Category: NFC News

MasterCard Licenses Common Contactless Communications Protocol to JCB Co. Ltd.

Singapore, March 14, 2006–MasterCard International and JCB Co. Ltd. today announced that they have reached an agreement to share the MasterCard™ PayPass™ ISO/IEC 14443 Implementation Specification as a common communications protocol for radio frequency-based contactless payments. Contactless payments allow cardholders to speed through checkout by paying with a simple tap, eliminating the need for customers…

Winmagic To Develop First Full Disk Encryption Software To Fully Integrate With Infineon’s Trusted Module Platform (Tpm) Security Chip

Integrating WinMagic’s SecureDoc Full-Disk Encryption With Infineon’s TPM Chip Makes It Simple To Protect All Data On Desktops And Easily-Stolen Laptops Mississauga, Ontario, March 13, 2006–WinMagic Inc. (www.WinMagic.com), the innovative leader in full-disk encryption, today announced at CeBIT (Hall 7, Booth A20) that its SecureDoc solution will be the first full-disk encryption software to fully…

Contactless Pay Technology Opens Up A New Frontier for Vending

March 8, 2006–Automatic Merchandiser reviews the status of contactless payment deployment and the impact of contactless payment on vending. Click here to read the full article.

Citizens Financial Group introduces MasterCard PayPass™ to provide Citizens Bank and Charter One customers with a simpler way to pay with debit cards

“Tap N Go™” payment provides consumers and retailers with convenience and streamlined transactions PROVIDENCE, R.I.–Citizens Financial Group, Inc. announced that in its continuing effort to be an industry leader in convenience and service, it is providing Citizens Bank and Charter One Bank customers with MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless payment technology on their debit cards. PayPass offers…

Citizens Financial Group Introduces MasterCard PayPass™ to Provide Citizens Bank and Charter One Customers with a Simpler Way to Pay with Debit Cards

“Tap N Go” Payment Provides Consumers and Retailers with Convenience and Streamlined Transactions Providence, RI, February 22, 2006–Citizens Financial Group, Inc. announced that in its continuing effort to be an industry leader in convenience and service, it is providing Citizens Bank and Charter One Bank customers with MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless payment technology on their debit…

OTI EasyFuel™ enters Costa Rica–Expanding presence in Latin America

Fort Lee, New Jersey, February 21, 2006–On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, announced today that it has received initial orders in Costa Rica. “EasyFuel”. EasyFuel is wireless solution for petroleum payment management and loyalty programs for…

San Francisco Giants Team up with Visa Contactless to Give Baseball Fans More Time to See the Game

AT&T Park Installs Contactless Readers From Hypercom; Lets Fans Pay Faster with the Same Security and Protections They’ve Come to Expect from Visa SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, 2006–The San Francisco Giants and Visa, a proud Giants sponsor since 1997, are making it easier for baseball fans to speed through concession lines at AT&T Park, now…

StepNexus Acquires Hive Minded and .NET-based Nectar™ Smart Card Technology

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15, 2006–StepNexus Inc., the premier provider of the world’s first open, high-security, multi-application, smart card operating system MULTOS, has acquired Hive Minded Inc., the company that created and licenses Nectar™ smart card.NET technology based on Microsoft.NET. Terms of the deal between the two privately held companies will not be disclosed. All employees…

Malaysians Can Now “Tap & Go” Around the World with OneSMART™ MasterCard® PayPass™

MasterCard Brings Internationally Accepted OneSMART™ MasterCard® PayPass™ EMV Solution to Malaysia; More than 30 Merchant Chains Already Signed Up Kuala Lumpur, 9 February 2006–MasterCard International today celebrated the launch of OneSMART™ MasterCard® PayPass™, the industry’s first internationally accepted, dual-interface contactless EMV payment solution, in Malaysia. PayPass combines both contact and contactless interfaces on one chip,…

Visa Surpasses Contactless Merchant Milestone: Partnerships with Major Merchants Driving Migration to Contactless Payments

National Brands from McDonald’s to CVS/pharmacy Accepting Visa Contactless Cards, Creating One of the Fastest Adoptions of Payment Technology Ever SAN FRANCISCO, February 2, 2006–Visa today announced it has reached a significant milestone in the acceptance of Visa Contactless by surpassing 20,000 Visa Contactless acceptance locations in the United States. Consumers can make contactless payments…