The NFC Forum has introduced a product certification program that improves the user experience for NFC device owners by enabling manufacturers of smartphones and other NFC-enabled devices to prove that their products fully conform to a wide range of contactless transport, payments and access control standards. The CR12 product certification program allows manufacturers to test […]
By: Dan Balaban NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – While the idea of letting merchants use their own NFC-enabled smartphones and tablets as acceptance devices to take contactless EMV payments is still getting off the ground, some major payments networks are already working on expanding the technology to enable consumers to tap their own devices to pay.
Apple has switched on support for App Clip Codes, enabling developers to create custom codes that let iOS users access a mini version of their app by either scanning the code with their iPhone camera or tapping a Type 5 NFC tag embedded in it. App Clips were introduced in September 2020 with the rollout
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Researchers at Purdue University in Indiana, USA, have developed a prototype wearable device that enables users to securely transmit a password, photograph or other digital information and potentially make card and mobile payments simply by touching a sensor with their fingertip. The technology, known as BodyWire-HCI, “would essentially let your body act as the link
The total transaction value of in-vehicle payments will reach US$1bn by 2023, up from less than US$100m in 2020, according to a forecast by Gartner. The US-based research company also predicts that the services offered by existing platforms enabling in-vehicle payments for fuel, food and parking will continue to increase, and that in-coming technology will
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Passengers travelling on the G:link light rail network on Queensland’s Gold Coast are the first to trial an open loop transportation ticketing system that the Australian state plans to roll out across all forms of public transport in 18 regional centres by 2022. The implementation is the first major trial for transport authority Translink’s A$371m
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PARTNER NEWS: Antelop Solutions has launched a Secure Interface solution that enables banks to provide their customers with the ability to securely display sensitive digital card information on their mobile phones. This, in turn, simplifies the process of offering a full-service digital card offering to consumers, Antelop says. “The mobile display of highly sensitive card
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PARTNER NEWS: Dejamobile has received Visa certification for a solution that enables merchants to be provided with the ability to accept both low and high value contactless transactions on a standard Android NFC smartphone or tablet. The certification for Dejamobile’s ReadyToTap Payment for Merchants solution means that merchants around the world can now use an
Customers of CIBC can now make purchases of up to C$250 (US$196) with their debit card using Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or Google Pay following a 150% increase in the Canadian bank’s transaction limit for in-store payments with a mobile phone or smartwatch. “The change, now effective, increases the contactless debit payment limit for mobile
Customers of US Bank can now add a personalised digital greetings card when they use the bank’s mobile app to make a Zelle P2P transfer to anyone with a US bank account. “The eCards are available for US Bank customers for free,” the bank says. “They are easy to include when sending money with Zelle
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