Category: Contactless Payments News

Innovation and tradition for mobile shoppers at farmer’s grocery stores

The project “touch’n pay” demonstrates the usage of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology for Self Service Shopping. Zurich, December 15, 2009–By the joint project touch’n pay, operated by NEXPERTS, e24 and other industrial partners plus the University of Applied Science from Northwest Switzerland, from December 2009 customers can shop for goods and services by a…

ViVOtech’s NFC technology enables du and Dubai First to successfully continue roll-out first mobile payment pilot in the Middle East and North Africa Region

ViVOtech provides end-to-end NFC Payment Infrastructure including Over-the-Air(OTA) provisioning, Electronic Wallet and NFC Readers at Merchant Locations Santa Clara, Calif., November 30, 2009–Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech, the leader in Near Field Communication (NFC) and contactless payment systems, announced that its NFC mobile payment wallet, Over-The-Air (OTA) provisioning and NFC payment readers are being successfully used by…

Tailwind and ViVOtech Team Up To Integrate New Contactless Payment Reader Modules into Legacy POS Systems

Cost-Effective Chip And PIN Hardware Upgrades Allow Retailers To Deliver Better, More Secure Customer Experience By Adding Contactless Payments To Existing POS Terminals Santa Clara, CA, November 23, 2009–ViVOtech, the leader in near field communication (NFC) and contactless payment systems, and Tailwind, a leader in strategic marketing in the payments industry, have signed an agreement…

Oberthur Technologies Announces Contactless Sticker Certification from Discover®

FlyBuy Sticker Now Available to Discover’s Card Issuers Chantilly, VA Nov, 17 2009–Oberthur Technologies’ contactless sticker product–FlyBuy Sticker–has been granted type approval by Discover Financial Services, a leading U.S. credit card issuer and global electronic payment services company. Discover’s type approval process ensures that the Discover Zip® contactless payment application properly operates on the FlyBuy…

Gemalto Receives Two Sesames Awards–“Hardware” with “Contactless Very High Data Rate” and “Mobile” with “MASSIM”

Cartes & IDentification, Villepinte, France, Nov 17, 2009–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced it has won two Sesames awards at this year’s Cartes & IDentification tradeshow: “Hardware” with “Contactless Very High Data Rate” and “Mobile” with MASSIM. The Sesames awards are a key part of the annual smart card…

Gemalto Boosts Rollout of SIM-Based Mobile Contactless Services

Amsterdam, November 16, 2009–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced that its Near Field Communication (NFC) SIM card product range successfully operates with Nokia’s contactless mobile phones. Gemalto is demonstrating interoperability of its SIM cards with NFC-enabled Nokia 6216 classic handsets at Cartes & IDentification this week. The company is…

Gemalto and eSECURE Technology enhance payment experience with simple contactless payment upgrade in Taiwan

Upgrading existing payment terminals with SAM cards for contactless use benefits consumers with faster, easier small sum payment means Amsterdam, Nov 12, 2009–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces that it has deployed its Secure Access Modules (SAM) into existing EasyCard payment terminals in Taiwan with Gemalto Channel Partner Program…

New Products, New Partners, New Ideas Create a Diversity of Contactless Solutions

Aix-En-Provence, France, November 10th, 2009–Highlighting the growing diversity of contactless applications, INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, will present “A Contactless Universe” at CARTES & IDentification Congress 2009, showcasing a variety of contactless solutions by INSIDE partners in the areas of payments, identity, NFC and more, as well as presentations…

INSIDE Contactless Powers Innovative Taggo Card Aggregator and Storefront

Mobile Phone Stickers to Replace Membership Cards for Wide Range of Retailers Aix-En-Provence, France, Nov. 9, 2009–INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced it is providing critical infrastructure components to Taggo, a membership card aggregator and storefront, for the innovative service Taggo will launch in Singapore and other parts…