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Homeland Security explores NFC for first responder verification
Initial app uses external reader but near field communication in the plans
20 May, 2013Future of NFC greater than just payments
The NFC Solutions Summit in Burlingame, California — put on by a partnership of the Smart Card Alliance and NFC Forum— examined the future of NFC and the best use cases for the technology. Widely considered to be an ideal solution for mobile payments, the Summit posits that the most promising applications for NFC mobile [...]
04 May, 2013OSPT Alliance releases CIPURSE open security standards for NFC phones
The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced the availability of the CIPURSE V2 Mobile Guidelines, a set of requirements and use cases for developing and deploying CIPURSE-secured transit fare mobile apps for NFC-enabled smart phones, tablets and other smart devices. Providing everything developers need to implement and use the CIPURSE V2 open security [...]
29 Apr, 2013Spring 2013 Regarding ID Magazine available via interactive PDF viewer
AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the spring 2013 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front [...]
29 Apr, 2013Frost & Sullivan: The three-headed monster of the smart card industry
The smart card industry is dominated by three major players — Gemalto, Oberthur and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D)— with each jockeying for peak position to capture the market. A recent report from Frost & Sullivan reveals the current state of the market and the moves being made by its top competitors. Gemalto, who is widely [...]
23 Apr, 2013txtNation, RapidNFC enable NFC billing direct from carrier
Mobile aggregator txtNation has partnered with RapidNFC — Europe’s largest provider of NFC tags and related products— to launch a solution that supports direct carrier billing using NFC. The Payforit service will enable users to tap their NFC-enabled device to a specified tag, launching a personalized interface. This interface will then allow for one-click payment [...]
23 Apr, 2013Contactless card shipment break records
Contactless payment card shipments are shipping at the fastest rate since the technology was first introduced, the Smart Payment Association announced at the Cartes North America conference. More than 975 million cards were shipped in 2012, with the largest climb in the Asia Pacific region. China’s migration to chip-based payment cards influenced the region’s 24% [...]
08 Apr, 2013DHS Science and Technology Directorate developing app for first responder verification
Uses external reader now but NFC in the plans
The U.S Department of Homeland Security is developing a standards-based application that will be able to validate first responders arriving to a scene using smart phones. Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has been working on a smart phone app so that officials can verify and track first responders arriving at a scene as well [...]
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