Posted on 15 November 2011 by
NFC is starting to make the mainstream headlines with many pilots and commercial roll-outs taking place. However, just as with the arrival of 3G, ATMs and chip and PIN bank cards there’s a whole lot of consumer education that needs to take place before people will understand and, more importantly, “trust” the technology. We recently […]
Posted on 24 November 2011 by
So far near field communication and contactless in general, have been viewed as a great way to replace cash for purchasing small value items in places like fast food restaurants, convenience stores, cinemas and the like. One less well known service is peer-to-peer (P2P) payment
Posted on 25 November 2011 by
It’s official. NFC is here; but how many people know it? We commissioned Opinion Matters to carry out research that highlights the need for consumer education on NFC – or to put it correctly: Near Field Communication, as only 32% of consumers know what NFC actually stands for, while one third of respondents worry about using a mobile wallet for security reasons.
Posted on 01 December 2011 by
In the United States, Thanksgiving means a lot more than eating Turkey and watching football. It is the start to the holiday season, and the time when shopping really ramps up. Retailers trying to tempt consumers into purchasing are giving them more shopping options, especially in the area of mobile. In 2011, the number of […]
Posted on 20 January 2012 by
In the world of consumer electronics, there is only one place to be at the beginning of each year – the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. CES is where the world’s largest tech companies come to show off their latest innovations and CEOs come to cast their vision of what is coming next. This […]
Posted on 26 January 2012 by
We have blogged a lot about mobile payments here at Gemalto. Aside from our involvement in the ISIS mobile commerce platform, it’s a topic that we think will continue to be of interest to many of our readers – whether telecom operators, consumers, banks, credit card merchants or transport and retail providers. The mobile device […]
