The explosion in near field communication (NFC) mobile payments has gifted banks and financial institutions with a variety of deployment options and, at the same time, made the task of selecting the right route to market more complicated than ever. For this reason, Mobey Forum’s latest white paper, ‘NFC Mobile Payments: An Industry Snapshot’, launched
Mint Payments is pleased to announce that its partnership with Bank of New Zealand (“BNZ”) has resulted in the successful deployment and enhancement of BNZ’s “PayClip” payments product, which now enables business owners in New Zealand to accept the full spectrum of card payments, including Visa, MasterCard and EFTPOS through methods such as NFC Contactless,
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, will integrate NXP’s industry-leading near field communication (NFC) and embedded secure element (eSE) solutions across Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 600, 400 and 200 processor based platforms. Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. The agreement will enable the rapid introduction of
Verifone announced that Harbortouch, a leading national point of sale (POS) system and merchant services provider, has selected Verifone terminal and PIN pad solutions to provide next-generation EMV and NFC capabilities to its customers. IMPENDING LIABILITY SHIFT Harbortouch will use Verifone’s VX 520 countertop payment terminal in combination with the VX 805 PIN pad to
FreedomPay Commerce Platform, North America’s first PCI Validated P2PE solution with EMV and NFC ready payment terminals, has enhanced its offering with a range of new secure devices for merchants that deliver operational superiority to solve for multiple payment use cases. With solutions for retail, restaurant, lodging and e-commerce, FreedomPay delivers the industry’s most comprehensive
Ingenico Group and Intel Corporation announced a collaboration to combine Intel technology and Ingenico Group secure payment acceptance for the Internet of Things. The companies will jointly develop a mobile tablet that supports EMV and NFC payment functionalities, a standard required by banks to help prevent credit card fraud. Today, banks are responsible for fraudulent
At the ETA Transact 15 conference in San Francisco, Ingenico Mobile Solutions, the global reference in mobile payment acceptance, launched the first and only PCI PTS 4.0 and SRED-certified mobile card reader equipped to accept both EMV and magstripe card payments, as well as NFC/contactless payments such as Apple Pay. Designed with flexibility in mind,
Mozido, the Austin-based global mobile commerce solutions provider, is building on its mobile payments platform through a strategic investment in HCE (host card emulation) technology pioneer, technology owner and market leader, SimplyTapp, the company announced. The investment gives Mozido access to SimplyTapp’s patented HCE technology platform, enabling could-based credentials management capabilities to secure NFC-based mobile
FreedomPay, North America’s first payment gateway with PCI Validated P2PE, EMV and NFC support, announced that Chris Kronenthal, the company’s Chief Technology Officer and one of the industry’s top experts in payment data security, will participate as a panelist at the Barclays Emerging Payments Forum at the Westin New York at Times Square. “New payment
Everlink Payment Services Inc. announced that it has completed a proof of concept market trial for its latest debit card innovation – DebitWear. DebitWear is a contactless-only, debit card form factor that uses the same EMV and Near Field Communication (NFC) technology currently being used for Interac Flash enabled cards. With DebitWear the “debit card”
