You’ll likely have seen the abbreviation “NFC” when browsing smartphone, wearable, and app features — but what exactly does it mean? Most smartphones have Near Field Communication, or NFC, technology ...

A new wave of Android NFC malware is making headlines as cybersecurity experts uncover its sophisticated method of stealing payment card information. Researchers at ESET identified this malware, which ...

If you needed to order lunch or a cab or pull up your quarterly bank statement, you'd probably reach for one thing to do it: your smartphone. Our mobile devices have increasingly played an essential ...

The NFC Forum has laid down a roadmap that outlines five key initiatives through 2028. The outline offers a glimpse at the future of NFC technology. One of the initiatives is to increase the range of ...

Stripe today announced that it would expand support for NFC payments on smartphones to Android, after launching the functionality on iOS last year. “Tap to Pay” was launched on iOS with the ability ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

That’s understandable, as NFC and mobile payments have been grouped together by analysts, pundits, researchers and retailers since the short-range wireless technology first started making headlines in ...

NPCI is reportedly working to allow offline UPI payments up to Rs 2,000 at PoS terminals via NFC. Here are the details.

Online payments enabler PayPal today unveiled its first NFC (near-field communication) solution for Android devices at the MobileBeat 2011 conference in San Francisco. Laura Chambers, senior director ...