Mall media operator Eye has announced a partnership with NFC specialist Zappit to power the next generation of its Amplify mobile advertising platform . The Amplify solution will be deployed across the company's network of 3,100 digital advertising displays, located in 250 upmarket US shopping malls. The new platform will enable shoppers to interact with advertisements via NFC, QR codes and SMS. "Our digital and backlit advertising solutions are optimized to catch the shoppers attention and...

Culture & Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev has conducted a special meeting with participation of representatives of tourism companies on the occasion of launch of e-visas in Azerbaijan. The Ministry reports that during the meeting the minister discussed issues of accreditation of travel agencies which will register e-visas. "The sides also covered issues of the accreditation period, a minimum requirement, appropriate sanctions for violations, and the issue of training courses for employees of...

Visa is working with several Indian banks in order to utilise the country’s biometrics-based national identity system to bring financial services and electronic payments to millions of people. The ‘Saral Money’ account from Visa, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and the State Bank of India is designed to solve the long-standing problem of how to authenticate the many millions of Indians without existing bank accounts or adequate forms of ID. They plan to tap into...

Cellular operator Azercell Telekom is preparing for the launch of a system of authentication of mobile digital signature. Azercell’s general director Kirill Gaburich has informed that the Company is preparing for pre-testing of the authentication system. "We will launch our project this service introduction, as in the future its provision is expected by all the operators functioning in the mobile market of Azerbaijan. We, as leaders in the introduction of technologes, we want to...

NFC and RFID tag provider Smartrac has partnered with a number of NFC and RFID specialists to provide visitors to the National Retail Federation's annual convention and expo in New York on 14-15 January with an interactive retail experience area. "The Path from Merchandise Visibility to Consumer Experience" showcase is designed to demonstrate the benefits of RFID and NFC technologies throughout a retailers' operations, from supply chain and inventory management through to applications for...

The State Migration Service of Ukraine will issue biometric passports after all the required procedures are competed, the press-service said in the press-release.  The first step towards producing the biometric passports is the development and adoption of a number of by-laws on technical descriptions of the documents and the procedure for their draw-up and issue.  Following the adoption of the said regulations the Migration Service will be entitled to invite a tender and choose an...

France’s Imprimerie Nationale says it has produced and personalised the 10 millionth French biometric passport. The company says its successful production performance is down to high quality levels that enable it to produce and personalise secure documents in under three days. In 2012, the Imprimerie Nationale will produce more than 3.2 million biometric passports, 10% more than last year. The firm launched its passport personalisation service in April 2006. Since then, more than 19...

The carrier has partnered with mBank and MasterCard for the national launch of Orange Cash, a commercial NFC service that is available on nine different mobile phone models. Orange Poland has launched Orange Cash , Poland's first commercial NFC payments service. The new service is being delivered by Orange in conjunction with mBank and  MasterCard and uses Orange SIMs to store an NFC version of a prepaid MasterCard issued by mBank. Nine different models of NFC phone are available...