The NFC Forum has published one new and three candidate technical specifications. The specifications deliver new capabilities that support improved RF communication, new and legacy tag support, NFC-V technology and Active Communication Mode.
FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance board member NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s market leading mobile network operator (MNO), intends to expand FIDO authentication for its country-wide network with new FIDO Certified™ devices, and by extending FIDO authentication through DOCOMO ID to carrier billing services partners.
Ueshima Coffee, part of the UCC Group has inked Boku, the global leader in mobile payments using carrier billing. This is a first of its kind partnership that allows customers to top up their Ueshima Coffee cards using their mobile phone in order to purchase coffee, food, and other products in any Ueshima coffee shop.
A new report finds the NFC chips market is growing at 50.6% CAGR by volume to 2019 based on end-users. The increasing penetration of NFC technology across the board is the most significant factor in the NFC chips market.
CardWeb.com’s CardData database of Company Profiles today features Boku.
Silicon Valley Shmoop, a digital publisher known for its award-winning Test Prep and certified Online Courses, has released free guides to financial literacy and they are on a roll.
The worldwide wearable device market recorded its eighth consecutive quarter of steady growth in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 11.4 million wearables in 1Q15, a 200.0% increase from the 3.8 million wearables shipped in 1Q14.
The UK’s Optimal Payments (OPAY) has hooked up with San Francisco-based Boku technology. This will be offered through the NETELLER service: a fast, simple, secure platform for businesses and individuals to move money online. NETELLER customers can now top-up their stored value accounts by charging the purchase amount for goods and services directly to their mobile phone bill.
San Francisco-based Boku has buddied with MT2 to bring direct carrier billing to Google Play for Zain subscribers in Saudi Arabia. This benefit is particularly important in Saudi Arabia, where only 17% of consumers have a credit card and only 46% have any kind of bank account.
The latest hacking victim is TX-based Sally Beauty stores. The company says it is currently investigating reports of unusual activity involving payment cards used at some of its U.S. Sally Beauty stores.
San Francisco-base Boku has launched direct carrier billing with the top five carriers in Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom, Far EasTone, Taiwan Mobile, Asia Pacific Telecom, and Taiwan Star.
A new app makes it possible to transfer between currencies and across borders using a wearable device for the very first time. WorldFirst.com’s new free Money Transfer app is available to wearers of the Samsung Gear Live, Motorola Moto 360, LG G Watch R and Sony SmartWatch 3.