Often the term will bring to mind the ability to pay by holding your phone over a reader, but the system can also use NFC tags embedded in credit cards, ID card, passports, and the like.

NFC is mainly marketed as a contactless payment tool in the mobile scene, but it can also be used to automate actions with tags, or to link to devices such as monitors, headphones, cameras, ...

An internal memo sent to McDonald’s franchises this week informed employees that they must be trained on the near-field communication (NFC) payment systems by Monday, Sept. 15, by which time the ...

Strategy Analytics predicts that consumers’ desire to use the convenient platform will result in 254 million mobile device users participating in 5 NFC payments a month. “Apple will do a good ...

“By enabling the first NFC-based crypto payments directly from hardware wallets, we’re providing a better, more instant way to spend digital assets on the go.” Users will enter their PIN on ...