Canadians Ready for Mobile Wallet, but Technology Not
The Canadian digital wallet faces three main hurdles.
NFC
Apple Patents New iPhone Antenna with Integrated NFC
Apple patents new iPhone antenna with integrated NFC.
Future iPhones will Use NFC as Key Part of iWallet [Analyst]
Next generation iPhones could use NFC, analyst firm claims.
Apple Said to Integrate NFC into iPhone 6 for Mobile Payments
Apple said to integrate NFC with iPhone 6.
iOS 7’s “iBeacon” Set To Kill NFC With Its Ability To Exchange Data Over Short Distances
With iOS 7 going public next week, retailers and other large indoor spaces will be using iBeacon to send data to iPhones, a technology that might eventually kill NFC.
Patent Details Apple’s Fingerprint Scanner With NFC Built Into The Home Button
Apple patent reveals amazing details regarding a fingerprint scanner with advanced integrated NFC circuitry built right into the Home button.
Authentec Sells Embedded Security Division for $48 million
The news broke back in July that Apple had acquired mobile security company Authentec and the blogosphere was full of rumors claiming the iPhone 5 would feature NFC and biometric security, courtesy of Authentec. (more…)
Rogers and CIBC to Launch ‘suretap’ for NFC Payments This Month
Yesterday Rogers and Gemalto announced a partnership to utilize NFC-SIM cards from the latter in an upcoming mobile payment system. Earlier in the year Rogers and CIBC previewed their partnership by showing off their NFC credit card payment system on a BlackBerry. Now, MobileSyrup has gotten their hands on an internal doc that reveals the...
Rogers Partners with Gemalto for SIM-Based NFC Mobile Payments
Rogers has announced a partnership with digital security technology firm Gemalto to offer mobile payment solutions via NFC (near field communication). Currently, Rogers is undergoing pilot testing of NFC-enabled devices, announced earlier this year in a partnership with CIBC. Gemalto's Upteq NFC is an EMV-ready (Europay, MasterCard and Visa), high-end SIM UICC (Universal Integrated Circuit Card) solution...
‘MintChip’ Challenge Winners Announced by the Royal Canadian Mint
Back in April of this year, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) introduced a contest for developers to create a digital payment system using their new MintChip technology. With voting taking place just over a week later, the RCM has announced the winners of the contest today: Winners in the following categories are as follows: Best Overall...
A Look Into Why The iPhone 5 Doesn’t Have NFC
When the iPhone 5 was present in the rumour-books throughout August the largest question about the handset was near-field-communication. A handful of followers had faith that Passbook would tag along the feature, while others failed to make sense of the asset. At one period an unknown chip was thought to be NFC-related until Brian Klug from...
Phil Schiller Explains Why the ‘Lightning’ Connector Exists and Lack of NFC on iPhone 5
In an interview with AllThingsD, Apple's Senior Vice President, Phil Schiller, explains why the new iPhone 5 has a smaller dock connector dubbed Lightning, the lack of NFC support and no wireless charging yet. Why There's No NFC Schiller noted “Passbook does the kinds of things customers need today,” and also works with merchant payment...