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High Risk Authentication

High risk authentication (banking, VPN), has always demanded separate hardware dedicated to authenticating users.  There’s good reason for having this additional security layer. Called two-factor authentication, the logic is simple - if one device is compromised, overall security isn’t breached.  Two common examples are:

• Card + reader.  Your bank issues you with a card reader, which you use in conjunction with your bank card
• Multi-purpose token generators

Unsurprisingly, with mobile phone subscriptions now outstripping the number of TV, personal PC and credit card owners, there’s strong interest in using them for authentication.

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Tagged with EMV Identity solutions Mobile Mobile payments Wallets

0 Comments. Posted by James 06 July 2009

Paving the Way for Safe Mobile Payments -  the Mobile Phone Security Challenge

We don't ususally post project wins. But we're making an exception because this one has a very public profile and it really is about innovation - design innovation to be precise. We teamed up with Minima Design and have been selected to deliver part of the Mobile Phone Security Challenge set by the Design Council.

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Tagged with Mobile payments

0 Comments. Posted by Victoria 01 July 2009

Demo Night at MoMo London June 2009

I had an excellent evening at Mobile Monday this week.  I was assigned the task of presenting my work for the past year – the Proxama NFC Wallet - in just 5 minutes.  Making a video proved to be a great way of getting lots of information across within the time-slot, still leaving me loads of time to talk!  A total of 15 people showcased demos but as we stuck within the same groups I only managed to see four other demos - all of which were very impressive! Full details on the MoMo site.

There were plenty of interesting questions from each session.  The audience is technically literate, well versed in mobile and pretty good at asking awkward questions. So - I thought it might be interesting to post some of the questions raised. I hope my answers were clear enough on the day to those who asked.

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Tagged with Mobile Mobile payments Near Field Communication PayPass Wallets

0 Comments. Posted by James 19 June 2009

Nokia’s NEW NFC 6216 Classic

At first glance, Nokia’s announcement last week about the new Nokia 6216 doesn’t seem so "new".  For the most part, the handset is identical to the existing 6212 (which is what we do all our current NFC development work on). What makes it new is that the secure element is on the SIM - whereas the old version has an integrated chip, as a feature of the handset itself.

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Tagged with Mobile Mobile marketing Mobile payments Near Field Communication

0 Comments. Posted by Victoria 29 April 2009

MoMo London - good news for mobile payments

I had a great time at MoMo last night - reminding me that I must get to these monthly meets more often. While the presentations on "How to Finance your Business in a Credit Crunch" were generally informative - no one said anything specific about current times. By contrast, the panel debate was excellent so I thought I'd share some of the points I picked up, particularly because the news is broadly good for mobile.

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Tagged with iPhone Mobile payments

0 Comments. Posted by Neil 21 April 2009