NFC is mainly marketed as a contactless payment tool in the mobile scene, but it can also be used to automate actions with tags, or to link to devices such as monitors, headphones, cameras, ...

NFC tags let you use your phone in a whole new way Android devices with near field communication (NFC) can quickly exchange information with other smartphones and compatible devices. NFC can be used ...

So now, with Apple supposedly entering the world of mobile payments in the summer, NFC’s nuptials could be nigh. Except that Apple may use low energy Bluetooth. iOS7 supports BLE and so, for that ...

More shoppers than ever are using their mobile phone’s electronic wallet as a contactless payment system when buying items, replacing credit cards or electronic ticket smart cards. Smartphones ...

Following a flurry of announcements around NFC-enabled mobile payments last year from Google and Isis, there has been very little news on the NFC front so far this year while cloud-based payments ...

Little by little, though, Google continues chipping away at this deficit by adding new local banks to Wallet in the US. This month, we spotted 25 new banks and credit unions being added in eight ...

Strategy Analytics predicts that consumers’ desire to use the convenient platform will result in 254 million mobile device users participating in 5 NFC payments a month. “Apple will do a good ...

Often the term will bring to mind the ability to pay by holding your phone over a reader, but the system can also use NFC tags embedded in credit cards, ID card, passports, and the like.

Other commitments Apple initially offered up included allowing third-party mobile wallet and payment service providers to access and interoperate through APIs, with the NFC functionality on iOS ...

“By enabling the first NFC-based crypto payments directly from hardware wallets, we’re providing a better, more instant way to spend digital assets on the go.” Users will enter their PIN on ...

IDEMIA Secure Transactions and the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) have forged an alliance to enhance the digital payment infrastructure in Vietnam. The initiative will incorporate ...