PayPal and Apple are working on alternatives which could be simpler to install Google and others are promoting Near Field Communication technology, which involves replacing credit car... Read more
“NFC’s Great, but Rumors of Credit Cards’ Death Are Greatly Exaggerated.” Back in March, as part of our South-by-Southwest 2011 coverage, we wrote “NFC’s... Read more
Unlike Square, ZipPay won’t use a dongle The easiest way to describe stealthy mobile payments startup ZipPay is to say it’s like Square and Venmo had a baby, and this was the result. Like Sq... Read more
Smart phones carrying digital keys and portable identity credentials may render traditional keys obsolete For roughly 4,000 years since the invention of the lock, the mechanical key has prov... Read more
The latest wireless technology finding its way into mobile phones alongside Bluetooth and Wi-Fi is near field communication, or NFC. It has taken a few years but the short-range wireless tec... Read more