Payments Sector Thrown Into Confusion By New Apple Phones

This short article from the DailyFinance website includes some analysis of the decision by Apple and the alternate technologies (“AirDrop” and “iBeacon”) they will build into iOS 7. Likewise reviewed there are the degrees of adoption of NFC by competing phone, gadget and OS suppliers.
This most current announcement by Apple, Inc. of its most up-to-date iPhones has developed substantial worry in the technological and payments markets. The new phones do not feature a largely used protocol known as “Near Field Communications” or “NFC”. This function permits gadgets to trade data.
This multi-purpose attribute could also be made use of in mobile payment applications and makes use of the same radio frequency as the “Radio Frequency Identification” or “RFID” protocol: 13.56 MHz. That is the precise frequency made use of by the chips and payment systems built around contactless credit, ATM and debit payment cards found in most people’s wallets, bags or purses.
According to Rick Dondo, Director of Advertising and Marketing for CARMick Products: “This decision will further puzzle the marketplace and cause even more delays in the wide use of mobile payments with Smartphones. This will mean wallet-sized payment cards of all types will dominate for longer than may have been the instance if Apple had actually included NFC. Consequently, customers wishing the convenience of “swipe and go” transactions cards will be holding contactless cards much longer than might otherwise have been expected.”
He went on to point out that “Our CARD ID Preserver sleeves will continue to supply a terrific value proposition to consumers. These low-cost envelopes truly are ‘The Secret to Keeping Your Data Where It Belongs’ and permits you to hold your cards in the wallet, bag or purse you already love.”
CARMick Products makes their sleeves available on Amazon. The credit card holders block unauthorized scans of your cards by rogue scanning devices and Smartphones; gadgets featuring RFID, NFC and other technologies capable of stimulating and receiving the data stored on your debit and other payment cards.
CARMick Products of Beaverton, OR, is a recent entry in the consumer goods and retail industry. It is focusing its sales and marketing efforts in the electronic marketplace provided by Amazon. The company is dedicated to providing a variety of high-quality consumer and retail items.
Their first products target the growing consumer need for identity protection. This product line addresses the pervasive need for the protection of personal information. Specifically, CARMick Products currently provides a product focused on preserving the privacy of the electronic data carried about in pockets, purses and wallets by nearly everyone.