NFC payments are about to become faster easier and truly contactless

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• The NFC Forum has laid down a roadmap that outlines five key initiatives through 2028.
• The outline offers a glimpse at the future of NFC technology.
• One of the initiatives is to increase the range of NFC connections by four to six times the current distance.

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Have you ever noticed that contactless payments aren’t exactly contactless? Since near-field communication (NFC) technology works at such a short distance, you often end up having to touch your device with another device. But that status quo could change in the next few years.

The NFC Forum — a group founded by Sony, NXP Semiconductors, and Nokia in 2004 to improve NFC — has revealed a roadmap for NFC technology that extends from now to 2028. This roadmap — created by representatives from Apple, Google, and more — outlines five key initiatives for the direction of the technology over the next two to five years. One of those initiatives is to increase the range of NFC connections.

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