ViVOtech, the near field communication (NFC) software and systems company, has raised $24 million in Series C funding from Singapore’s EDBI, SingTel Innov8, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Alloy ...

The rocketing popularity of Google Inc.’s Android operating system for smart phones could also propel near-field communication (NFC) technology for mobile financial services now that NXP Semiconductor ...

Inside Secure hopes to make it easier for Android phone designers to use its NFC chips — or those of its competitors — with the release of a version of its Open NFC software stack for Android. Android ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Near Field Communication is poised to take off perhaps as early as 2010 as an enabling technology for mobile payment systems using cellphone handsets. But significant pieces of the ...

The NFC Forum has noted that those who own and sell NFC products should not have to apply for new certification with the NFC Forum each time the software is updated. The feature should make OS updates ...

ViVOtech, a near field communication (NFC) software and systems company, is shutting down operations due to cash-flow problems. This, despite having raised nearly $100 million in outside funding over ...

One reason why mobile wallets haven't taken off is the very few number of NFC-enabled phones. One reason why mobile wallets haven't taken off is the very few number of NFC-enabled phones. The payment ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Opus Capital and SK Telecom Ventures led the financing, which will fuel ...

Transactions conducted through NFC mobile payments could reach $50 billion throughout the world within another four years, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Lance Whitney Contributing ...