Category: Contactless Payments News

INSIDE Contactless NFC Chip Powers Payment Transactions for Most Handsets in GSMA Pay-Buy-Mobile Trials

A Major Step Towards a Global Interoperable Mobile Payments System AIX EN PROVENCE, France, January 28, 2008 – Over the next few months, 12 mobile operators will run trials of contactless mobile payment services in Australia, France, Ireland, Korea, Malaysia, Norway, The Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey and the U.S. as a precursor to commercial launches….

INSIDE Contactless Chosen as Finalist for Mobile Innovation Global Awards 2008

Company’s MicroRead™ Chosen in Most Innovative Device-Centric Technology Category AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, Jan. 24, 2008 – INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that it was chosen as a finalist for the GSMA Mobile Innovation Global Awards 2008 in the category for Most Innovative Device-Centric Technology. INSIDE’s MicroRead™ product implements…

SESAMES Innovation Award for Best Hardware Delivered to INSIDE Contactless on the eve of the CARTES Tradeshow

Market Leading MicroPass Intelligent Payment Platform Recognized as the Most Innovative Worldwide Contactless Payment Platform Aix en Provence, November 13th, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open standard contactless chip technologies, and the leader in NFC technology, today announced the company has been awarded the winners prize in the Hardware category at the twelfth…

INSIDE Contactless Reaches 35 Million Unit Milestone for MicroPass®

Global Position as #1 Market Share Provider for Contactless Payments Paris, France, November 13th, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, the leading provider of advanced, open standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that sales of its revolutionary MicroPass® intelligent payment platform for contactless bank cards has exceeded 35 million units since it was first launched at CARTES in November…

Gemalto to Provide NFC-SIM Platform for JCB’s Mobile Contactless Payment Solution

SIM-based NFC technology adds enhanced user experience, improved branding and greater market penetration Cartes tradeshow, Villepinte, France, November 13, 2007–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announces the successful integration of JCB’s contactless payment solution, J/Speedy™, onto its NFC SIM. In this way, Gemalto has provided both NFC-embedded mobile and SIM-based NFC options supporting…

INSIDE Contactless, exclusive suppliers of “Pay by Mobile” NFC components

At the end of November 2007, six major banks, four mobile phone operators,, Visa Europe and MasterCard Worldwide will be launching the “Pay by Mobile” operation, an experimental contactless payment system. 1000 test customers will have mobile phones fitted with INSIDE Contactless’s MicroRead NFC component Paris, 9 November 2007–INSIDE Contactless, the leading NFC technology and…

FIME’s contactless testing laboratory receives worldwide accreditation by Discover® Network

FIME’s ISO 17025 testing environment fully accredited to conduct contactless debugging and type approval testing in conformity with Discover Network requirements for contactless cards and terminals FIME, a leading provider of testing solutions for the contactless market, today announced that Discover Network, a business unit of Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS), a leading payments company in…

INSIDE Contactless empowers new generation NFC payment project with carrier Far EasTone in Taiwan

Innovative Beep ‘N Go project by FET involves panel of 200 and expands the features of mobile phones to those of a credit card, an e-coupon or even a door key Aix en Provence, France, November 7th, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a world leader of contactless semiconductor chips, today announced that its MicroRead® platform has been selected…

Kyocera WIRELESS and Inside Contactless join forces on NFC integration

Near Field Communication Technology Enables Wide Range of M-Commerce and Wireless Wallet Applications San Diego and Aix en Provence, France, October 30th, 2007–Kyocera Wireless Corp. (KWC), a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, and INSIDE Contactless, a world leader for Near Field Communication (NFC) technologies and other contactless payments solutions, today announced…

INSIDE Contactless Announces General Availability of Next Generation Micropass Fob Core for Contactless Payments

Aix en Provence, France, October 23, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open standard contactless chip technologies, today announced the availability of its new MicroPass® Fob Core for contactless payments; enabling card and fob manufacturers to create innovative contactless payment fob’s. INSIDE’s MicroPass Fob Core is a key technology component of the new Visa…