In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a near field communication (NFC) device is provided, comprising: an NFC unit configured to charge an external device under charge by transferring power to said device under charge through an NFC channel; a detection unit configured to detect predefined events occurring on the NFC channel when said power is being transferred to the device under charge; a processing unit configured to control the transferring of power to the device under charge in dependence on the events detected by the detection unit. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a near field communication (NFC) device is conceived.