Near Field Communications Handsets and Tags, NFC Pilots and Projects

DeviceFidelity rolls out microSD payment tool

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

DeviceFidelity Inc. today announced the availability of its patent-pending In2Pay solution, a microSD-based technology that enables any mobile phone with a memory card slot into an contactless transaction device.

Compatible with near field communication technology, In2Pay is now for trials with banks, wireless carriers and payment networks, with volume production for commercial deployments in 2010. DeviceFidelity has signed evaluation agreements with card issuers in the U.S. and will be demonstrating In2Pay at Cartes 2009.


In2Pay’s technology provides a simple and effective alternative for installing NFC contactless transaction functionality on the millions of mobile phones now in use. Designed to be compatible with existing merchant, mass-transit and bank infrastructure, In2Pay makes mobile contactless transactions faster, easier and more secure with one-click access to payments and other personal access control features. Issuers and carriers can deploy In2Pay as an integrated services platform, with the option of additional memory, enabling them to deliver their entire portfolio of mobile applications through their customers’ mobile phones.

In2Pay uses an industry standard dual-interface contactless smart card chip that supports contactless payment networks with available options for transit, identification and access control applications. In2Pay is pre-loaded with certified payment applications in secure memory, and is designed to simplify market deployment by enabling issuers or wireless carriers to provision the user account using personalization bureaus. As a result, when customers receive In2Pay from the issuer, they can immediately insert it into their phones and are ready to make contactless transactions. [end] 

DeviceFidelity and SpringCard have unveiled moneto, a multiplatform mobile wallet solution for iPhone and Android users.

Much like DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay solution, moneto relies on a protective iPhone case equipped with an NFC-enabled microSD card. The moneto mobile wallet is powered by MasterCard PayPass technology and linked to a reloadable MasterCard prepaid card to enable contactless mobile purchases wherever PayPass is accepted.

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The Auriemma Consulting Group (ACG) has announced the launch of its new Mobile Payments Report, a market research service that examines the mobile phone as a payments device, financial managing tool, marketing channel and as a method of engaging with consumers.

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Australia’s ANZ Bank says it will not pursue mobile contactless payments via NFC-enabled MicroSD cards following a failed pilot of the technology this past spring, according to ZDNet.

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DeviceFidelity has been awarded a patent for its mobile wallet technology, the company announced. U.S. Patent No. 7,942,337 describes the implementation of NFC technology for enabling mobile devices to conduct payments, access, transit and other contactless applications using credentials issued by multiple different enterprises through point of sale terminals.

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CPI Card Group has become an official reseller of DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay solution, enabling the company to offer DeviceFidelity’s mobile payment technology to financial institutions, mobile carriers, transit agencies, access providers and other closed loop payment organizations.

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NXP Semiconductors, AuthenTec and DeviceFidelity Inc. announced that they are jointly developing reference designs that enable secure mobile payments via Android-based phones through the use of fingerprint biometrics and near field communication technology.

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