MasterCard Drives Host Card Emulation (HCE) Momentum with Mobile Payment Deployments in More than 15 Countries

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Consumers around the globe continue to use mobile devices rather than dip or swipe payments cards for more of their MasterCard purchases. In less than a year since announcing support for Host Card Emulation (HCE) and cloud-based software for both secure contactless and remote payment transactions, MasterCard announced projects are currently underway in more than

Getin Bank and OT Introduce a New Cloud-Based Mobile Wallet Relying on HCE in Poland

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Oberthur Technologies (OT), a world leader in digital security solutions for the mobility space announced its selection by Getin Bank to introduce mobile proximity payments relying on HCE (Host Card Emulation), a cloud-based protocol simplifying mobile contactless payment implementations. HCE was introduced on Android platforms at the end of 2013 and is now endorsed by major payment

Wirecard Presents First Payment Wearable on HCE Basis

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Wirecard AG is presenting a payment wearable solution based on host card emulation (HCE) technology. The Wirecard Smart Band is set to be showcased by the technology and payment specialist through a user scenario at this year’s DLD15, which will be taking place in Munich from 18 to 20 January 2015 and is entitled “It’s

RBC First Bank in North America with Host Card Emulation

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RBC announced the addition of Host Card Emulation (HCE) to the RBC Mobile app, allowing Canadians to pay with most Android mobile phones without worrying about being on the right mobile network or having the right SIM card. RBC is the first North American financial institution to develop a HCE payment solution, providing more clients

Cryptomathic Advise Industry How to Secure HCE Applications

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Cryptomathic has published its latest white paper, which offers advice to banks and payment service providers on how to protect mobile banking, payment and host card emulation applications against security attacks. The paper, titled: ‘ Protect HCE Mobile Applications with Cryptomathic MASC’ highlights the benefits that HCE brings to the market through simplifying and speeding

MasterCard to Use Host Card Emulation (HCE) for NFC-Based Mobile Payments

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MasterCard has announced it will publish a specification that leverages Host Card Emulation (HCE) for secure near field communication (NFC) payment transactions. The approach will enable consumers to easily use their MasterCard-branded cards on their NFC-enabled phones to make contactless payments. Today, there are two million contactless-enabled merchant locations in 63 countries around the world.