After a nudge from regulators, Apple will allow all kinds of new contactless abilities outside Apple Wallet, including car keys, corporate badges, and event tickets I’ve contributed to PCMag since ...

Apple today announced that developers will soon be able to offer NFC transactions in their own apps for the first time – something that is mostly exclusive to Apple Pay at present. Starting with iOS ...

With the launch of iOS 18.1 this fall, Apple will allow third-party developers to support NFC contactless transactions for payments and more. Right now, the NFC chip is locked down, and it's primarily ...

New capabilities have been added to the certification program to simplify the testing of NFC end-products. A streamlining of testing requirements was done to evaluate how the device will behave ...

Apple has announced that it is opening up the iPhone’s NFC chip using the Secure Element to allow for third-party contactless payments, separate from Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. This feature will ...