It has been reported that in the UK, 25 Wilkinson stores will be trialling contactless payments ahead of a potential roll out of the technology across its estate. With over four million customers a week, Wilkinson is the first in its sector to trial contactless and the payments system should allow many of its customers to… Read More
The 2011 Contactless Monkey Award Finalists – High Throughput Beverage
Next up, it’s the battle of the beverages (every year I find that funny. For the life of me I can’t imagine why…) So far it seems to come down to coffee. Is there anything else – we don’t think so. It’s the High Throughput Beverage category. So let’s look at the nominees and why… Read More
HID Global Enhances Its Identity on Demand Services With the Introduction of Secure Web Porta
HID Global, has extended the benefits of its HID Identity on Demand™ services to include a secure web portal that enables customers and channel partners to monitor and manage all aspects of card personalization projects, from design and ordering through data transmission, high-quality multi-color printing, programming and on-time delivery anywhere in the world. “Implementing a large… Read More
Gemalto Mobile NFC Payment Application First in the World Certified by MasterCard
Gemalto has released the world’s first UICC-embedded software application compliant with Mobile MasterCard® PayPass™ M/Chip 4, the brand new MasterCard payment specification designed for mobile near field communications (NFC). The software application and the UICC have both successfully achieved the compliance assessment and security testing certification in accordance with MasterCard’s highest chip security requirements. The… Read More
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Chairman of ISO Committee says mobile handset makers are following the ‘wrong’ NFC standard.
In an exclusive interview C-ITV spoke to Michael Hegenbarth, the Chairman of ISO Committee for Contactless Interfaces (SC17/WG8) in regards to the current NFC standards out there. Especially in light of the recent news from MNO’s that Apple may not have NFC in their next iPhone, thanks to confusion over NFC standards. In the interview… Read More
Contactless transactions in the UK grow 150% year-on-year
Barclays and Barclaycard, say they have seen the number of contactless transactions processed through Barclaycard terminals grow by over 150% year on year. This coincides with the news that there are now over 52,000 contactless terminals in the UK, installed by Barclaycard. This is evidence that the 12.9 million contactless cardholders, of whom over 11.4… Read More
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