by Steve Atkins

Consumers See Mobile Payments as Reason to Stay with or Change Banks

Fifty-three percent of consumers interested in a payment service from their mobile phone would consider changing banks if another bank offered the service, according to a survey conducted by an independent research firm for Obopay, the pioneer in mobile payments. Nearly three-fourths (70%) of those responding indicated that if the service allowed them to get… Read More

by Steve Atkins

Consortium to improve social services delivery through NFC technology

Two French technology companies, Extelia and INSIDE Contactless, together with social services provider Abrapa today announced they have formed a consortium to develop a trusted third-party platform employing NFC and other contactless technologies to enhance the delivery of social services in France to the elderly and other people who need home care. The team has… Read More

by Steve Atkins

Bling Nation Transforms Mobile Phones Into True Digital Wallets in the Palo Alto Community and Stanford University Campus

Bling Nation, which offers mobile tap-and-pay point-of-sale services, have announced the expansion of its mobile phone payment service to Stanford University.  With a growing number of Palo Alto businesses already signed up with Bling Nation, consumers and students can now use their mobile phones as their ‘digital wallets’ on-the-go with tap-and-pay technology. Following the successful introductory program with… Read More

by Steve Atkins

Busker can now take credit cards

We’ve just learnt that music fans will be able to reward a London busker by credit card, rather than throwing cash into a hat in a drive to promote “contactless” technology and raise money for charity. Peter Buffery, a student at Kingston University, south-west London, will use a specially-designed guitar for passers-by on London’s South… Read More

by Steve Atkins

NXP’s SmartMX selected to power new German contactless National ID cards.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. have announced that its SmartMX secure contactless microcontroller chip has been chosen to power the new German contactless National Identity card (Neuer Personalausweis). The German government has selected NXP as the supplier of an inlay solution containing a dedicated SmartMX chip, packaged in an ultra-thin module. Issuance of German contactless ID cards,… Read More