Posted on 26 May 2011 by Dominique Brulé
If you were following the news last Friday you’ll have seen that major advances have been made in introducing mobile phone contactless payment systems. Indeed, as reported by Vlad Savov at Engadget (alongside many others), Orange and Barclaycard have launched ‘Quick Tap’ NFC mobile payments in the UK. The demand is there for contactless payments. […]
Posted on 10 June 2011 by Dominique Brulé
Despite all the recent hype around mobile payments and NFC with announcements from Orange and Barclaycard in the UK and Google Wallet launching in the US with Citi and MasterCard there is still a certain amount of skepticism. Consumer attitudes vary quite radically, depending on when they were surveyed and where they live.
Posted on 24 June 2011 by Dominique Brulé
With the constant growth of contactless applications, one wonders what other areas of our everyday lives one day could be NFC-enabled.
Would you have thought of using your phone to open you hotel room or unlock and start your car?
Earlier this year we saw the first demonstrations of NFC being used as a car key, for both accessing and starting the vehicle. It may not be too long before we see the same system being adopted for commercial, or even residential, premises.
Posted on 05 July 2011 by Dominique Brulé
Recently I started a discussion in Linkedin on the reasons why transport operators aren’t jumping into the opportunity offered by NFC. Have a look at what some experts have to say about it.
Posted on 08 September 2011 by Dominique Brulé
An interesting debate has been open on NFC mobile payments services moving from hardware to software-based solutions. But with the risk of an increase in fraud is still a main concern. We feel that software coupled with hardware-based authentication might be the answer.
Posted on 18 September 2011 by Dominique Brulé
Near Field Communication is a hot topic in the news at the moment. Wherever you look, you see another story about a shop using NFC to enable contactless technology, or another mobile operator enabling its contactless payments with a touch of the cell phone. But what really stands out for the users? What do they […]