The NFC Forum has laid down a roadmap that outlines five key initiatives through 2028. The outline offers a glimpse at the future of NFC technology. One of the initiatives is to increase the range of ...

If you needed to order lunch or a cab or pull up your quarterly bank statement, you'd probably reach for one thing to do it: your smartphone. Our mobile devices have increasingly played an essential ...

Samsung and Visa are working together to promote mobile payments using NFC technology, but with many elements of the mobile payment ecosystem still not in place, and the significant absence of Apple ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

Despite Bling’s moderate success with several community banks nationwide, Cesares still realizes the advantage NFC chips bring to phones. “Nothing increases the functionality of a phone like having a ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Apple is being sued by the US Department of Justice for an ...

The famed service known as Apple Pay may bring an upgrade soon as part of its adherence to the NFC standard, offering new features to experience on the renowned contactless payment service. Presently, ...

In the earliest days of mobile wallets, there was much debate over whether to focus on using QR codes — which can be displayed on any phone's screen — or to wait for more phones to support Near Field ...

The “mobile payments” industry isn’t really about payments. It’s about personalized, commerce-related services delivered to a user’s smartphone or tablet: paying for something is just one of them, and ...

NFC is a short range wireless technology, very similar to RFID and reminiscent of Bluetooth, commonly used for contactless payments. When an NFC device -- normally a smartcard or mobile phone -- is ...

Reports that the next iPhone and iPad could include Near Field Communication (NFC) technology have raised the prospect that many more consumers in the U.S. will soon be able to use their devices to ...

The United States has been slow to adopt the concept of near-field communications (NFC) technology or the idea of using a mobile phone as a method of payment, but it is gradually catching on. New ...