Best of all a pocket of mu-metal.
BUT as others have said a sheet of metal foil close-by should suffice.
A sleeve of Aluminum foil glued on the outside of a properly sized plastic pouch would allows easy insertion/removal and long life.
MIFARE and other systems are almost always "near field" inductive power transfer systems. Your aim is to provide a conductive surface that the induced magnetic wave will dissipate energy in. Because the card is resonant it may be able to do some fairly wonderous things at low signal levels in some cases so a solidly enclosing metal foil pouch is probably wise.
Wikipedia MIFARE & variants
MIFARE is the NXP Semiconductors-owned trademark of a series of chips widely used in contactless smart cards and proximity cards.
The MIFARE name covers proprietary technologies based upon various level of the ISO/IEC 14443 Type A 13.56 MHz contactless smart card standard.
Variants:
MIFARE Classic
employ a proprietary protocol compliant to parts (but not all) of ISO/IEC 14443-3 Type A , with an NXP proprietary security protocol for authentication and ciphering.
MIFARE Ultralight
low-cost ICs that employ the same protocol as MIFARE Classic, but without the security part and slightly different commands
MIFARE Ultralight C
the first low-cost ICs for limited-use applications that offer the benefits of an open Triple DES cryptography
MIFARE DESFire
are smart cards that comply to ISO/IEC 14443-4 Type A with a mask-ROM operating system from NXP.
MIFARE DESFire EV1
includes AES encryption.
MIFARE Plus
drop-in replacement for MIFARE Classic with certified security level (AES 128 based)
MIFARE SAM AV2
secure access module that provides the secure storage of cryptographic keys and cryptographic functions
Hacking Barclays version with a cellphone - video news item. Python script to read the cards.
Nice pickpocketing demo :-).
VISA payWave
They say
- Transaction Protection: Cards can only be read up to 4 inches from the secure reader and each transaction is accompanied by a unique security code to protect against fraudulent use. Plus, you maintain control of the card at all times, which reduces the risk of fraud.
More here with few seconds of video demo
Best Answer
Yes. They are all part of the same association.
Yes. The PayPass, et. al. cards are embedded with an RFID inlay that meets ISO 14443-A and ISO 14443-B standards and operates at 13.56MHz (same as cell phones)[1].
Just because they have the physical layer, however, does not mean that this will be supported for cell phones due to the security risk it represents. Some payment solutions and near-field companies have implemented their own payment systems on top of NFC independent of EMV [2] [3].