Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), the company we’ve already seen co-operating with Nokia on mobile payments and fighting counterfeit products, has developed a new form factor for debit/credit cards called Convego Air Mobile, which has a form of a sticker, enabling contactless payments.
Once the thin and pliable foil has been affixed to a mobile phone or PDA, the device can be used to pay bills at all terminals supporting the contactless MasterCard PayPass standard. In that sense, the company sees this product as an important transitional technology on the way to contactless payment transactions.
Size wise, the Convego Air Mobile payment sticker measures 43×33 mm (1.7×1.3 inches) and is therefore easily affixed to any phone. In addition, its surface provides enough space for customer-specific designs and optical personalization by laser engraving — i.e. branding.
In terms of real-world use, Convego Air Mobile is already being used in several pilot projects by various banks in Europe and North America.
[Via: CellularNews]