Samsung and Visa are working together to promote mobile payments using NFC technology, but with many elements of the mobile payment ecosystem still not in place, and the significant absence of Apple ...

The NFC Forum has laid down a roadmap that outlines five key initiatives through 2028. The outline offers a glimpse at the future of NFC technology. One of the initiatives is to increase the range of ...

If you needed to order lunch or a cab or pull up your quarterly bank statement, you'd probably reach for one thing to do it: your smartphone. Our mobile devices have increasingly played an essential ...

Despite Bling’s moderate success with several community banks nationwide, Cesares still realizes the advantage NFC chips bring to phones. “Nothing increases the functionality of a phone like having a ...

You’ll likely have seen the abbreviation “NFC” when browsing smartphone, wearable, and app features — but what exactly does it mean? Most smartphones have Near Field Communication, or NFC, technology ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

The famed service known as Apple Pay may bring an upgrade soon as part of its adherence to the NFC standard, offering new features to experience on the renowned contactless payment service. Presently, ...

In the earliest days of mobile wallets, there was much debate over whether to focus on using QR codes — which can be displayed on any phone's screen — or to wait for more phones to support Near Field ...

A report states that Samsung has implemented a second NFC antenna in its Galaxy S26 series, which works to help improve the contactless payment experience. The publication conducted its own tests, ...

NFC is a short range wireless technology, very similar to RFID and reminiscent of Bluetooth, commonly used for contactless payments. When an NFC device -- normally a smartcard or mobile phone -- is ...

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 ...

The United States has been slow to adopt the concept of near-field communications (NFC) technology or the idea of using a mobile phone as a method of payment, but it is gradually catching on. New ...