MicroSD Vendor Announces Taiwanese M-Payment Trial Using HTC NFC Phones (original) (raw)
A Taiwanese Bank is trialing mobile payment on microSD cards that work in full NFC phones, which are made by HTC, the first such trial outside of China. Photo credit: Sogi!
Giesecke & Devrient Secure Flash Solutions has announced a trial launched last month in Taiwan by Cathay United Bank of mobile payment applications running on microSD cards in full NFC phones.
As NFC Times reported June 18, shortly before the trial launched, organizers of the pilot have loaded a MasterCard PayPass credit application and a separate Mifare-based EasyCard e-purse onto microSDs that are inserted in a modified version of the HTC Incredible S. The HTC NFC phone is called the Incredible E.
The Android phone from Taiwan-based HTC is equipped with an NFC chip and antenna and a single-wire protocol, or SWP, connection to the microSD card slot.
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