OREA Rolls Out Apple Wallet and Google Wallet Hotel Keys
Guests at OREA Place Seno in Prague and OREA Resort Sklar can, as of September 2026, open their rooms with an NFC key held in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet,…
Identiv completes IoT asset sale to Trackonomy, renames itself INVE Technologies, and replaces its CEO
Identiv has sold its RFID inlay and smart label business to Trackonomy Systems, taken $50 million in preferred equity and renamed itself INVE Technologies, keeping the Nasdaq ticker INVE. The…
RFID Tag Costs: Where Are We in 2026 and Where Are We Heading?
Passive UHF inlays now sell for 4 to 8 cents, and 50-million-unit buyers are negotiating towards 2 cents. Chip die shrinks from Impinj and NXP keep pushing prices down, yet…
Borussia Dortmund Switches to NFC Tickets in Apple Wallet at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Entry to SIGNAL IDUNA PARK went contactless for the 2026/27 season, with Borussia Dortmund accepting NFC tickets stored in Apple Wallet from 26 August 2026. Fans hold an iPhone or…
When a Fan Scarf Becomes a Stadium Ticket: Dijon FCO Refreshes the Fan Experience with NFC Technology
Dijon FCO have turned the club scarf into a season ticket. An NFC chip sewn into the end of the scarf opens the SKIDATA gates at Stade Gaston-Gérard and pays…
Autentico NFC – Anti-counterfeiting for wine, oil, and fashion
Sardinian firm Autentico Srl puts an NFC tag inside the adhesive label a producer already uses, so a shopper can tap a wine or olive oil bottle with a phone…
Pragmatic Semiconductor appoints Dr Paul James as EVP Manufacturing and Operations to scale NFC chip output
Dr Paul James joins Pragmatic Semiconductor as EVP Manufacturing and Operations, effective 8 September 2026. He spent 10 years running the Vishay Newport fab, taking it from IDM to independent…
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…
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 120,000 paper tickets. The VusionGroup labels…
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…
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