Category: NFC News

Citigroup, MasterCard, Cingular and Nokia Team to Pilot Next Generation Mobile Phone with “Tap & Go™” Payment in New York City

Innovative Payment Trial to Use Near Field Communications Technology NEW YORK, NY, December 14, 2006–Citigroup, MasterCard Worldwide, Cingular Wireless and Nokia today announced a consumer technology trial of Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile phones with MasterCard PayPass™ contactless payment capability in New York City. The goal of this trial is to evaluate the speed and…

Spending on Contactless Payments Hardware and Software to Reach $800 Million by 2011

LONDON, December 14, 2006–With adoption driven by some of the world’s largest card associations and banks, wireless operators and merchants, spending on contactless payments hardware and software will reach $870 million by 2011, up from just $260 million in 2006, amounting to a compound annual growth rate of 27%, according to a new study from…

Discover Rolling Out RFID Payment Platform

December 14, 2006–RFID Journal interviews Joby Orlowsky, vice president of marketing for Discover Network, and reports that Discover Financial Services will launch field tests of contactless payment by the end of 2006. Click here to read the full article.

Citigroup, MasterCard, Cingular and Nokia Team to Pilot Next Generation Mobile Phone with “Tap & Go™” Payment in New York City

Innovative Payment Trial to Use Near Field Communications Technology NEW YORK, NY, December 14, 2006–Citigroup, MasterCard Worldwide, Cingular Wireless and Nokia today announced a consumer technology trial of Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile phones with MasterCard PayPass™ contactless payment capability in New York City. The goal of this trial is to evaluate the speed and…

New deal brings Oyster and Barclaycard Visa onto one card

Passengers on public transport around London could soon be able to make quick, contact-free, cashless payments and travel around the Capital using one card. London, December 13, 2006–Since its introduction in 2003, Transport for London (TfL) has seen Oyster smartcards become a huge success with more than six million in use on the transport network….

Visa USA Combines High-Growth Product Offerings to Launch First Prepaid Contactless Program

Issued by MetaBank, Visa-Branded Prepaid Contactless Cards Provide Compelling Alternative to Cash, Reflect Increased Consumer Demand for Electronic Payments SAN FRANCISCO, December 13, 2006–Visa USA today announced the launch of its first contactless prepaid cards, providing consumers a faster and more convenient way to pay and offering merchants increased revenue opportunities, increased throughput and improved…

CoreStreet’s PIVMAN System Deployed with SuperCom’s Mobile Credentialing System for the City of Los Angeles

System Interoperable with Current and Future FIPS 201 Credentials December 11, 2006, Cambridge, MA–CoreStreet, the leader in infrastructure and applications for smart credential and convergence programs, announced that SuperCom, Inc. (OTCBB:SPCBF; Euronext::SUP) has selected the PIVMAN™ System as part of the Urban Area Security Initiative contract for the City of Los Angeles. The PIVMAN System…

UTA Introduces a New Way to Pay for Ski Bus

In its 30th year of service, 41 ski buses prepared for hi-tech future Salt Lake City, December 7, 2006–After 30 years of providing ski bus service, The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) will begin accepting “contactless” debit and credit cards as payment for its service. At a Dec. 7 kick off, UTA and industry leaders will…

City of Los Angeles to Deploy SuperCom’s IRMS Mobile Credentialing and Handheld Verification System

America’s 2nd Largest City Turns to SuperCom to Address its Mobile Credentialing and Incident Management Requirements McLean Virginia, November 29, 2006–SuperCom, Ltd. (OTCBB: SPCBF.OB; Euronext: SUP), SuperCom, Inc., the Virginia-based subsidiary of SuperCom, Ltd. (OTCBB:SPCBF.OB; Euronext::SUP), a provider of incident management, active RF and e-ID solutions, today announced that it has been awarded an Urban…

Discover Network Certifies OTI Card Reader for Contactless Payment System

OTI’s Saturn 5000 to Support Discover Network’s Fast, Secure, and Simple Contactless Payment System Worldwide Riverwoods, IL, November 28, 2006–Discover Network, a business unit of Discover Financial Services and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), today announced that it has certified the Saturn 5000 contactless reader developed by On Track Innovations (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader…