Reportlinker.com has released a market research report on the use of contactless payment stickers in place of built-in NFC phones to make mobile payments.

The report,”Making Contactless Payments Sticky with Stickers,” identifies the key market drivers for contactless stickers and the issues that must be overcome to make them a real, viable solution in the hands of consumers.

HID Global introduced a new line of direct-to-card FARGO printer/encoders. The new product line is made up of three models designed to meet the needs of small organizations to global enterprises. This is the first new line of printers introduced since HID purchased Fargo.

GSI Technologies and NTERA have developed a card based on NTERAS’s NanoChromics display technology that was developed by GSI Technologies.

The result is the first hot-laminated display card modules. The display is printed onto the same flexible substrate as the microcontroller and features a white background. The color changing NTERA NCD displays address the market need for security solutions, brand protection and consumer interaction with the GSI smart card.

Colorado-based start up Sentegra has developed a new mobile wallet platform that provides secure mobile payment, authentication and certification capabilities and digital ticketing, according to Mobile Beat.