Security of HCE strengthened by Calypso transport association to support android ticketing growth

Calypso Networks Association (CNA) has announced the launch and deployment of its HCE Calypso Interoperable Application (HCIA). The solution enables transport operators and authorities to deliver Calypso ticketing using host card emulation (HCE) technology on Android devices while maintaining robust Calypso security standards.

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Digital payment market poised to pass $5 trillion by 2020, says Juniper Research

A new study from Juniper Research has found that Visa and Mastercard’s distinct evolutionary strategies in digital payments will underpin the success of a market expected to increase from $3.8 trillion (€3.20 trillion) globally this year to more than $5 trillion (€4.21 trillion) by 2020.

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Mobile wallet spend to rise by more than 30% this year, reaching US$1.35trn says Juniper Research

Global spend via mobile wallets is expected to rise by nearly 32% this year to US$1.35 trillion. That is according to a new study from Juniper Research.

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Rambus Ecebs aims to make travel easier with launch of HCE TicketWallet and app

Rambus Ecebs has announced a mobile ticketing product suite leveraging Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology to securely load virtual smart cards onto smart phones for the public transport industry.

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Apple and Samsung drive NFC mobile payment users to nearly 150m globally this year

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of consumers making contactless payments via their mobile handsets will reach 148 million this year, with Apple and Samsung together accounting for nearly 70% of new customers.

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What’s going to be on show in Barcelona?

A number of trends will be visible at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. Here Dr Kevin Curran of Ulster University, describes some of the features.

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How does Android Pay differ from Apple Pay and Samsung Pay for banks?

Google announced Android Pay yesterday at its I/O conference. The internet giant outlined a set of APIs that will allow developers to add an Android Pay button to their app and banks to enable payments in their existing applications, facilitating in-app and in-store payments on Android devices with KitKat 4.4 and above. This is a

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Mobile payment focus is back to NFC rather than cloud-based solution

In February 2014 during the Mobile World Congress event, Visa and Mastercard announced that the both firms will support Host Card Emulation (HCE) initiative in order to help the take up of NFC services. PayPal entering the physical payment world with a wallet and Apple’s new iPhone 6 supporting NFC features with the Apple Pay

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Giesecke & Devrient wins Juniper Future Mobile Gold Award

Juniper Research has awarded its prestigious “Future Mobile Gold Award” to Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) for „making an outstanding contribution to the future of the mobile contactless payments market”. For Edgar Salib, senior vice president and head of the Financial Institutions division at G&D, this award confirms G&D’s position as “an innovative technology and valuable

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The HCE tap is open, let NFC services flow

I was prepared for Mobey Forum’s third annual Mobey Day event to be a lively affair. Bringing banks together with, amongst others, GSMA, chip manufacturers and mobile payment software providers to discuss the future of near field communication (NFC) was always going to ignite debate.

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SIMalliance to host NFC-Security workshop to help banks and service providers make the right choices

SIMalliance, the global non-profit industry association which simplifies secure element (SE) implementation to drive secure mobile services, will bring together a number of experts from across the NFC ecosystem in October. It will host an interactive workshop designed to help banks and other secure NFC service providers – such as merchants and transit operators –

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