Andre Stoorvogel, Marketing Manager at Bell ID Monday, 13th May 2013

Industry predictions indicate that 50% of smartphones will be NFC enabled by 2015. As interest and discussions in this sector continue to gain momentum, Bell ID is delighted to be joining other key players from the industry at the NFC Solutions Summit, 15-16 May in San Francisco. Hosted by the Smart Card Alliance and the NFC Forum, the event offers the perfect platform to discuss all things related to trusted service management (TSM) and token management for NFC-enabled services.

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David Orme - Chief Executive Officer Wednesday, 8th May 2013

Financial institutions all over the U.S. are reacting to the aggressive EMV migration deadlines set by the payments systems. Banks will need to make a number of decisions in the coming weeks about how they would like to upgrade their legacy systems and manage their EMV infrastructure moving forward; decisions that will impact their operations for years to come.

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Andre Stoorvogel, Marketing Manager at Bell ID Thursday, 18th April 2013

Next week, against a backdrop of EMV migration activity in the U.S., the smart card and mobile industry descends on Las Vegas for the annual CARTES North America conference. The Bell ID team is in attendance, located at booth #413, and available to discuss technologies that support EMV migration and near field communication (NFC) deployments.

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Todd Freyman, Vice President for The Americas at Bell ID Tuesday, 19th March 2013

As the payment systems drive EMV migration forward in the U.S., many commentators are observing that the current deadlines will be difficult to meet, especially for some of the big U.S. banks. So, what are the challenges faced by banks, why should they comply and what should they be doing to give themselves the best chance of meeting the deadlines?

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David Orme - Chief Executive Officer Thursday, 7th March 2013

At this year’s GSMA annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, near field communication (NFC) and mobile payments took centre stage. It was great to witness the introduction of the ‘NFC Experience’ at the exhibition, which saw 10,500 attendees test NFC-enabled handsets for themselves; exchanging information and making transactions within the exhibition centre and across Barcelona.

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Andre Stoorvogel - Marketing Manager Tuesday, 5th February 2013

This week sees the smart card industry head for Salt Lake City to attend the Smart Card Alliance Payments Summit. The Bell ID team is located at booth 123 and ready to discuss all things related to EMV migration, trusted service management (TSM) and near field communication (NFC).

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René van Rosmalen, Regional Manager Wednesday, 9th January 2013

Around the time of the CARTES 2012 conference in Paris, Smart Insights published an interesting article on the decline of independent trusted service manager (TSM) platform vendors. With moves from industry players to acquire standalone TSMs, will there still be room for the independents?

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Todd Freyman, Vice President - The Americas Thursday, 13th December 2012

Both EMV and near field communication (NFC) technologies serve the payments industry in different ways. EMV is widely accepted as the universal secure chip payment standard, while NFC is a global communication technology that allows data to be exchanged between devices that are in close proximity. Combined, these technologies will have a significant impact on the way payments are made worldwide.

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David Worthington - Principal Consultant Payment & Chip Technology Tuesday, 27th November 2012

We are excited about the impact that mobile and near field communication (NFC) technology could have on the transit and ticketing sector. Following Bell ID’s recent acquisition of smart card solutions company, Ecebs, we wanted to share our vision for the future.

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Andre Stoorvogel - Marketing Manager Wednesday, 31st October 2012

It is time for the smart card and NFC market to once again descend on Paris for the annual industry gathering that is CARTES.

As the event draws ever closer, I would like to outline some of Bell ID’s activity at the event and extend an invitation for you to meet the Bell ID team at booth 4J091. We will be discussing all things mobile NFC, trusted service management (TSM), EMV migration and credential management.

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David Worthington - Principal Consultant Payment & Chip Technology Tuesday, 9th October 2012

The mobile near field communication (NFC) ecosystem already recognises the need for multiple trusted service managers (TSM) to communicate with one another. Different players in this ecosystem require different TSM functionality in order to support their individual business focuses, be it as a mobile network operator (MNO), handset provider, a third party broker or as a service provider (SP) directly connecting to the ecosystem.

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Martin Cox - Global Head of Sales Thursday, 13th September 2012

After months of speculation, Apple has announced that the iPhone 5 does not support near field communication (NFC). Is this the beginning of the end for the technology?

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Andre Stoorvogel - Marketing Manager Wednesday, 5th September 2012

Round one of the near-field-communication (NFC) landscape is complete. The trials and pilots brought to market were a success and provided companies and joint ventures with an opportunity to test both their business approaches and technical capabilities.

As we move into round two, which will decide the winners and the losers of this advancing ecosystem, the appointment of the right trusted service manager (TSM) to support and manage NFC applications and services is crucial.

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David Orme - Chief Executive Officer Tuesday, 21st August 2012

We are delighted to announce today that our trusted service manager (TSM) software solution has been selected by TrustNorway to facilitate the delivery of mobile services to its customers. Utilising Bell ID’s solution, TrustNorway will become the Nordic region's first neutral TSM with the ability to independently manage near field communication (NFC) ecosystems.

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David Worthington - Principal Consultant Payment & Chip Technology Thursday, 19th July 2012

TRAVIK (otherwise known as Sixpack) has announced that given the now mature availability of trusted service management (TSM) products and services, there is no need to continue with its original plans for setting up one national TSM to support (Dutch) mobile contactless payments and related near-field-communication (NFC) services. Possibly worn down by the European Commission investigation, the initiative was already long behind its initial schedule to be the first European nationally coordinated NFC payments ecosystem.

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David Worthington - Principal Consultant Payment & Chip Technology Tuesday, 10th July 2012

The European market as a whole is already seeing a massive move to support contactless (EMV) payments, with some specific countries currently even further advanced than others, including the UK, Poland, Turkey, and France.

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Martin Cox - Global Head of Sales Tuesday, 26th June 2012

We have vast experience of implementing trusted service management (TSM) solutions and working with banks, governments and private issuing authorities to deliver payment and identity e-projects. This has given us valuable insight into the key considerations that should be acknowledged by issuers looking at launching near field communication (NFC) based products.

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Dave McKay - Technical Sales Manager Thursday, 14th June 2012

There’s nothing like losing your wallet to put the prospect of mobile near field communication (NFC) applications into perspective. Having a rummage through my personal wallet reveals a two centimetre thick stack of ‘plastic’ that would take a great deal of time, cost and aggravation to replace.

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David Worthington - Principal Consultant Payment & Chip Technology Wednesday, 30th May 2012

Currently, the hype around near field communication (NFC) is largely centred on mobile wallets and other payment applications, yet the technology is capable of offering so much more to consumers’ daily lives. Let’s consider a scenario – old friends are meeting for a drink.

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David Orme - Chief Executive Officer Wednesday, 16th May 2012

2012 has been hailed by the media, technology companies and consumers as a turning point for mobile contactless technology. While we receive announcements every day regarding joint ventures or research figures, until now progress has been undeniably slow. Could 2012 still be the turning point?

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