--- title: "NFC News Archives - Page 18 of 106 - Secure Technology Alliance" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/nfc-news/page/18/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/nfc-news/page/18/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)NFC News # Category: NFC News ### Open NFC for Android, Windows and Linux Platforms Available Under Apache License Aix-En-Provence, France, February 3, 2010–Reflecting a clear and growing trend in the mobile industry, INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced it is making its Open NFC™ commercial-grade NFC protocol stack (formerly MicroRead Software Foundation) available in… ### January 22, 2010 – Near Field Communications World summarized the key findings from Discover Financial Services’ trial of a mobile sticker version of its Discover Zip contactless card. Click here for the article. ### Smart Card Makers Giesecke & Devrient and Oberthur Technologies, and Chip Providers Infineon and INSIDE Contactless Launch Initiative to Establish Open Standard Transport Ticketing 2010 Conference & Expo, London, January 26, 2010–Smart card manufacturers Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (G&D) and Oberthur Technologies S.A., and chip suppliers Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and… ### MicroRead NFC Solution Powers TazCard and TazKiosk Proximity Applications Aix-En-Provence and Rennes, France, January 4, 2009–INSIDE Contactless and TazTag™ today announced they have created a partnership to develop and bring to market a variety of highly secured, multi-application contactless solutions based on near field communication (NFC) technology. INSIDE’s third-generation MicroRead® NFC solution has already been… ### 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… ### One of the world’s first smart-card based authentication solution for securing e-commerce Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Dec 9, 2009–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced that Banca Intesa in Serbia has selected its Ezio Classic reader to secure e-commerce services. Banca Intesa is the leading financial institution in Serbia and is… ### Arlington, VA USA, Dec 7, 2009–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that it has surpassed 25 million smart card-based identity credentials shipped to the U.S. federal government. This total is evenly split between government identity credentials, used for securing the identities of federal government employees and military personnel and for electronic passports… ### 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… ### Iselin, NJ, November 30, 2009–On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (NASDAQ-GM: OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments, eID Systems and other applications, announced today that it has signed a contract for the supply, transfer, maintenance and operation of an electronic identification related product based on OTI’s… ### 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… [ ** ](#)