http://www.silicon.com Results for contactless en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816462p,00.htm Contactless smart chip technology, a form of proven smart card technology, is used increasingly in applications that must protect personal information or deliver fast, secure transactions. Leveraging many years of smart card security developments... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39615163,00.htm Drivers with contactless bank cards will soon be able to use them to pay for their parking. From next year, parking meters in the West End will accept contactless payments from motorists with wave and pay functionality built into their debit or... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:18:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39493804,00.htm Smart ticketing, where a ticket is held on a chip rather than a piece of paper, was popularised in the UK by London's contactless Oyster card scheme, introduced in 2003. It also says contactless bank cards have "big advantages" for smart ticketing... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:31:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39484019,00.htm Shoppers in two Poundland stores in London can now pay for their purchases in under half a second, thanks to a trial of contactless payment technology. The retailer, which sells all stock for £1, is piloting Verifone QX110 contactless terminals at... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39452170,00.htm Analysts have long been predicting a coming together of the mobile and payments markets owing to the ubiquity of mobile phones and the rise of contactless payment technologies such as NFC (near field communications), with mobile payments predicted... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:08:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39441307,00.htm The contactless payment industry needs to change the perceptions of both retailers and consumers if the technology is to take off in the UK, according to industry insiders. Despite an increasing number of payment cards issued with contactless... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:15:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39442365,00.htm Barclaycard is increasing the number of its cardholders that will have contactless functionality on their plastic. Barclaycard Gold and Classic cardholders on the receiving end of a new or replacement card will now be able to make payments of up to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:58:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39435177,00.htm The London 2012 Olympics could be set to pioneer smart tickets that double up as contactless payment and Oyster cards. The idea of combining a contactless payment card with ticketing capability is not new: Barclays OnePulse credit card, launched in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 29 May 2009 16:53:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39429822,00.htm UK health retailer Boots is to trial contactless payments at UK stores. Customers at 15 Boots shops in London and six in Liverpool will be able to use MasterCard PayPass cards to make contactless payments from the second half of this year. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 13 May 2009 12:23:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39427422,00.htm One technology the chipmaker is backing is mobile TV, while others likely to make it big include banking, coupons and NFC for contactless payments. Figuring out new business models, solving the wireless power question, increasing capacity and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 06 May 2009 11:02:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60575953p,00.htm The new contactless payment devices suffer from various vulnerabilities which the paper will discuss. RFID technology brings a new experience to credit card payments, but it also comes with new problems. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:22:47 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60574831p,00.htm An increasing number of credit cards now contain a tiny wireless computer chip and antenna based on RFID (radio frequency identification) and contactless smart card technology. The RFID-enabled credit cards permit contactless payments that are fast... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:22:47 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60575949p,00.htm Advantages of contactless communication compared to chips with contact are transaction speed, durability and ease to use. Usage of Radio Frequency Identification is winning ground everywhere. A major disadvantage is that messages can be intercepted... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:22:47 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39416987,00.htm Thorntons has not yet fully implemented all the functionality of the new system either - and phase two of the rollout will see features including stock management within stores, webmail, contactless payments and fraud analysis also coming online... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:03:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39412968,00.htm Earlier this month for example, mobile operator Orange and credit card company Barclaycard announced a strategic partnership to develop m-payments technology including mobile wallet handsets - which use near field communications (NFC) to make... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:38:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39405158,00.htm The pair said they will work together to launch new products and services to enable their combined base of more than 28 million customers to use their mobiles to make payments and better manage their finances - with the aim of "widespread adoption... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:20:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39401765,00.htm Barclays Bank has rolled out a contactless Visa debit card. Contactless is designed for small transactions, while users will periodically be asked for a PIN," said the spokesperson. This contactless technology will allow them to use the debit card... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:59:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39396189,00.htm UK consumers continue to be largely unwowed by the idea of ditching cash and using contactless technologies instead, such as mobile wallet phones and wave and pay cards. Contactless pre-payment cards were slightly more popular with consumers: 16... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:21:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39396179,00.htm The manufacturer, which mainly makes chipsets for mobile phones, revealed its support for the contactless, short-range wireless technology on Wednesday. Qualcomm is working with the open-standards NFC company Inside Contactless, in which it has a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:35:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39383808,00.htm Dundee City Council has more than 50,000 users of its contactless payment scheme since launch in October 2008. The scheme, under the Scottish National Entitlement Card (NEC) programme aims to distribute pre-loadable wave and pay cards to Scottish... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:06:02 +0000