Contactless

27 May 14 @ 12:59

Apple has filed another NFC related patent on May 22nd giving a clue that we can expect exclusive circuitry for NFC in the next iPhone. The patent states that different... read more

15 May 14 @ 13:32

US, telco-backed, mobile wallet venture Isis is picking up steam, claiming 20,000 new wallet activations a day over the last month since launch. The Isis wallet – owned by AT&T... read more

15 May 14 @ 10:30

TD Canada Trust has added the capability to make small credit card purchases using NFC mobile payments for Rogers, Bell and TELUS customers in Canada. After the wide release of Rogers suretap... read more

13 May 14 @ 16:04

Contactless payment card shipments accelerated globally in 2013, according to figures released today by the Smart Payment Association (SPA) at an opening-day session at the CARTES America conference and exhibition in Las Vegas. In... read more

08 May 14 @ 09:59

Deutsche Telekom customers can now make purchases with their smartphones with the launch of MyWallet which turns smartphones1 into digital wallets. The app, the digital payment card and an NFC... read more

06 May 14 @ 18:20

The global market for trusted service management (TSM) has not quite lived up to expectations with the low level of mobile payments solutions and near field communication (NFC) commercial deployments... read more

30 Apr 14 @ 09:58

Monthly spending on UK contactless cards has exceeded £100 million for the first time, according to data published by The UK Cards Association. The new figures show that UK consumers spent a record £109.2 million... read more

24 Apr 14 @ 11:52

The SIMalliance membership, which represents approximately 86% of the global SIM market, has reported SIM shipment volumes totalling 4.2 billion units for 2013, compared to 4.6 billion in 2012. The... read more

23 Apr 14 @ 13:15

London’s smartphone users are soon be able to pay for travel using their phone under plans being negotiated by mobile companies and the capital’s transport authority. Operators such as EE... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 11:38

Apple’s 2014 roadmap was laid out in pretty considerable detail by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo last week in an investor note, and while ordinarily analyst predictions aren’t worth the paper... read more

09 Apr 14 @ 11:33

According to a report from IHS, contactless payments could be about to receive a significant boost, with global Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled handset shipments set to soar four-fold in the... read more

09 Apr 14 @ 06:24

Barclaycard has announced that its customers are spending £6.6 million per month on their contactless cards. The latest figures from Barclaycard show that contactless payments have increased threefold since 2012,... read more