--- title: "NFC News Archives - Page 45 of 106 - Secure Technology Alliance" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/nfc-news/page/45/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/category/nfc-news/page/45/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)NFC News # Category: NFC News ### Tokyo, Japan, July 7, 2008–The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd. and JCB Co., Ltd. today announced agreements for a marketing alliance and a co-branded credit card. The marketing alliance will allow JCB to leverage Disney content in a broad range of activities to market its payments business in Japan. Under the co-branded credit card agreement,… ### Pegasus renews its contract with Gemalto as part of NFC mobile payment Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 2, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces that five banks currently use its Allynis service offer as part of the “Payez Mobile” trial for contactless mobile payment: the BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole-LCL, Crédit… ### ISMANING, Germany, July 1, 2008–SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, now offers a contactless version of its popular CHIPDRIVE® time recording solution for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs). CHIPDRIVE Time Recording Touch & Go allows employees to clock-in, clock-out and record time… ### Top Three Handset Makers Endorse INSIDE’s Leadership in Nascent NFC Market AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, June 30th, 2008–Extending its previously announced series C funding round, INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced contactless microprocessor platforms, today added Samsung Ventures America to its active investor community, which now includes the world’s top three handset manufacturers. Samsung Ventures’ participation… ### Fort Wayne, IN June 18, 2008–TrustBearer Labs, an Internet security and authentication solutions company, has been selected by Microsoft Corp. as an OpenID provider for the Microsoft® HealthVault™ online consumer health platform. TrustBearer Labs’ OpenID service will allow HealthVault users to login securely to their account using multi-factor hardware authentication devices, such as smart cards,… ### Sophia-Antipolis, June 10, 2008–ASK a pioneer of contactless cards for the mass transit market since 1997, today announced that the company joined the UK-based Integrated Transport Smartcard Organization (ITSO) and successfully passed the ITSO certification. This certificate strengthens ASK market presence in the United Kingdom and confirms the company’s strategy to offer clients and partners… ### Beijing, June 11, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces the successful completion of over 53 million over-the-air (OTA) updates¹ of GSM and CDMA mobile customers representing 6.3 billion short messages across 8 provinces in China. This demonstrates how useful and also how efficient OTA campaigns have become as a… ### TECH.ED NORTH AMERICA 2008, Orlando, Fla, June 10, 2008–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced Instant Badge Issuance (IBI)–a smart card identity badge creation system that complements Microsoft’s Identity and Access solutions and enables enterprises to produce employee IDs locally in minutes. In addition to printing graphics and personalizing applications on a magnetic… ### With this solution, subscribers can pay their bills, send a telegram or transfer money from their mobile phone, anytime, anywhere MVNOs Industry Summit, Barcelona, June 9, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces it has provided PosteMobile, the first Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in Italy, with a software solution… ### June 5, 2008–GlobalPlatform has announced that its Card Specification v2.1.1 has been used by smart card and application solution provider Bell ID in its ANDiS4FIPS201 Card and Application Management technology. The solution has recently been placed on the United States (US) Government’s General Services Administration (GSA) Approved Products List in recognition of its compliance with… [ ** ](#)