Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The advances in radio frequency identification -- or RFID -- technology have revolutionized the way many products are made and tagged -- even products as seemingly mundane as a product label. Through ...

Regular wallets hold your cash and cards in one place so nothing slips out. However, for a while now, there has been some buzz about RFID-blocking wallets everywhere. They look like any other wallet, ...

This week, my opinion piece addressed the growing number of articles that claim some new technology spells the demise of radio frequency identification (see Perfect Alternatives to RFID?). I didn’t ...

Finances FYI is a weekly series providing straightforward finance tips and best practices to help improve financial literacy. Technological advancements have made financial transactions quicker and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover major developments in the retail industry. Let’s look at the positive. Nike’s CEO Matthew Friend said, “RFID is going to ...

When customers think of paying for their lunch with their phone or smartwatch, it seems like a relatively novel concept. Being able to make a transaction without cash or a credit card changing hands ...

Although Wal-Mart’s RFID mandate is short on details, it basically nets out to RFID tags on pallets, cases, and cartons for its top 100 suppliers by January 1, 2005. Even without the announcement of ...

RFID credit cards are growing in popularity and have already been adopted by major credit card issuers. These cards use radio frequencies to allow the cardholder to pay at terminals by tapping their ...