NFC Forum collaborates on standards for mobile financial services; MyDealerLot integrates RTLS with repair order system; Brussels public transportation system adds NFC-enabled fare cards; Elatec releases 128-bit encryption upgrade for its RFID readers; Swisscom to provide systems integration services for Mojix's RFID system; Academia RFID offers training courses on data-capture software and EPCIS.

The following are news announcements made during the past week.

NFC Forum Collaborates on Standards for Mobile Financial Services
The NFC Forum, an association promoting the adoption of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, and the Mobey Forum, a global financial industry group, will work together to facilitate open standards to enable secure and interoperable mobile financial transactions. The Mobey Forum, many members of which are financial services companies, will communicate its industry's critical business requirements for consideration in open technical standards being developed by the NFC Forum, which includes several mobile communications, semiconductor and consumer electronics companies in its membership.