So after viewing this commercial from Barclay Card, does it make you want to have one too? Contactless Card is nothing new but how to make people want to have one and use it is what really matters. A bit of creativity and know how to communicate can turn a simple idea into a much [...]

CARTES takes place from Nov. 4th to 6th near Paris, France. It is the annual jamboree for every company that has something to do with smart cards. Since NFC has a lot to do with smart cards, TORO will be present at CARTES. COme and meet with us to see our joint demo with GEMALTO [...]

NXP and BMW announced they have jointly developed a multifunctional car key which combines the usual car key functions with contactless payment and related solutions.
NXP and car maker BMW have jointly developed a multifunctional car key which combines the usual car key functions with contactless payment and related solutions; the companies even offer the possibility [...]

GSMA mobile innovation award APAC Tournament is approaching, and TORO is among several innovators to be listed on GSMA website, We are positive we will be selected to compete this year, wish us luck! You can see TORO’s profile here.

Few weeks ago, TORO was interviewed by Christine from Chili Seed, a online media and consulting company focus on startups and entrepreneurs for venture capitalists, they have been actively seeking new companies, new technologies to introduce to their audience. Chili Seed did a 30 minutes interview with Toro’s CEO, Laurent, to talk about TORO’s product, [...]

CARTES 2008 as an indicator for NFC’s emergence in 2009.

“Under the Radar” is a major annual event held in California focusing on early stage, innovative companies and building links between those startups and VCs, industrials and influent bloggers. You can visit their blog to find out more about “Under the Radar“. Toro was contacted by “Under the Radar” for their conference this year, “Under [...]

There is a quite extended metro system in Barcelona, so I was expecting to see people swipe their contactless card to check-in/out. I was surprised to discover that you still need to buy paper tickets, with all the inconveniencies that it supposes (cost, visual pollution, long queues, mechanical problems of readers, etc.). I wonder what [...]

Observers keep scrutinizing the Japanese market to discover new mobile user behaviors, and they praise Mobile Felica as THE example to follow for the (future) expansion of NFC (Near-Field Communication). Indeed, figures of the penetration of the Osaifu-Keitai (Felica mobile wallet) are quite impressive with about 25 million phones equipped with the application. More impressive [...]

So Gemalto just announced their “payez mobile” initiative with five major French banks. In other words, Gemalto is becoming the de facto single TSM (Trusted Service Manager) for financial institutions in France (these five banks probably represent 90% of the retail banking market in France). This is good news for Gemalto, but also for the [...]