The NFC Forum has published a candidate specification for a new NFC Digital Product Passport (NDPP) standard that will enable NFC Forum tags already in use for other applications to also store ...

SOFTPOS: Tap to Pay on iPhone works together with an iOS app provided by local payments providers: Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone service is now available in Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Liechtenstein, ...

UK PILOT: Project aims to show how DPPs can be practically implemented in the furniture industry Furniture manufacturer and retailer DFS, which has 115 stores across the UK, has signed a deal to pilot ...

DIGITAL PASSPORT: Customers can access sustainability details via the QR code on the garment label Dutch jeans brand Garcia is to equip every garment in its range with a digital product passport (DPP) ...

Smartphones will in the future come with the ability to read RAIN RFID tags, opening up new opportunities for consumers to engage with the world around them via their mobile device, wireless ...

The move follows the EU’s earlier mandate that all member states need to introduce a standardised European digital identity wallet (EUDI) enabling EU nationals to verify their identity across the EU27 ...

VERIFICATION: The Digital Credentials API will use digital IDs to verify website users A new Digital Credentials API that will allow visitors to a website to verify their identity using a driver’s ...

The EU has agreed to accept Apple's proposal to open up access to the iPhone's NFC functionality via Host Card Emulation (HCE).

SWITCHED ON: MBTA is enabling public transport users to pay for travel using their contactless cards Public transportation users in the Greater Boston area will be able to use a contactless debit or ...

SIMPLER PAYMENTS: Alipay’s tap-and-pay service turns a smartphone into an NFC tag reader Alipay, China’s leading mobile payments provider and the pioneer of QR mobile payments, has launched a new ...

More than 80% of the respondents to a survey conducted by ABI Research on behalf of the NFC Forum said they have used a smartphone or smartwatch to make a contactless payment. Of those that have made ...

The NFC Forum has produced a 22-page ebook on the role NFC can play in digital product passports (DPPs). The digital product passport initiative is “expected to be the future information system of the ...