Using DeviceFidelity's In2Pay solution "Absa has become the first bank in South Africa to roll out their NFC (near-field communication) trials for mobile phones. The trail will initially start with just 500 users, and should get underway in the middle of December."

"As of December 2011, 200 Credit Agricole’s customers and employees will test this new payment solution. It uses a MicroSD* card that contains a Visa secure payment application. The integration of this card onto the phone will activate its NFC (Near Field Communication) functionality. Customers will receive a case containing the MicroSD card, which is specifically dedicated to the iPhone. The MicroSD card will be activated once the user has downloaded from the Apple Store, the Express Mobile Payment Application. With the iPhone and its equipment, customers from the Caen agglomeration will be able to purchase up to 20 Euros from all merchants accepting Visa contactless payments... The MicroSD card and dedicated case to the iPhone are provided by DeviceFidelity."

"Apple has today launched the newest iteration of its iPhone, the 4S, without an integrated near-field communications (NFC) chip for payments. But don't panic; it won't stall the adoption of mobile payments...Case manufacturers like Device Fidelity and other sticker-based NFC vendors can partner with banks and telcos to create a three-pronged partnership that would be unchallenged by Apple."

"Isis is working with DeviceFidelity Inc. (Richardson, Texas) to standardize the addition of NFC functionality to cell phones to turn them into electronic wallets, which DeviceFidelity does using a micro-SD card technology. "

"Isis, the mobile commerce firm started by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, says HTC Corp., LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility Inc., Research in Motion Ltd., Samsung, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB will produce compatible handsets. In addition, DeviceFidelity Inc. will make secure digital cards with Near Field Communication chips supporting Isis technology. Consumers can use the DeviceFidelity cards in existing phones with secure digital ports to enable NFC. Secure digital cards are another form of data storage, typically used to keep photos or programs to run on a device."

"Isis, the carrier-led joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is today announcing support for its mobile wallet system from the majority of leading device makers, including HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, as well as from NFC hardware provider Device Fidelity."

"As for DeviceFidelty, it’s no surprise to see it also officially named as one of the companies powering the Isis mobile wallet, given its position as a leader in contactless technologies, including NFC."

"Isis today announced that HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility, RIM, Samsung Mobile, Sony Ericsson and DeviceFidelity have committed to supporting the upcoming mobile wallet provider with NFC phones."

"A telling sign of Isis' plans is the inclusion of DeviceFidelity in their list. DeviceFidelity produces NFC microSD products that will enable non-NFC phones to conduct NFC payments. This shows us that Isis intends to enable phones already in the marketplace with NFC capabilities, which is a great move for people who are bound in to a contract. DeviceFidelity also manufactures an iPhone case that gives the iPhone NFC capabilities and as it is the number one selling smartphone in the US on Verizon and AT&T this adds further speculation that Apple will not support NFC in its upcoming iPhone 5."

"Isis says it is also working with DeviceFidelity to add NFC functionality to mobile phones without built-in support, ensuring anyone can take part in the service."

"The battle among mobile-payments backers to one-up each other continues as Isis, a carrier-led joint venture pushing near-field communication (NFC) technology, said on Tuesday that seven device makers have agreed to support its mobile wallet. These include handset makers HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility, RIM, Samsung Mobile, and Sony Ericsson, along with DeviceFidelity Inc., which produces micro Secure Digital (SD) cards that can slot into handsets to give them NFC capability."

"The inclusion of DeviceFidelity could be especially advantageous, he says, since its technology enables smart phones to operate with NFC with the insertion of a wallet-embedded SD card. The company last year also introduced a special case that allows Apple Inc.’s iPhones, which don’t have a slot for SD cards, to take them."

"DeviceFidelity Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Amitaabh Malhotra will present this technology at the industry's first-ever Roadshow called NFC Bootcamp. As a part of the Bootcamp Series, the NFC Showcase will "highlight real-world, hands-on demos of NFC technology at work."

The Smart Card Alliance has released a white paper report to provide a view into the Mobile Payments and NFC landscape in the U.S. DeviceFidelity's Co-Founder and COO Amitaabh Malhotra contributed in the development and review of content for the white paper.

"In addition to creating the first NFC to mobile engagement of NFC digital billboard in Times Square, thinaire™ and Radiant Outdoor will be among the featured participants in the country’s first NFC Bootcamp series that begins on September 27th. 2011. New York’s first NFC Bootcamp will feature the industry’s leading NFC experts from companies such as Maxim, Device Fidelity, thinaire™ and many others."

