Contactless Payments Landscape

By John Rozek – Contactless cards have been hailed as the “next big thing” in the payments industry. With more than 17 million contactless cards already in circulation and 75,000 points of sale across the UK, it’s easy to see why many in the industry believe we are reaching a ‘tipping...

Garanti and Turkish Mobile Launch First Nationwide NFC SIM Mobile Payment Program

Garanti and Turkish mobile network operator Avea recently moved from pilot phase to general commercial availability of their system to adapt existing mobile phones for NFC payments. VeriFone Systems’ NFC contactless payment acceptance systems are a key interface between merchants and consumers’...

Visa and Wireless Dynamics to Introduce iPhone Contactless Payment Solution for Europe

Visa Europe and Wireless Dynamics Inc. have developed a mobile contactless payment solution that will bring Visa contactless payments to iPhone users across Europe. The solution relies on Wireless Dynamic’s iCarte accesory. iPhone users simply attach the Wireless Dynamics iCarte, available through...

Discover Issues Contactless Payment Cards and Stickers to Members

Discover card has announced that it will issue contactless credit cards and stickers, targeted at early adopters of its mobile technology. The cards, called Discover Zip were sent out to select cardholders during the first two weeks of November. More cards and stickers will be sent to additional cardmembers...

Samsung Announces NFC Chip with Embedded Flash Memory

Samsung Electronics announced plans to mass produce a new NFC chip featuring embedded flash memory. Slated for production early next year, the chips enables contactless mobile payment at the point-of-sale or in public transit applications, as well as peer-to-peer data exchange. via...

HID Gobal Announces New Contactless Payment Stickers

HID Gobal announced today, the addition of a mobile sticker format to its family of contactless payment and identification cards. HID Global provides solutions for the delivery of secure identity. The new stickers make it easier to add closed-loop payment and loyalty systems to existing automatic fare...

Commidea Processes 80% of Contactless Transactions in UK

Commidea, a leading card payment processing solution provider in the UK, has announced that one million contactless transactions with a total value of more than £4 million have been processed using Commidea solutions so far this year. This means that over 80% of contactless transactions in the UK are...

DeviceFidelity

DeviceFidelity solution suite works by simply plugging into a customer’s mobile device. Issuers don’t need to change a thing, allowing them to offer a simple contactless function to their customers. Once activated, the customer taps any merchant’s contactless terminal with the phone. Transactions are...