One hundred consumers who shop at the C1000 grocery store in Molenaarsgraaf, the Netherlands, have begun paying for transactions with mobile phones equipped with Near Field Communications (NFC) RFID ...

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.

You’ve probably seen the acronym NFC but might not be clear about what it is and why there’s been so much hullabaloo about it. NFC stands for near field ...

PayPal Inc. has delivered on its promise to activate contactless payments for its mobile wallet. The eBay Inc. subsidiary said Nov. 8 on its blog that the latest update to its application for Android ...

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Stripe today announced that it would expand support for NFC payments on smartphones to Android, after launching the functionality on iOS last year. “Tap to Pay” was launched on iOS with the ability ...

Google is reportedly planning on adding wireless charging support via NFC with Android 15. Wireless charging is a handy feature and has often been seen on Android and iPhones for a long time now. Not ...

Google has been on a multi-year journey to kill fragmentation in the Android ecosystem. When I’m talking about Android fragmentation, I’m referring to how there are many, many different ...

Google Wallet is expanding beyond NFC with support for credit or debit card payments through QR codes in Brazil. Google is making it so that Android devices will be “capable of making digital payments ...

Wireless charging used to be a premium feature, but nowadays, we see a lot of smartphones coming with it. Take the Google Pixel 7a, for example. It’s a mid-range phone that can wirelessly charge at ...

One of the best features you’ll find on locks that support Apple Home Keys is the ability to open the lock simply by tapping your iPhone or Apple Watch against it. Owners of the Ultraloq Bolt NFC have ...