Through technology trials, consumers in Amsterdam, France and Finland have been learning to use cell phones with near-field communication (NFC) technology for electronic payments and data exchange.

Pick up any modern smartphone, and you know to expect it to support the familiar cast of wireless standards. It’s got to have cellular communication, obviously, as well as Wi-Fi. And right after those ...

The NFC Forum today formally announced NFC Release 15, a new NFC standard that will make mobile payments like Apple Pay a tad smoother. The most important improvement is that NFC Release 15 will ...

Contactless chip technology firm Inside Contactless has released an open-standard Near-Field Communication (NFC) software suite known as Open NFC 3.4 (based on previous versions of its proprietary ...

NFC is a protocol that enables short-range, low-speed connections between electronic devices. If you tap your phone or smartwatch to a mobile payment terminal, you’re probably using NFC. The standard ...

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, June 28, 2011 – Inside Secure, a leader in semiconductor solutions for secure transactions, today announced it has expanded its partnership with ZTE Corporation to integrate ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NFC Forum, the global standards body for Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, has today announced its latest roadmap for the development of NFC Forum Standards and its ...