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ViVOtech Launch ViVOpay

ViVOtech has announced the launch of its new PCI 2.1-certified, ViVOpay 8100 next-generation customer-facing device enabled with contactless NFC payment and promotion technology for small and medium size merchants.

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ClairMail unveils m-payments strategy

ClairMail has introduced its Intelligent Payments Solution as part of an m-payments strategy designed to use run on financial institutions’ payment infrastructure and capabilities.

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CHARGE Anywhere enables m-payments in Canada and US

CHARGE Anywhere’s suite of ten PCI PA DSS-validated m-payment software has been certified for use on the Moneris Solutions platform for payment processing in the US and Canada, which is PCI DSS Level 1 validated. The companies say the two combined will support point-of-sale solutions, online payments, loyalty programmes, PIN-pad solutions, and funding offerings.

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INSIDE powers first LatAm public transit payments

INSIDE Contactless’ MicroPass 4003 contactless payment processor is powering the MasterCard PayPass technology recently launched in Rio de Janeiro.  

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Tyfone to launch ‘SideTap’ MicroSD Cards

Tyfone has announced that its ‘SideTap’ MicroSD memory card versions will be available via partners in Q2 2010. According to Tyfone, these MicroSD memory cards with Tyfone’s SideTap contactless payment technology can be used by "hundreds of millions of mobile phones at thousands of existing contactless payment terminals worldwide.

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Firethorn update platform

Firethorn Holdings has expanded its mobile banking solution to allow consumers to now manage their checking, savings and credit card accounts with more than 3,700 US financial institutions using a single mobile application.  

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EZCheck releases EZVerify

EZCheck have released EZVerify, their mobile check verification and guarantee service for use with multiple Smart Phones including the iPhone.

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G&D and ARM protection for m-apps

ARM and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) have announced a strategic partnership for the development of highly-secure mobile phone platforms.

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The future of mobile technology

What did we do before mobile phones were invented? Business opportunities were missed, mothers worried about the whereabouts of their children and we couldn’t make our friends green with envy by sending them holiday pics to their mobile phones as they were sitting at a desk in grey rainy London and we were lying on a beach in Spain.

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mPayy launches mobile payment apps

mPayy has announced the availability of its “mPayy Mobile Payments” application from the iTunes store for free download to all iPhones and iPod Touches. The application extends functionality mPayy recently released on the Android platform to the millions of iPhones and iPods in circulation.

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Contactless card with animated OLED display

Samsung has unveiled a contactless ID card with an OLED display that shows a rotating digital image of the owner's face when placed by a RFID reader.

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Movirtu launches MXPay

Movirtu, a supplier of network infrastructure solutions for mobile operators servicing rural poor communities, has announced the launch of MXPay.

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Sagem Orga offer NFC sticker

Sagem Orga and Twinlinx have launched a mobile contactless sticker powered by the Twinlinx "MyMax" and Sagem Orga Java Card technologies. This "SIMply Mobile Wallet" sticker adds NFC capability to existing and future mobile phones and can be managed securely over the air (OTA).

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Oberthur launch light-emitting payment card

Oberthur Technologies  has launched ‘Smart Lumiere’, a light-emitting contactless card. Available in both dual contactless-EMV or pure contactless configuration, Smart Lumiere emits light when it is entered in the field of a contactless reader to inform the cardholder when a transaction is taking place. 

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M-payment application for Android

CHARGE Anywhere has released CHARGE Anywhere for Android, the first PCI PA-DSS validated Payment Application enabling Android powered mobile phones to become card payment acceptance devices. 

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G&D sticker for contactless payments

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is providing completely new form factor for debit cards. ‘Convego’ Air Mobile is a sticker which enables the user to pay contactlessly.

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Arriva launches nationwide m-ticketing service

Mobile phones will become the new tickets to ride for Arriva bus customers countrywide as the company becomes the first UK bus operator to introduce mobile phone ticketing for all its regional services.

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Patent for mobile electronic wallet technology

Tyfone has announced it was awarded a second patent - US 7,581,678, which is entitled “Electronic Transaction Card” - for its innovations in smart card-based electronic wallet technology.

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AT4 wireless on Test Tool Development

AT4 wireless, a wireless testing service has been selected to partner with the NFC Forum in the development of equipment for compliance testing to the NFC Forum Digital Protocol specifications.

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Motorola launches I-SIM NFC

Motorola has developed a new technology to turn mobile phones into payment devices, launched the product in Taiwan for testing before moving on to a commercial roll-out in China.

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