WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - March 26, 2012 - The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, and WIMA, a worldwide event dedicated to NFC technology, today announced the nine finalists in their Tap Into Innovation: NFC Global Competition 2012. Created to recognize the development and deployment of innovative and exemplary NFC solutions around the world, this year's competition... Read More

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - January 26, 2012 - Sequent Software, a leading provider of mobile near field communication (NFC) software and services, today announced its breakthrough technology, Core Card Services (CCS). Sequent's CCS unlocks NFC innovation for app developers, making it possible for any mobile app to seamlessly integrate NFC payments, ticketing, coupons, ID badge access and more. ... Read More

(UPM RFID, Tampere, 5 January 2012) - UPM RFID and Freedom Shopping, a leading provider of item-level RFID solutions, have joined forces to deliver UHF and NFC RFID tags and inlays from UPM RFID through a new online store, 'NFC Freedom' at nfcfreedom.com. The NFC Freedom product range features UPM BullsEye, UPM Circus and UPM RaceTrack NFC tags, as well as UPM Web and UPM ShortDipole UHF tags in a variety of delivery formats. Consumers,... Read More

TORONTO - Thousands of Canadian retailers already have equipment in place to let customers pay for purchases with a swipe of their mobile phones, putting the country in the lead in developing a system that could one day make cash obsolete.

The NFC Forum and WIMA, a worldwide event dedicated to NFC technology, have announced the winners in their Tap Into Innovation: NFC Global Competition 2012 held in Monaco. Travel was the common theme in the judges' selections, while the audience voted for NFC badges that support non-profits.