Santa Cruz METRO launches contactless fare payment with Tap2Cruz
Santa Cruz METRO is bringing open loop contactless payment to its buses as Tap2Cruz, letting riders tap a bank card or phone at USD 2 a ride, with a daily…
Ohio State University launched mobile BuckID NFC credentials in Apple and Samsung wallets
Ohio State University launched Mobile BuckID on 25 August 2026, putting its campus ID in Apple, Google and Samsung wallets for students, faculty and staff in Columbus. 11,100 people had…
University of South Carolina moves the CarolinaCard onto the phone for Fall 2026
The University of South Carolina switches on its Mobile CarolinaCard in Fall 2026 under a five year, $1.5 million Transact Campus contract. Students, faculty and staff can hold the credential…
Walmart Ends Decade-Long NFC Resistance with Apple Pay and Google Pay Now Accepted
Walmart begins accepting Apple Pay, Google Pay and contactless cards at select US stores and Sam's Club locations on 24 August 2026, with every US store covered by year end…
RATP Paris Open-Loop NFC Payment
Paris is finally opening its gates to the bank card. Ile-de-France Mobilites, the authority that runs public transport across the Paris region, has confirmed that contactless bank card payment will…
St. Louis MetroLink Phase 2 NFC Fare Gates now at 13 New Stations
St. Louis MetroLink has expanded its NFC-enabled fare gate infrastructure to 13 additional stations as Phase 2 of its Secure Platform Plan went live on July 27, 2026. The rollout…
STMicroelectronics Introduces ST54M Secure Chip With Post-Quantum Cryptography for Mobile Services
STMicroelectronics has unveiled the ST54M, a single-die secure mobile chip that brings together post-quantum cryptography (PQC) hardware acceleration, NFC connectivity, a secure element, and embedded SIM (eSIM) functionality. The chip…
Paragon ID Appoints Konstantinos Lagios as Chief Executive Officer
Paragon ID has appointed Konstantinos Lagios as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The leadership change sees outgoing CEO John Rogers move to an Executive Director role at Grenadier…
CMA consults on new requirements for Apple’s NFC Developer Access
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has opened a consultation that could reshape how developers interact with NFC technology on Apple’s iOS devices. The proposed requirements, if adopted, would compel…
CISC Semiconductor NFC Interoperability Lab Expansion with COMPRION TraceCase
CISC Semiconductor has expanded its NFC interoperability testing laboratory in Graz, Austria, integrating COMPRION’s TraceCase sniffer solution as the primary tool for capturing and analyzing Near Field Communication exchanges. The…
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