NFC Tagify

  With the use of smart cards becoming very popular these days, you may be wondering if it is something you could adopt in your business. Even though smart cards may look like any other credit card with a magnetic stripe on the back, they are a radically different technology. Smart cards have tamper-resistant microprocessors that can store authentication data. They can be used in various electronic processes, including access control, authentication, sensitive data encryption and personal identification. Moreover, a smart card that contains a person’s banking information can be used to make secure financial transactions. In a security context, metal business cards are widely used to enable two-factor authentication (2FA), which is more secure than simple password protection since it requires something a user knows and something they have for access to be granted. Because of the security benefits of smart cards and the increased use of online payment transactions, the smart card m...

  If you are not yet using NFC tags , you need to give them a try. The latest generation of Apple iPhones can scan NFC tags out of the box without an additional NFC app. There are hundreds of great NFC projects and the scope and quantity of applications is constantly growing. One of the common uses of NFC cards is object identification. NFC tags are used on items that may not immediately or easily be identified from other similar objects. A good example is estate agents using NFC tags to identify keys or an information technology data centre technician using NFC tags to identify cable routing. Most of these functions will have been previously undertaken with written tags. The difference between NFC tags and written tags is that the NFC tags can connect to the cloud to allow connected data such as when the keys were last used and who took them. Or, in the example of cable routing, the last time it was checked. So, why does NFC work better compared to other solutions. Firstly, the n...

  Adopting smart cards in your business can be helpful in various ways. This technology can improve data security. Even though smart cards may look like any other credit card with a magnetic stripe on the back, they are a radically different technology. Smart cards are equipped with tamper-resistant microprocessors that can store authentication data. They can be used in various electronic processes, such as access control, authentication, sensitive data encryption and personal identification. Moreover, a smart card containing a person’s banking information can be used to make secure financial transactions. When you use metal business cards , you will enjoy persistent, protected storage. How much memory a card has depends on the application, but 1 KB to 256 KB is typical. This is dramatically more compared to the approximately 150 bytes that can be stored on a magnetic stripe card. The increased capacity also accommodates encryption capabilities. Once the information has been store...

  If you have never thought of using NFC tags in your business, you should give them a try. Contactless payments are the gold standard for Near Field Communication (NFC) tags. Most of the mobile phone users have made contactless payments in recent years. The use of NFCs for payments is likely to grow as we move toward cashless societies. However, there is much more to NFC tags than just payments. NFC technology has been around for more than a decade, steadily growing in adoption. This technology solved a major pain point, which is providing secure contactless payment systems for mobile payment processing. As business that were less digitalized saw the contactless potential, they started looking for new ways to use NFC in their everyday affairs. NFC cards are useful even for businesses operating in conventional industries.  For instance, the retail sector has been using NFC for contactless mobile payments, but NFC in this sector has moved beyond just a payment method.  N...