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…
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Asda completes electronic shelf label rollout across all UK Express stores
Asda has completed electronic shelf labels across all 517 UK Express stores, 1.2 million units for GBP 7.5 million, ending the weekly swap of…
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…
UK/NI dementia-safeguarding NFC Find My Loved One Expands across multiple councils
Lichfield District Council has funded 2,000 NFC identification devices for residents living with dementia, the largest order yet in a scheme now running across…
IDCRAFT launches IDSCOUT Encode, an NFC encoding station where the AI never writes
IDCRAFT has made its IDSCOUT Encode NFC encoding station generally available. An operator describes the job in plain language, a language model running locally…
Avery Dennison and Scouting America put NFC inside 2026 Jamboree patches
Two tap-enabled patches appeared at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in July 2026: one drove a site-wide check-in game, the other opened a video keepsake.…
Pragmatic Semiconductor wins RFID Product Gold Prize at IOTE 2026 for its flexible NFC portfolio
Pragmatic Semiconductor has taken the RFID Product Gold Prize at the IOTE 2026 Innovative Product Awards in Shenzhen for its flexible NFC chips, NFC…
Juventus takes Allianz Stadium to 100% NFC digital access, an Italian first
Juventus will run the Allianz Stadium entirely on digital access from 2026/27, with tickets issued only to the club app or a mobile wallet…
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…
Fairfax County Public Schools “tap-to-ride” scheme launched
Fairfax County Public Schools has issued tap-to-ride ID cards to every one of its 130,000 students, logging boardings across roughly 45,000 stops. FFX Now…
