Module strengthens secure mobile transactions

3rd November 2014

Mick Elliott

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NXP Semiconductors’s PN66T module combines a highly secure Smart MX2 element (P61), Near Field Communications (NFC) radio, operating system and trust provisioning. To accelerate the deployment and meet the increased demands around secure mobile transactions, the module features a loader service, which enables service providers to easily deliver new applications by significantly simplifying the value chain of deploying credentials to devices.

The PN66T module is designed for mobile devices like smartphones and wearables and enables converged deployment of a broad set of transaction related applications such as mobile payment, access control, transit, and authentication.

The NXP secure element, the only common criteria certified EAL6+ product for mobile applications, providing the highest level of data protection and encryption to end users, payment issuers, and smartphone manufacturers. The module is EMVCo (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) certified, ensuring that secure payment services can be deployed on a global scale while guaranteeing interoperability with legacy and future payment infrastructures.

Offered on PN66T is trust provisioning to facilitate secure injection of cryptographic keys, enabling service providers to easily deploy new secure mobile transaction applications. The module offers support for full system integration and tuning in mobile OS’s with proven certification and the hardware and software are co-designed for optimised solution and benchmark performance.

It enables fast time to market through integrated offering that brings low risk and complementary support for HCE to decrease financial burden on bank issuers.