Under Threat, Mainstream TSMs Rebrand as ‘Credential Managers,’ Embracing Tokenization and Accepting HCE

NFC Times Exclusive – Is the TSM, as we know it, dying? Predictably, the three major global trusted service managers say no.

But with the emergence of Apple Pay and other “OEM Pay” initiatives, as well as host-card emulation and tokenization, along with reduced demand for SIM-based NFC, the TSMs acknowledge significant changes are at hand for their platforms.