Mobile Contactless Payments Summit: Oct. 17-18, 2011, Chicago, IL

Strategic Solutions Network (SSN) will welcome an estimated 400 executives from leading retailers, banks, carriers and technology companies to attend the Mobile Contactless Payments Summit  October 17-18th, 2011 at the W Chicago City Center. The 3rd Mobile Contactless Payment Innovations Summit is part...

Merchants – How to Accept Google Wallet

If you’re a small or medium-sized business, if you can’t already accept contactless payments today, you’ll need to upgrade your system, which is likely out of date with the latest technologies. First data offers updated systems so you’ll be able to accept Google Wallet, other contactless...

Google Moves Even Stronger Into Mobile Marketing and Payments with Acquisition of Zetawire

Back in November, Google’s Eric Schmidt teased the crowd at Web 2.0 about Google’s plans for NFC mobile payments using the Android OS, and introduced the Samsung Nexus S running Gingerbread and an NFC chip by NXP. It turns out that as early as August, according to the 451 Group, a technology...

NFC Insert for Mobile Payment Introduced by On Track Innovations

On Track Innovations has introduced their new mobile payment system which enables existing mobile phones to support Near Field Communication (NFC) functionality and contactless payments. The company’s Contactless Payment and NFC Insert (COPNI)  is an add-on to mobile phones’ SIM cards with a...

Samsung Announces New NFC Chip with Flash Memory

Samsung has announced a new NFC chip with flash memory, adding to the momentum around Near Field Communication (NFC) technology that will enable point-of-sale payments via mobile phone. NFC is a short-range (up to 10cm or 4inches), high frequency wireless communication technology which allows devices such...

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...

Singapore to Develop NFC Mobile Payment System

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore has issued a Call for Collaboration (CFC) to accelerate the proliferation and adoption in Singapore of mobile payment services using Near Field Communications (NFC) technology, a secure form of short-range wireless technology built on open standards. With NFC,...

Mobile Payments: Introduction

Mobile payment is a new and rapidly-adopting alternative payment method – especially in Asia and Europe. Instead of paying with cash, cheque or credit cards, a consumer can use a mobile phone to pay for a wide range of services and digital or hard goods such as: Music, videos, ringtones, online game...

Using Your Phone as a Credit Card

Mobile payments – simply using your mobile to pay for something – is relatively new but already one of the fast growing alternative payment methods catching on in Europe and Asia.  Juniper Researchers estimate that mobile payments in the combined global market is forecast to reach over $600...