchants who want to accept NFC and EMV payments on their mobile phones or tablets.
Like with Square’s mobile point of sale reader, the Sail device plugs directly into the headphone jack of an iOS or Android mobile phone. Sail can also be integrated with traditional VeriFone countertop devices that support EMV and NFC standards, according to VeriFone.
The entire Sail platform includes a mobile software development kit (SDK) and secure gateway with end-to-end encryption, real-time merchant fraud screening and boarding APIs, merchant processing and settlement services, and the ability to connect to third party marketing, loyalty and social media tools.
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Mobile network operator Orange has conducted an NFC trial at the Stade de France, the country’s national stadium. The trial took place on Saturday 5 May for a Top 14 rugby match between Racing Métro…
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