We saw this video a while back but due to potential conflicts between the Contactless and Mobile Awards finalists (we didn’t want to be seen playing favourites) CI felt that ...
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G&D talks ‘Portigo’ – their mobile wallet solution.
The Endless Shelf – The future for digital displays and mobile payments?
Tap and Go with Tami from Barclaycard
Infineon; We know how important Secure NFC is for commerce
Networks, updates and awards galore at the 2013 CISC and CMA event!
NearSpeak – a voice recognition NFC-enabled app
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MasterCard and Visa certifies dragonFly NFC SIM from Oberthur
MasterCard and Visa, two of the largest global payment networks have certified Oberthur Technologies, for its dragonFly NFC SIM card. Oberthur Technologies’ NFC SIM cards are available in all form factors including 2FF, 3FF, 4FF, and SMD¹, and are compatible with all networks 2G, 3G and 4G. Through MasterCard and Visa’s certifications, Oberthur Technologies say […]
Visa Europe claims growth of 46% in contactless payments in last three months alone!
Visa Europe today have issued a plethora of numbers today aimed at demonstrating their view that contactless usage has “reached a critical point of adoption across Europe.” According to the numbers, monthly transaction numbers across Europe reached more than 19 million in March 2013 and the company say that over €1billion has now been spent […]
GURU POST: The different methods in securing NFC applications
By Jürgen Spaenkuch, Vice President and General Manager Platform Security of the Chip Card & Security Division at Infineon Technologies (This is the fifth part of a series of posts called “The promise of NFC and the importance of Trust.”) Infineon, which has been active as an innovation leader in the secure chip card IC (integrated circuit) […]
OSPT and ITSO to travel together.
The Open Standard for Public Transport™ (OSPT) Alliance and ITSO Ltd., the organization responsible for the UK national specification for smart ticketing, say they are to participate as complimenting members in each other’s organizations and explore ways they can work together to promote the use of open security standards in public transit for smart ticketing […]
Netto pioneers mobile phone payments in German supermarkets
By Veronica Atkins Germany has tried and failed to introduce mobile payments on many fronts – especially in the retail field. While it is the birthplace if discounter giants like Aldi and Lidl, innovation and customer experience have not exactly been on top of of the To Do list of German supermarkets. Last week, however, […]
Guest Post: VeriFone – Mobile revolution hits retailers
by VeriFone Recent research carried out by Forrester Consulting, concluded that mobile access to product information, store locations, location-based offers, voucher codes, comparison sites, barcode scanners, product reviews and purchase tracking is making the traditional, linear in-store approach to purchasing something of the past. No question that retailers need a mobile strategy and they need […]
Guest Post: Visa Contactless Cards
by VISA Europe Today there are more than 53 million Visa contactless cards in Europe. They can be used to make payments in 670k locations across 17 countries. UK contactless transactions quadrupled in 2012 – growing from 1m per month in July to almost 4m per month at the end of the year (36m across […]
Guest Post: Mobile ticketing solutions on the rise
by NXP Many analysts and industry experts consider mobile ticketing to be one of the most significant applications for NFC. You know what it’s like – you arrive at the airport, already late, and the first thing you see is a huge queue at the ticket counter! Just imagine how convenient and easy it would […]
CMA 2013 Opening Video
This is the opening video that was shown at this years Contactless & Mobile Awards. We thought we would post it up here just for fun and perhaps, if we interviewed you in the last 12 months – you may appear in the film!




















