“The Isis mobile wallet, set for release in two US cities this summer, will feature a prepaid card with cash already loaded and a capability to ‘follow’ participating merchants to receive coupons and other offers,” reports Digital Transactions, which attended an event held by Isis last week in Austin, Texas... More
Archive for February 2012
Belgian NFC payments joint venture hits the rocks
Plans to create a common mobile payments platform for Belgium’s banks and mobile network operators have been abandoned over an inability to agree on whose technology to use or a business case that could work for all parties. More
NXP joins Japan’s move to NFC
The chip maker has followed Samsung in announcing it will work with FeliCa Networks to develop solutions that allow phones to work with both NFC and Japan’s existing Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet service. More
Acer floats Cloud Mobile smartphone
Acer is expected to demonstrate another NFC smartphone at this week’s Mobile World Congress... More
Australia gets online NFC store
An online NFC store has opened in Australia... More
Acer shines a light on Liquid Glow NFC smartphone
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Acer has revealed its second NFC smartphone ahead of Mobile World Congress 2012... More
LG shows off quad core Optimus 4X HD with NFC
LG has taken the wraps off another NFC smartphone, its third this week, in the run up to Mobile World Congress 2012... More
NXP to showcase NFC at MWC
NXP is to showcase NFC applications from six partners at its booth at the Mobile World Congress next week:... More
Orange UK announces Quick Tap treats for 200,000 NFC customers
Two hundred thousand UK customers have now been equipped with NFC phones they will be able to use to tap smart posters and receive special rewards, says the mobile network operator. More
FeliCa Networks signs deal with Samsung for Japan’s move to NFC
The joint venture between Sony and carrier NTT Docomo, which runs Japan’s Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet service, has signed a deal with Samsung for the development of a new chip solution that will provide consumers with phones which work with both NFC services and Japan’s existing mobile payments infrastructure. More
Krakow gallery tags exhibits
Visitors to an art gallery at the National Museum in Krakow, Poland, can use NFC smartphones to access extra information about exhibits by touching nearby NFC tags... More
Kuoziro launches NFC tablet
Japanese manufacturer Kuoziro has added an NFC enabled tablet to its Frontier range for the Japanese market... More
Inside Secure to demo NFC on a SIM solution at MWC
Inside Secure is to show a new version of its NFC-on-a-SIM solution, first unveiled at the Cartes show in Paris in November 2011, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next week... More
Visa and Samsung to unveil Olympics NFC payments app at Mobile World Congress
Visa and Samsung are to demonstrate an NFC mobile payment service for the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week... More
Morpho checks in for MWC
ID systems specialist Morpho is to show off NFC solutions in a virtual airport terminal at the Mobile World Congress... More
Android NFC app grabs contact details from MWC visitor badges
A new Android app can scan Mobile World Congress visitor badges and store the contact details in the user’s address book... More
Boku enters NFC market with white label payments and offers platform
The high profile online mobile payments company, whose services are used by more than 240 mobile network operators around the world, has entered the NFC market with Boku Accounts, a turnkey white label platform that lets carriers offer subscribers a full suite of in-store payments and loyalty services. More
Yubico introduces one-time password token that secures access to the contents of NFC phones
The online identity protection specialist, which has more than one million users in 100 countries, has developed a new version of its YubiKey device that can be used to lock and unlock access to applications and data stored on NFC phones. More
Komerční Banka to launch NFC payments in Czech Republic
The bank has partnered with Visa Europe for a limited commercial NFC payments rollout, using iPhone 4 and 4S handsets equipped with Wireless Dynamics’ iCarte accessory. More
EMT begins NFC bus ticketing trial in Malaga
Public transportation operator EMT has begun an NFC ticketing pilot in the city of Malaga, the fifth largest in Spain, in conjunction with mobile network operator Orange... More