Near Field Communication (NFC) is one of the most important technologies in modern-day iPhone and Android devices. We use NFC to authenticate payments using Apple Pay, unlock doors, identify owners of ...

Instead of using only Apple Pay to hold over terminals from stores to complete a payment, Apple is now offering the iPhone's NFC to be available for developers to utilize for their respective apps.

Apple has announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available in Singapore, providing a way for independent sellers, small ...

The European Union has accepted commitments from Apple to open its mobile payments system and give competitors access to the iPhone's NFC technology, bringing an end to a lengthy investigation by EU ...

If Apple Inc. doesn’t include Near Field Communication technology in its next generation of iPhone this fall, the company sure has a stockpile of NFC patents to use at a later date. The ...

A new report claims that Apple has offered to open up iPhone near-field communication central to Apple Pay to other payment services, to fight off antitrust claims in the EU. The report on Tuesday, by ...

The introduction of NFC and Secure Element (SE) APIs in iOS 18.1 unlocks new monetization opportunities for iOS app developers, Apple said Wednesday — though fees apply. But on the plus side, secure ...

Apple is working to give iPhone the ability to accept contactless credit card payments over NFC without the need for additional hardware “in the coming months,” according to a new report. You ...

The European Commission is set to approve Apple's opening up of Apple's NFC platform to third-party mobile wallets as soon as May, which could help save the iPhone maker from a $40 billion fine. In ...

Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone is intended to offer the ultimate in convenience and affordability for small businesses ...

Short primer: NFC can be used to identify objects. You can use it for stock control, ticketing systems and mobile payments. Such solutions depend on two elements — that devices are equipped with NFC ...

New evidence reveals that Google is working on some form of NFC-based contact sharing on Android, similar to iPhone’s ...