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
Introducing the 2011 CMA finalists – In Restaurant Dining.
Don’t be fooled by the new name. We may have gone upscale in our new TLA but the CMA’s are still the Monkeys (now the Contactless Monkey Awards). For the next few weeks, we’re turning the blog over to Contactless Intelligence and letting them do the run down of the categories and nominations for the… Read More
FIME to Deliver NFC Forum Certification
FIME, a global leader in consulting and market integration services for near field communication (NFC) solutions, has achieved NFC Forum Authorization for its laboratories. This allows FIME to conduct the required tests that will confirm a device’s compliance to the NFC Forum’s technical specifications and attain certification from the industry body. In 2010 the NFC… Read More
Balearic Islands to get the largest multi-city deployment of contactless payment systems
At a press conference today, “la Caixa” & Visa launched in the Balearic Islands the largest multi-city deployment of contactless payment system in Europe. “Contactless Shopping”, the name given to this project by “la Caixa” and Visa Europe, represents a double milestone: the Balearic Islands will become the first European multi-city area equipped with a… Read More
ViVOtech Introduces ViVOnfc Software Suite 3.0
ViVOtech, the near field communication (NFC) software and systems company, today announced the third generation of its ViVOnfc™ Software Suite, the most collaborative and widely field tested Trusted Service Manager (TSM), over-the-air (OTA) provisioning, and digital wallet software for NFC handsets. “NFC mobile commerce is quickly moving from promise to reality,” said Michael (Mick) Mullagh,… Read More
STM & Gemalto get serious (and secure) about NFC apps.
STMicroelectronics, a producer of secure microcontroller ICs, and Gemalto, a leader in digital security, are to partner up to develop a range of solutions to initiate and distribute digital security services for NFC (Near Field Communications) applications. Building on the two companies’ extensive security expertise and portfolio of NFC technologies, the partnership aims to deliver… Read More
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