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INSIDE Secure today announced the PicoPulse NFC “booster” chip which enables manufacturers to fit all components of an NFC card emulation and peer-to-peer mode solution into a standard SIM form factor. The INSIDE PicoPulse NFC RF front-end booster chip is provided with the INSIDE high-performance VaultSEcure hardware solution secure element to support NFC-compliant card emulation and peer-to-peer [...]

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Dutch banks ABN AMRO and ING will launch ‘contactless’ cards enabled with Maestro PayPass in the Netherlands by mid-2013.  PayPass users are able to tap their cards against payment terminals allowing payment details to be exchanged safely and effectively within seconds. This movement paves the way to the introduction of contactless mobile payments in the Netherlands in [...]

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G&D presents the first payment sticker to meet the specifications of the German banking industry. When the sticker is attached to a cell phone or smartphone, contactless payment becomes possible even if the device itself is not NFC-enabled. The SECCOS Mobile payment sticker is certified for the MasterCard contactless payment method PayPass. This allows bank [...]

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Deutsche Telekom’s Thomas Kiessling says his company is discussing the addition of partners to its mobile payment system with Google, banks, and credit card firms on the heels of its announcement of a European partnership with MasterCard over its mobile wallet.  Although 50 to 60 distinct mobile wallets are debuting on the market, Kiessling predicts [...]

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Founded in 2002 by Dr. Marc Lassus (founder of Gemplus) and headquartered in Singapore, Cassis International will be officially acquired by Safran Group on July 13, 2012 (the closing date of the negociation phase). The pioneer in Trusted Service Management (TSM) Services for NFC mobile devices will join Morpho, the security division of Safran Group [...]

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