Contactless payments through NFC will get a major upgrade in the coming future. Its standards body, NFC Forum, announced a new technology called "Multi-purpose Tap," which is currently in the works.
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Apple has acknowledged that the NFC chip stops working on the iPhone 15 series when wirelessly charged using certain BMW and Supra models. The company will release a fix for the issue later this year.
Apple is abusing its market position by restricting access to the iPhone NFC hardware, blocking entry to other payment companies, and monopolizing Apple Wallet, claims a class-action lawsuit.
Apple will reportedly issue a software update in the coming months enabling iPhone users to accept NFC payments without requiring any external hardware, in a move that will also bypass Square.
An investigation reveals that millions of bank customers are vulnerable to having their bank card data stolen with alarming ease, using some simple custom software and an NFC-enabled smartphone.
On top of all the announcements about Windows 8 this morning, it's now been announced that NFC capability is built in to Windows 8 right now, and that developers can use it on their tablet devices.
