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September 2nd, 2010

Wells Fargo to run NFC field trial

US financial services giant Wells Fargo & Co has become the fourth bank to reveal that it is to take part in Visa's series of NFC trials. And Visa could be ready to launch commercial... More

August 27th, 2010

First Data joint venture to offer mobile contactless loyalty service to merchants in UK and Ireland

AIB Merchant Services' new Loyaltyplus service integrates Zapa's mobile contactless technology into merchants' POS terminals, enabling even the smallest retailer to offer an NFC-compatible customer loyalty programme — from only €30 a month. More

August 25th, 2010

Consumers Union calls on US government to regulate mobile payments

As the US begins the move to adopting NFC, the government must act to ensure that consumers get full protection against fraud, processing errors and merchant disputes — especially if they are using a prepaid account or if they are charging their purchase to their mobile phone bill — says Consumers Union. More

August 24th, 2010

China Unicom signs up second banking partner

China Unicom has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Agricultural Bank of China (ABC). The deal is expected to see the bank and the mobile operator working together to introduce a wide range of new... More

August 20th, 2010

Verizon invests in mobile loyalty and coupons specialist CardStar

Verizon Ventures has invested US$400,000 in mobile loyalty card and promotions start-up CardStar, The Wall Street Journal reports: CardStar is just one of many companies with an app to organize membership and loyalty cards. But... More

August 19th, 2010

Bank of America to run NFC payments trial in New York

Bank of America will begin a field trial next month in partnership with Visa that will enable customers to use their smartphones to pay for purchases in stores, according to a Reuters news report. "The... More

August 17th, 2010

‘Mobile wallet solutions are our top priority’ says PayPal boss

The company is to "develop software that transforms mobile phones and other devices into 'digital wallets' that consumers can use to buy merchandise, keep coupons and store loyalty program data." More

August 11th, 2010

GlobalPlatform specification adds secure area to mobile phone baseband processors

The new Trusted Execution Environment specification will enable a trusted window to be created on a mobile phone's screen so that consumers can enter their PIN securely on their own phone, rather than on a retailer's POS terminal. More

August 9th, 2010

Turkey’s Akbank and Visa Europe to test microSD NFC device

News of Akbank and Visa's trial follows the announcement in May that MasterCard, Garanti Bank and mobile network operator Avea are to begin a commercial NFC service in Turkey this summer. More

August 2nd, 2010

Federal Reserve leads US payments industry NFC initiative

The US Federal Reserve has been acting as the host for a series of meetings between US mobile network operators, banks and payments networks over the course of the last few months, Digital Transactions reports.... More

August 2nd, 2010

AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to test NFC payments in the US

US mobile network operators AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA are planning to run NFC payments trials in Atlanta and three other US cities, according to Bloomberg. Both Discover Financial Services and the US arm... More

July 21st, 2010

France’s top sporting venue to adopt NFC ticketing

Stade de France, the 81,000 seater home to France's international football and rugby fixtures, cup finals, music concerts and other events, has signed a deal with mobile network operator Orange that will see NFC ticketing... More

July 20th, 2010

Kasikornbank and AIS introduce NFC payments in Thailand

Kasikornbank, Thailand's second largest bank, and Advanced Info Services (AIS), the country's largest telecommunications operator, have partnered with Gemalto to introduce NFC services in Thailand. Gemalto is supplying the two companies with Trusted Service Management... More

July 19th, 2010

Lenovo adds NFC functionality to ThinkPad laptop PCs

Laptop computer maker Lenovo has begun offering near field communication functionality as an optional extra to buyers of its T410, T510 and W510 ThinkPad laptops. The NFC option is available now to enterprise clients and... More

July 15th, 2010

European Payments Council publishes NFC white paper

The European Payments Council (EPC) has published a white paper which examines the ways in which NFC technology could be used to deliver compatible mobile phone-based payments services across the 32 countries of the Single... More

July 15th, 2010

KDDI, Softbank Mobile and SK Telecom to introduce NFC standard services in Japan and Korea

The three mobile network operators are to move away from the non-NFC mobile contactless technologies they currently support in favour of an NFC standard solution. More

July 15th, 2010

Rfinity expands BYU-Idaho University NFC pilot to local stores and shoppers

Rfinity has signed a deal with Citizens Community Bank that sees its NFC payment trial at Brigham Young University's Idaho campus expanded to include both non-University students and off-campus merchants. The trial at BYU-Idaho began... More

July 15th, 2010

Apple patent introduces Products+ for NFC-based product promotions

Yet another NFC-related Apple patent application has been published, this time covering the use of an NFC phone to read a tag on a consumer product in order to obtain a benefit provided by the... More

July 14th, 2010

French government funds twelve more NFC and RFID projects

Christian Estrosi, the French Minister for Industry and the Mayor of Nice, has announced details of twelve NFC and RFID projects which are to share in €4.5 million of funding from the French government. The... More

July 14th, 2010

HID Global and Inside Contactless to add employee ID cards to NFC phones

Employee ID card leader HID Global and Inside Contactless have partnered to offer support for HID's iClass vicinity card technology to NFC phones. iClass is HID's top of the range ID card technology and includes... More

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