The Power of Choice: From Standard NFC to Secure Solutions

The power of choice: From standard NFC to secure solutions

This 13-page white paper explains how developments in NFC technology are enabling a widening range of new use cases and how combining an expanding NFC ecosystem with existing traditional RFID infrastructure is reducing costs, improving efficiency and enhancing security in a variety of markets — from industry to retail, agriculture to healthcare.

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'Securing HCE mobile payments with TEEs' white paper covershot

Enhancing HCE mobile payments with TEEs

This 12-page white paper reports on work underway in France to make it easier for card issuers and host card emulation (HCE) suppliers to make use of trusted execution environments (TEEs) to increase the security of their mobile payments services.

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Cover shot: The blockchain - not as secure as you think

The blockchain – Not as secure as you think

The blockchain was created to be completely immutable through the use of cryptographic hash functions, Rambus explains in this 13-page ebook. “Put simply, this means that once the data is put inside the blockchain it cannot be tampered with. A safe, however, isn’t secure if someone steals the combination.”

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Covershot: What is card-on-file EMV tokenization?

What is card-on-file EMV tokenization?

Card-on-file EMV tokenization enables merchants to store payment tokens in their databases rather than a customer’s actual card number, Rambus explains in this 14-page ebook.

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Covershot: "Norges Bank Papers: Central Bank Digital Currencies"

Norges Bank Papers: Central Bank Digital Currencies

This 55-page document is a detailed report prepared by a working group at Norway’s central bank that sets out the aspects that should be considered in assessing whether the bank should issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

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Covershot: Is anybody there? Giving Conversational Commerce a voice

Is anybody there? Giving conversational commerce a voice

In this eight-page paper Mastercard examines the current status and future potential of voice-activated commerce, asking whether the technology is ready for prime time and looking at the factors that will lead to its successful adoption.

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