Multicard, a leading supplier of credential solutions, identity management and system integration services and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc., are to expanded availability of its mobile-based contactless payment solution, Cashless Betalen™, into additional micropayment environments in The Netherlands through partnership with leading catering and food service providers. Following the initial successful launch of [...]

This kind of news tends to come in waves. First the highly positive and then the fairly negative. Especially when we are talking about mobile payment acceptance. After having a slew of highly positive reports on acceptance of the new payments solutions late last year, the tide has turned and now (apparently) consumers aren’t so [...]

Almost all forecasts which have looked into the subject have found that a majority of new mobile phones sold in the U.S. market are likely to be smartphones in the near future. Sales of these pocket-sized computer devices are growing very rapidly, and as older handsets require replacement, smartphones will be the most likely devices [...]

INSIDE Secure and Sunward Telecom have announced they will be demonstrating a new NFC upgrade solution that fits entirely within a standard-size SIM card and achieves industry-standard, 4-cm proximity transaction performance when inserted in a non-NFC mobile phone. Simulating a MasterCard(R) PayPass(TM) payment transaction, the demonstration shows how non-NFC mobile phones can be easily upgraded [...]

PointsPay®, a Loylogic Company, has unveiled its new innovation: a mobile-based payment system for the loyalty industry with a launch exclusive to Etihad Airways. By converting miles or points into usable point-of-sale (POS) currency, PointsPay® enables members to redeem their loyalty earnings at millions of merchants worldwide. For many years the loyalty industry has been [...]

Late last year we spoke to, and filmed, Samsung Electronics at CARTES 2011. they were buzzing with the news that they were now looking to support NFC technology past the mobile phone interface. With inputs from both Visa Europe and the Open Source for Public Transportation Alliance (OSPT), here’s what Samsung had to say about [...]

Motorola’s Mobile Loyalty Solution is the retail industrys most comprehensive managed service that enables retailers to foster a more personal relationship with their customers and digitize store-branded membership cards on customers mobile phones. This new offering is compatible with the majority of mobile phones in the U.S. market today and provides customers with a more [...]

New research[1], carried out by Ipsos MORI and customer interactions specialist, The Logic Group, is the third annual comparative survey into customer loyalty. Surveying over 2,000 adults, and including – for the first time – online social listening and online discussion groups, this survey explores the who, why and where of loyalty in 2011. The [...]