Visa takes steps to expand contactless mobile payments commercially
A consumer makes a contactless payment with an iPhone at the San Francisco Giants' AT&T ParkVisa Inc. has made mobile contactless payments available commercially for various smartphones via...
View ArticleWhat will Google’s acquisition of Zetawire mean for mobile payments?
Samsung, Google and Best Buy team up to make Nexus S a successGoogle has acquired Canadian startup Zetawire to enhance its Near Field Communication offerings that enable contactless mobile payments and...
View ArticleMobile wallet will take huge strides forward in 2011: Zenius
Zenius powers an NFC platform that is compatible with smartphones and feature phonesWhile it will not quite achieve mass-market adoption in 2011, this year the various ecosystem players will take major...
View ArticleUS mobile payments could reach $1 trillion by 2015: exec
MasterCard's PayPass wallet application can be password-protected so that a lost or stolen handset cannot be used to make paymentsMobile payments will approach $1 trillion by 2015 in the United States...
View ArticleNFC-enabled iPhone 5 to take mobile payments to the next level
A consumer makes a contactless payment with an iPhone at the San Francisco Giants' AT&T ParkMultiple reports are adding fuel to the fire of rumors that Apple’s iPhone 5 will be embedded with a near...
View ArticleNFC to enable a plethora of business models: study
Samsung, Google and Best Buy team up to make the NFC-enabled Nexus S a successThe first and most important task for the near field communication ecosystem is to define the kind of infrastructure that...
View ArticleMassive worldwide deployment of contactless mobile payments set for 2012
MasterCard's PayPass wallet application can be password-protected so that a lost or stolen handset cannot be used to make paymentsThe near field communication ecosystem is finally coming together,...
View ArticleWhy smartphone users and developers should fear hackers
Hackers are going mobileAnalysts predict an increase in malware – malicious software – and other security threats that hackers spread through mobile devices, especially as sales of smartphones continue...
View ArticleNFC about consumer loyalty, not just payments: panel
Nokia was the first major handset manufacturer to support NFC with a commercial releaseORLANDO, FL - As near field communication continues to gain momentum, merchants and marketers should realize that...
View ArticleNFC to ignite billions of dollars of incremental revenue: Razorfish
NFC is about much more than just contactless paymentsNear field communication has the potential to generate billions of dollars of incremental revenue from mobile marketing services alone, not even...
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