It could be used to automatically launch
an NFC Mobile Wallet app and as an added layer of authentication during any interaction.
Not exact matches
The way OneBit works is as follows: the
app will serve as a
mobile Bitcoin
wallet, which can convert to fiat currency on the fly — at the best rate available — and lets users pay for goods and services wherever
NFC payments are possible.
The tablets will also be outfitted with a standard credit card reader as well as
NFC to link up to
mobile wallet apps.
Microsoft is preparing a new version of its
Wallet app for Windows 10
Mobile with the Anniversary Update, and it seems that the new
app will include Tap To Pay via
NFC.
Ever since Apple introduced iOS 6 — their next generation
mobile operating system, which includes the new Passbook
app to collect stuff like boarding passes, movie tickets, shopping cards etc. that you'd normally keep in your pocket or
wallet, it has been speculated that Apple's next generation iPhone could come with
NFC technology, which could turn it into a digital
wallet.
You may remember that Softcard released
NFC - based «Tap to Pay»
apps for Windows Phone in November for Verizon and T -
Mobile, and then a few months later announced those
apps would be shut down on March 31, due to Google acquiring their technology for use in Google
Wallet.