Google Pay has launched a new feature in India called \u2018Tap to pay for UPI\u2019 in collaboration with Pine Labs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This feature will allow users with NFC-enabled Android smartphones and UPI accounts linked to Google Pay to carry out transactions just by tapping their phones on any Pine Labs Android point-of-sale (POS) terminal across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n NFC is a short-range wireless connectivity technology that allows NFC-enabled devices to communicate with each other and transfer information quickly and easily with a single touch \u2014 whether to pay bills, exchange business cards, download coupons or share a document.<\/span><\/p>\n NFC transmits data through electromagnetic radio fields to enable communication between two devices.<\/span><\/p>\n Both devices must contain NFC chips as transactions take place within a very short distance. NFC-enabled devices must be either physically touching or within a few centimetres from each other for data transfer to occur.<\/span><\/p>\n NFC has a wide range of applications, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 Driving payment services like Google Wallet and Apple Pay.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 Wireless Charging and generating contact-less tickets for public transport.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 NFC is behind the cards that can wave over card readers in subway turnstiles and on buses to check tickets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 With just a touch, NFC can also set up WiFi and Bluetooth devices in homes.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 It also has an application in healthcare to monitor patient stats through NFC-enabled wristbands.<\/span><\/p>\n Firstly, <\/b>NFC technology is designed for an operation between devices within a few centimetres from each other. This makes it difficult for attackers to record the communication between the <\/span>devices, compared to other wireless technologies which have a working distance of several meters.<\/span><\/p>\n Secondly, <\/b>the user of the NFC-enabled device determines by the touch gesture which entity the NFC communication should take place with, making it more difficult for the attacker to get connected.<\/span><\/p>\n There are other wireless technologies available that are replacing cable-based connections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n IrDa technology<\/b> is a short-range (a few meters) connection based on the exchange of data over <\/span>infrared light,<\/b> where the two communication devices must be positioned within a line of sight. This technology is mainly used for remote control devices.<\/span><\/p>\n Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connections<\/strong>: These technologies are used for larger data communication.\u00a0 But the user has to configure their device and pair them together for communication. The connection cannot be initiated by a simple touch gesture like in NFC. Also, the receiver devices need their own power supply due to the larger working distance.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cNFC technology for instant payments\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>The Hindu <\/b>on<\/span> 4th April 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? Google Pay has launched a new feature in India called \u2018Tap to pay for UPI\u2019 in collaboration with Pine Labs.\u00a0 This feature will allow users with NFC-enabled Android smartphones and UPI accounts linked to Google Pay to carry out transactions just by tapping their phones on any Pine Labs Android point-of-sale… Continue reading NFC technology for instant payments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-177478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700783389,"cached_date":1703871358},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is Near Field Communication(NFC) Technology?<\/b><\/h5>\n
How does NFC work?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What are the applications of NFC Technology? <\/b><\/h5>\n
How safe is NFC Technology?<\/b><\/h5>\n
Where does NFC stand in comparison to other technologies?\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n