Earlier this week I attended MobeyDay, a second annual event when the Mobey Forum opens the doors not only to its members but the wider global mobile financial services community. As analysts we attend many conferences and it’s easy to become somewhat jaded from hearing the same messages over and over again (usually, how big…
Global industry association tackles mobile financial services terms and offers security analysis for NFC payments implementation 11 June, 2013 – Mobey Forum, the global bank-driven industry association working to accelerate the evolution of mobile financial services (MFS) has today launched two new white papers at its second annual MobeyDay Conference in Barcelona. The first paper,…
[avatar user=”sirpa” size=”original” align=”left” link=”https://mobeyforum.org/dt_team/sirpa-nordlund/” target=”_blank”] <h4>by Sirpa Nordlund</h4> Executive Director at Mobey Forum [/avatar] At Mobey Forum, we have long been extolling the virtues of mobile as an opportunity that banks and financial institutions can’t afford to miss. The desktop is dead and the laptop is dying; the age of mobility is already upon us…
This document presents an overview of the current security trends related to the mobile payments market. It outlines NFC technology related threats and vulnerabilities, and explains how these could affect the entire contactless payment ecosystem. It summarises the vulnerabilities and threats in NFC mobile services and offers a description of the risks NFC functionalities face…