China Mobile Developed the first NFC TD-SCDMA 3G Phone [SCTNews : 13/07/2012]
This move and the announcement of first TD-LTE for this year confirms China Mobile's intentions to promote and develop the wireless home-standard but also to ensure its presence in mobile payment services thanks to NFC as its preferred technology.

 India Mobilizes Smart Security Technologies in “Common Man's Favor - The Aam Aamin [CARTES 2012 : 11/07/2012]
The Aam Aamin, which translates from Hindi as 'the common man' is the number one target for development projects established by the government whose aim is to develop social, financial and digital inclusion.

 Safran Group To Acquire TSM Pioneer Cassis International [SCTNews : 05/07/2012]
The acquisition will contribute to the creation of a new but experienced player in the field of TSM and NFC new ecosystems, backed to the worldwide leader of ID cards, biometrics and ID management services.

 Intel To Acquire Cardio-Based Biometric Technology [SCTnews : 03/07/2012]
The question raised by this acquisition is its rationale. What is it? For Medical business or strong authentication development and applications ? It is not yet clear what Intel ‘Perceptual Computing Division‘ will do with IDesia's technology

 NFC is Coming to iPhone5, Claim Reports and Common Sense [SCTnews : 26/06/2012]
This is not the first time such announcement is released. But, today two good reasons underpin this prediction. Apple NFC hype cycle may have reached its top.

 Plotting a Safe Course for Europe’s Digital Future - Privacy and Security are Key [Eurosmart and SCT : 22/06/2012]
Eurosmart brought together key leading figures in Brussels on dawn of Digital Agenda proposing solutions for security and privacy in the digital world. Cloud computing, Mobile payment, Internet of Things, digital identities... All these topics were at the heart of the discussion, more focused, at the end, on privacy than on pure security issues.

 Apple Passbook eWallet is in Hands of iOS Developers [SCTnews : 13/06/2012]
Today Passbook is a tool box. Tomorrow, it will become also (in addition of many other features) a mobile wallet for both online and offline (NFC?) payments.

 IT & ID Security To Merge In the Cloud [SCTnews : 05/06/2012]
The radiant future predicted for Cloud Computing in all of its permutations, present and future (private, public, hybrid, personal or even ambient) promises seemingly limitless prospects for the Smart Security Industry. See also the interview of Olivier Piou, CEO of Gemalto about the future of Digital Security.

 ETSI Standardized Apple Proposal for the New SIM Card Form Factor [ETSI : 01/06/2012]
ETSI has standardized a new form factor (4FF) for the SIM card, 40% smaller than the current smallest design. It offers retrocompatibility with the existing technology, with the two USB pads (C4 and C8) at the center of the connector.

 'Mobile Payment and Security in the Cloud' - key themes for 2012 for CARTES 2012 [The CARTES Exhibition & Conference : 04/05/2012]CARTES is the world's leading Smart Technologies event dedicated to security, payment, identification and mobility. Each year, it brings together 430 exhibitors, 79% of whom come from outside France, 20,000 visitors and 1,300 congress participants to explore the industry's latest trends and innovations.

  Bank of America Begins Rollout of EMV Cards to Consumers [Bank of America : 24/07/2012]The new chip-enabled cards will improve convenience and security of customers’ transactions when traveling abroad.

 CommBank (Australia) To Launch Next Year an Android Tablet Enabling EMV, NFC, QR Code for Payment [Wincor Nixdorf : 23/07/2012]Developed in close partnership with CBA and IDEO, Wincor Nixdorf’s solution is a combination of an open android tablet that can download apps from a business app store and then accept a secure payment.

 NFC Mobile Payments Set to Exceed $180bn Worldwide by 2017, Forecasts Juniper Research [Juniper Research : 23/07/2012]More than 1 in 4 Mobile Users in the U.S. and Western Europe will pay in-store using NFC by 2017.

 Morpho #1 in NIST Evaluations in Fingerprint Accuracy for Image-Only Latent Searches [Morpho (Safran group) : 23/07/2012]In Extended Feature Sets (ELFT-EFS) test.

 iZettle Testing Android Version of its Payment App and Mini Chip-Card Reader [iZettle : 23/07/2012]iZettle for Android is compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S II, S III, and the Galaxy Note.

 Mobile Integration Key to 57 Million Smart Set-Top Box Market [ABI Research : 21/07/2012]“The future of connected CE will ultimately work together with mobile devices and not against them,“ says Senior analyst Michael Inouye.

 TVs and Blu-ray Players Will Surpass Game Consoles as Premium Connected Devices in the Home [ABI Research : 21/07/2012]The spread of connectivity is not unique to mature markets, as OEMs in China, such as Skyworth and TCL, have also reported growing shipments of connected TVs.

 Athena IDProtect V6 Java Card Achieves CC EAL4+, FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and ICP-Brazil Approvals [Athena Smartcard Solutions : 21/07/2012]Includes evaluation of research and development processes and facilities on multiple sites, implementation, testing and production.

 RFI Global is now a Visa accredited mobile product test laboratory [Collis : 21/07/2012]RFI Global can perform functional testing of mobile handsets, Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC), microSD and embedded secure element combinations.

 PayPal Expects to Handle $10 billion in Transacted Mobile Payment Volume This Year [eBay Inc. and PayPal blog - David Marcus : 20/07/2012]PayPal revenue increased 26% year over year, driven primarily by increased penetration on eBay as well as continued merchant and consumer adoption and strong growth in Bill Me Later.

 PayPal Acquires card.io [PayPal Blog -Hill Ferguson : 20/07/2012]The current card.io technology will remain available to developers for use in their own applications.

 Micropross Obtains EMVCo Validation On Analog Contactless Test Solution [Micropross : 20/07/2012]Customers using Micropross EMVCo L1 Contactless test bench in their R&D centers can be sure they will obtain the same results they would get at an accredited EMVCo laboratory.

 Apple’s Passbook Leads the Way for QR Codes Towards Payments [Javelin Strategy & Research : 20/07/2012]With over 100 million iPhone and iPod customers, Apple will gain the largest wallet platform virtually overnight and potentially transition millions of consumers to making merchant-enabled mobile payments with bar codes.

 Smart Chip Solutions Provider UBIVELOX Joins GlobalPlatform [GlobalPlatform : 20/07/2012]UBIVELOX will participate in the GlobalPlatform Advisory Council and Task Force initiatives, contributing its market and industry knowledge of chip development.

 Telvent, Siemens, IBM, and Cisco Embrace the Smart City [ABI Research : 20/07/2012]And Will Prosper in Traffic Management Systems Market.