Controversial patent giant Intellectual Ventures defeats cybersecurity firm Symantec after convincing a jury that two of its inventions had been infringed. Source: http://www.bbc.com

Apple Electric Car, Inc. has filed for a patent, once again raising questions about Apple’s electric car ambitions. Source: money.cnn.com

“Certification work” with Apple was all that was needed to add 200,000 vending and other self-service machines to the list of Apple Pay acceptance points Source: http://www.nfcworld.com

Square, the mobile payments service found in countless coffee shops across the country, may be working towards becoming less reliant on Apple’s products, according to a report from The Information…. Source: http://www.theverge.com

Mobile payments security company Omlis and enterprise security firm Orion SaS suggest the following targets for companies in 2015: Source: http://www.itproportal.com

It seems Google might be considering moving beyond NFC in its quest to compete with Apple Pay, according to new data published in The Information. The Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Rabobank has rolled out a mobile wallet on the embedded Secure Element of Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Note 3 phones. Source: http://www.finextra.com

Health care data breaches are on the rise. Could new technologies soon wipe them out? Source: fortune.com

Biometrics market to unlock $13.5m in global revenues this year. Source: http://www.cbronline.com

The IoT provides the first environment that is ideal for enabling multiple authentication factors or biometric modalities. Source: http://www.secureidnews.com