Whether you’re paying through Apple Pay, Google Wallet or some other mobile system, all those payments happen thanks to Near Field Communication — or NFC. While you may not have thought much of it, a lot of work goes into developing the NFC standard behind the scenes. And that hard work has resulted in a new version of the tap-and-pay technology for your phone.
The NFC Forum, which is responsible for maintaining NFC specifications, just announced something called “Multi-Purpose Tap”. The idea being that you can do multiple things by tapping your phone once. This means NFC card readers will be able to register things like loyalty cards, promotions and payment information with one tap.