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"NXP Semiconductors, AuthenTecand DeviceFidelity, Inc., announced today that they are jointly developing reference designs that enable highly secure mobile payments via Android-based phones through the use of fingerprint biometrics and near field communication (NFC) technology. NXP, AuthenTec and DeviceFidelity also recently collaborated to complete the first biometrically-enabled NFC mobile payment transaction in the U.S. The successful transaction was made possible via a Motorola ATRIX 4G smartphone equipped with AuthenTec’s AES1750 smart fingerprint sensor and DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay® microSD card based on NXP’s secure NFC solution."

"One of the defining features of the next generation of smartphones - which are starting to come out now - will be a technology called NFC (Near Field Communication). Instead of whipping out your wallet at a store, via NFC you'll simply tap or wave your phone to make a payment...Banks are also ramping up for the mobile payments revolution. At the end of March, we reported on a NFC mobile payments pilot program by Wells Fargo in San Francisco. The trial used Visa's In2Pay® microSD solution. There are NFC-enabled mobile wallet services under development from other U.S. banks too - including Bank of America, Chase and U.S. Bank."

"Device Fidelity, the developer of the microSD element, and Visa will look to prove to BPCE and its banking customers that the solution can be secure without using elements within the operator-controlled SIM card. If the tests prove successful, then Device Fidelity plans to reduce its design to include just the secure element, with NFC support being provided by the handset vendor. Mobile subscribers adopting this micro-SD approach would not be locked to an operator's m-commerce service, and would simply [move] the micro-SD card to another handset when changing to a different carrier."

"Another small startup gains another interesting patent on mobile payments and NFC. DeviceFidelity’s latest is an interesting one with some potential...Mobile wallet IP and NFC IP are going to be extremely hot, not simply because of the buzz, but because they literally affect everything from the future of payments, coupons, loyalty, advertising, marketing, transit, access control, to so much more. This is probably the best IP opportunity for smart companies and investors to begin buying now, at the beginning of the mobile wallet and NFC revolution."

"DeviceFidelity Inc. markets an add-on product that uses an external memory card, containing an NFC antenna, that can be inserted into some smartphones. For Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which does not have space for an external memory card, consumers can use a special case that holds the DeviceFidelity card. DeviceFidelity is working with Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. on pilot tests of its technology with some of the card networks' issuing banks. Without using such technology, Isis and others are "simply not going to have enough customers to make a meaningful impression on the marketplace," Schropfer said."

"It's a pretty good patent," Einar Rosenberg, CTO of mobile payment consulting firm Narian Technologies, said in an email. "This is in some ways a better distribution model compared to embedded technologies because the MicroSD could have everything it needs already inside. And that's not just the hardware, but the wallet, security, and possibly even cards, preloaded and more secure than even OTA [over the air]," Rosenberg said, referring to the method the Google Wallet uses to load account information on smartphones."

"French banking group wants to test the technology this time "Micro SD". The solution is to add a memory card with a payment application on the phone, by equipping it with a case that provides the functionality without contact. It will provide the Visa case developed in partnership with DeviceFidelity and the chip, developed with the help of Oberthur."

"DeviceFidelity's new mobile wallet patent builds on another patent granted in May for a plug-and-play external NFC accessory such as a protective case, sleeve or a dongle that enables mobile phones, tablets and laptop computers to be NFC enabled."

"DeviceFidelity has announced that it has been awarded a mobile wallet patent for NFC technology. The new mobile wallet patent that has been granted to DeviceFidelity has strategically placed the company in a very strong position in the emerging market of NFC mobile wallets and payments, and in turn DeviceFidelity is becoming a bigger name in the NFC world everyday. Their patent war chest is also becoming the envy of many larger competitors in the NFC space, and there could be companies that now find themselves on the wrong side of the newly awarded mobile wallet patent."

"Deepak Jain, CEO of Visa technology partner DeviceFidelity, said attacks would be nearly impossible. Multiple electronic barriers are in place to prevent them. Digital keys, the heart of the authentication process, are encrypted on the chip itself. The Visa app is the only app recognized by the device, and the digital keys aren’t stored locally. They all come from the Visa network."

"If you read our post yesterday about turning a non NFC phone into an NFC phone you would have seen we mentioned a company called Device Fidelity. Device Fidelity unveiled an iPhone case back in December of last year that can make any iPhone an NFC iPhone with the use of its NFC Micro SD technology. It looks like a battery pack case for an iPhone and houses an external antenna also. There is an iPhone 3G/3Gs version and an iPhone 4 version available. It works with Visa's payWave app for the iPhone and within a few short minutes, hey presto you have an NFC iPhone. This product has been certified under Visa's strict guidelines for security."