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Near Field Communication, or NFC, is a short range wireless technology that allows you to use your mobile phone for mobile payments. In other words, walk into a cafe, wave your phone over a ...

iPhones and Apple Watches could support multiple actions via NFC simultaneously in the future, the NFC Forum today suggested. The NFC Forum, the leading standards body for Near Field Communication ...

DAVIS, Calif.—The Connectivity Standards Alliance (Alliance) has announced the release of the Aliro 1.0 specification, a new communication protocol and credential standard designed to revolutionize ...

The invention of NFC readers has been a game changer, letting people make purchases with a simple touch of their smartphone ...

The European Commission could approve Apple’s plan to open the iPhone’s NFC technology as early as May, according to Reuters. The European Commission could approve Apple’s plan to open the iPhone’s ...

Apple's tap-and-go technology for contactless payments could reportedly soon be available to rival mobile payment applications. A move by the tech giant to hopefully avoid a hefty fine by EU ...

PayPal is poised to take advantage of the iPhone’s newly opened-up NFC capabilities by developing a mobile wallet of its own for EU users. Earlier this month, Apple announced it would allow ...

Under pressure from the European Commission, Apple Inc. agreed Thursday to open the contactless-payment technology in its iPhone for payments on wallets from outside developers. The agreement follows ...

Just a few weeks out from a new iPhone release, and we’re seeing and hearing thousands of discussions about Apple and whether it will include NFC (near-field communications) capabilities in the iPhone ...

Near-field Communication (NFC) Forum is working on a new concept to enhance the user's contactless experience, called Multi-Purpose Tap. As the name suggests, it will support several actions with a ...