Earlier today, Apple announced another major new functionality coming to iOS 18.1: the ability for third-party apps to offer NFC transactions via the iPhone’s Secure Element: Starting with iOS 18.1, ...

NFC transactions to remain low through 2015: Gartner While mobile payments are growing at a fast rate and will surpass $171.5 billion in transaction values this year, NFC transactions are expected ...

For contactless payments, the NFC reader initiates a secure channel and exchanges cryptographic keys to authenticate the transaction. In addition, dynamic data is often used in payment systems ...

• Monitor permissions. Regularly check the permissions granted to apps that use NFC to ensure they only have access to ...

NFC-enabled devices have a silicon chip that helps to complete transactions. This technology helps in contactless payments ...

The forecasted NFC transaction value has been reduced by more than 40 percent because adoption of the technology was lower than expected in all markets in 2012 and because high-profile services ...

Although the number of NFC handsets in use over the next five years will only be marginally lower, Junipers global NFC transactions forecast has dropped from $180bn (£111bn) to $110bn. Apples lack of ...

Matera’s latest “Pix by the Numbers” report reveals that Pix transactions exceeded 6 billion monthly and continue to outpace card usage.

Silently operating around the clock, NFC is relied upon for several device functions, with wireless transaction systems like ...

With PayPal’s mobile payments transactions volume increasing 40 percent year-over-year, the business is testing NFC payments prior to its imminent split from eBay, executives revealed this ...

Mastercard is testing a new service that enables cardholders to simply tap their contactless bank card to their NFC ...

Zhang Zhan, a member of Alipay’s outreach team, told Sixth Tone that the company not only provides NFC sensors to merchants but also subsidies of up to 1 yuan ($0.14) per transaction to cashiers who ...