How NFC can enhance healthcare and wellness experiences

This 14-page white paper explains how medical and wellness device makers can use NFC to add functionality and improve patient and user experiences.

Next-Generation Cards: The State of Play with Linxens VP Thomas Decker

In this 54-minute presentation for Contactless World Congress, Thomas Decker — vice president for payments product marketing at smart card tape, inlay and module packaging leader Linxens — provides a detailed analysis of the current status and market outlook for next-generation cards.

What’s next in contactless payments with Celent’s Zil Bareisis

New form factors, value-added services, issuing business models and payment acceptance innovations such as softPOS solutions are driving what’s next in contactless payments, Zil Bareisis, head of retail banking and payments at independent research and advisory firm Celent, explains in this presentation for Contactless World Congress.

Webinar: NFC in Automotive

From digital keys to diagnostics data transmission, consumables monitoring, in-vehicle payments, infotainment connectivity and car sharing, NFC technology provides vehicle manufacturers with a wide range of opportunities to add value for both consumers and fleet operators, STMicroelectronics’ Rene Wutte explains in this 32-minute webinar.

Wearable Payment Summit 2020: Urban mobility

In this 42-minute panel discussion, experts from Timex Group, Mastercard and Tappy Technologies explore the role that wearable payments will play in driving forward urban mobility and the smart cities of the future.

Wearable Payment Summit 2020: Card tokenization for wearable payments

In this 42-minute panel discussion, experts from Mastercard, Thales and Tappy Technologies explain how payment card credentials can be added to wearables — such as traditional wrist watches — so consumers can make secure payments with them using their choice of payment card.

NFC tags ready for the mainstream

This 16-page white paper commissioned by NXP and produced by ABI Research makes the case for NFC tag usage now being positioned to explode into the mainstream and gives reasons why brands can and should start using NFC tags to build new interaction points to strengthen the consumer experience.

Proceedings: Wearable Payment Summit at MWC Barcelona 2019

The Wearable Payment Summit took place during MWC Barcelona 2019 and featured speakers from Barclays, Timex, Gemalto, Zwipe and Tappy Technologies. The event was moderated by Sarah Clark, editor of NFC World.

What’s New in Payments, Volume Two

Eight innovators from around the world share the latest thinking on the future of payments in this 76-page special report from the NFC World team.

Payments disrupted — How the tech giants are changing the future of payments in China

The initial impact of digital finance and mobile payments in China is difficult to over-exaggerate, says Zennon Kapron, founder and director of Asian financial services and research firm Kapronasia. The launch of services such as Alipay and WeChat Pay brought with them a dramatic change in the way the average Chinese consumer spends — especially when one considers how cash-focused the country has been historically, he explains in this paper.

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