Near Field Communication technology: key applications, market and critical trends



The increasing adoption of sophisticated smartphones and tablets around the world is henceforth at the core of numerous awesome innovations within the financial and security industry.


DigitalEcono can then observe that, increased penetration of smartphones and tablets in developed and emerging countries drives the growing adoption of NFC technology.

For those who are unfamiliar, Connectikpeople recalls that, the key applications of NFC technology include contactless payment, information sharing, user authentication and access control and others.

According to Research and Markets mobile or contactless payment dominated the global near field communication market by application, accounting for 33% market share in terms of revenue in 2014. 

Its recent report forecasts that the World Near Field Communication Market will gain a revenue of $24.0 billion by 2020. 

In 2014, 1.2 billion smartphones were sold worldwide, which further increased by 7% in the first quarter of 2015. Increased penetration of smartphones and tablets in developed and developing regions is the key driving factor for the growing adoption of NFC technology. 

The NFC technology is threatening conventional cash, credit or debit card transaction.