NFC-based mobile payments are still years from adoption, but shoppers can expect a plethora of contactless 'commerce services' first. full story ![]()

Your phone may or may not already contain an NFC (near field communication) chip – if you have an Android phone, it might; if you have an iPhone, it doesn’t. We’ll begin to see NFC in more and more phones, though. And one of the main marketing points for these NFC chips has been the ability to tap your phone on a payment terminal in a retail environment instead of taking...
time.com (3 months and 15 days ago)

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces its selection by SoftBank Mobile for the commercial launch of mobile NFC services in Japan.
moneycontrol.com (6 days ago)
The world of payments is evolving. We are starting to see an evolution from typical static magnetic stripes cards to more intelligent devices such as EMV chip cards and NFC mobile phones.
forbes.com (3 months and 13 days ago)
NFC is an acronym for near field communication, a wireless technology that allows devices to talk to each other. In the case of a mobile wallet application, those devices would be a mobile phone and a point-of-sale device, such as a credit card reader at a checkout counter. NFC can be used in other ways beyond credit card transactions. It can integrate with hardware, such as...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 16 days ago)

Gemalto is supplying Mobile TeleSystems with its UpTeq NFC high-end SIM cards for a mobile phone-based public transport ticketing solution in the city of Novosibirsk.
moneycontrol.com (22 days ago)
Filed under: Investing According to a recent Harris Interactive survey, most consumers feel smartphone payments will eventually replace credit and debit cards and cash for most purchases but it's likely not going to happen within the next five years. That bodes well for the long-term outlook for chip makers like NXP Semiconductors and Skyworks Solutions , which are leaders...
dailyfinance.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

Consumers the world over still prefer cash and cards to NFC-enabled phones. The latest figures from Gartner, published on June 5 will make depressing reading for Google Wallet, Isis, Square and
denverpost.com (11 days ago)
Pouring money into Google Wallet is getting Google nowhere. Slow adoption, reluctant phone carriers and lack of enthusiasm for NFC are weighing heavy on the mobile payments trend, and something's got to give.
gigaom.com (11 days ago)
Smith’s offers new app, short wait time at checkout by Dawn House The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 6, 2013 01:41PM MDT Attention, Smith’s shoppers. The Utah-based grocery chain has lowered prices on thousands of items, installed equipment to cut wait times at checkouts and is offering a phone app that enables customers to download coupons. The Smith’s Food & Drug...
sltrib.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
It seems like the Holy Grail for mobile: payments. Somehow people will give-up their wallets and start using their smartphones to buy just about anything.
forbes.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
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