Look for the NFC (Near Field Communication) logo on your next phone and, perhaps, everywhere else. (Photo: Courtesy of the NFC Forum)

Thanks to an agreement announced today between the NFC (Near Field Communication), credit card, and Smart Card industries:

With this new liaison, EMVCo will share relevant technical information with the NFC Forum that will enable the certification of properly-provisioned NFC devices for use in the following scenarios:

* to make POS payments (in Card Emulation mode) wherever such payments can be made with EMVCo contactless card products;

* to act as POS devices (in Reader/Writer mode) within the EMVCo contactless payment infrastructure.

This kind of all-in-one action through a single device should raise concerns from privacy watchdogs.

via NFC Forum : NFC Forum Forges Collaborative Links with EMVCo, GSM Association and Smart Card Alliance.