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Archive for April 2013
Vodafone staff test mobile payments in UK
“Thousands” of Vodafone UK staff are currently pilot testing the mobile network operator’s Vodafone SmartPass mobile payments service at the carrier’s campus in Newbury, Berkshire... More
Eagle Eye gets US and European EMV coupon patents
Loyalty and payments specialist Eagle Eye Solutions has been granted US and European patents for an EMV-based digital coupon and gift voucher solution that allows point-of-sale terminals to be used to both process card payments and redeem vouchers and coupons... More
JusTap adds NFC coupons
Mumbai-based JusTap! has announced JusPocket, an NFC couponing platform that allows brands to run multiple coupon and deal campaigns in real time... More
TapMeTags and xpWallet team up
New Delhi-based mobile wallet solutions provider xpWallet has announced a partnership with Toronto-based NFC specialist TapMeTags... More
German transport operators pick NFC Netstore’s durable outdoor tags
Finnish tag supplier NFC Netstore is to provide its Contact Point durable NFC tags to Deutsche Bahn for the rail operator’s Touch&Travel national NFC ticketing scheme. Regional transportation operator RMV has already installed 25,000 of the new tags across the Frankfurt region. More
UL to test mPos for Visa Ready
UL is to become the first laboratory to test mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) devices for certification under the Visa Ready Partner Program... More
DBS expands One.Tap NFC payments to all Singapore carriers
DBS has become the first bank to offer a virtual credit card to customers of all three mobile network operators in Singapore... More
CheckinDJ uses NFC, social media and Spotify to reinvent the jukebox
Venues, or groups of friends, can use the system to choose what music should be played — based on the combined preferences of everyone present at the time. More
Inside Secure NFC controller gets Linux kernel support
Inside Secure has announced its MicroRead NFC controller chip is supported in the new 3.9 branch of the Linux kernel, speeding up integration of the chip into a range of Linux based TVs, set-top boxes, GPS devices and industrial machines... More
Think&Go, Comprion, Taztag, Sistel, Payter and Seibersdorf win Wima NFC awards
The winners of this year’s Wima NFC competition have been announced — with Think&Go NFC scooping three awards... More
South West Trains provides passengers with special offers via NFC
The Tap4Offers platform has been installed in 360 of the UK rail operator’s carriages and platform provider KBH plans to extend the service to 6,000 carriages operated by eleven rail service providers later this year. More
Wroclaw restaurant tries NFC table tents
Local NFC specialist NFC Group has implemented NFC table stands and placed NFC stickers on doors in an Indian restaurant in Wroclaw, Poland... More
New York City to pilot NFC parking meters
The New York City Department of Transportation is to pilot test PayByPhone‘s mobile payments system, which is already live in San Francisco, Miami, London and Vancouver, in an 18 block area of the Belmont Business Improvement District in the Bronx... More
SkyeTek adds NFC module
RFID reader manufacturer SkyeTek has launched its first NFC product... More
NFC house buying system promises more privacy for sellers
Academics from the School of Computing and Mathematics at Plymouth University have developed an NFC tag platform that allows sellers to promote their property in a more discreet way than the traditional ‘for sale’ board... More
Seamless adds NFC to QR payments platform
Seqr does not require merchants to install new hardware and promises to cut transaction fees in half by bypassing the traditional payments networks. McDonald’s, Axfood and Kjell & Company have already adopted the system in Sweden. More
Samsung adds Galaxy Mega 6.3-inch NFC phone
Samsung has added a new smartphone to its Galaxy range... More
NFC tags beat QR codes in Dutch retail pilot
“We have found that the NFC tags are more popular than the QR codes because they are very simple to use,” upmarket fashion retailer Vic has told NFC World. “It is definitely something we hope to keep in our store going forward into the future; it is our way of connecting our online and offline worlds.” More
Aconite scores mobile EMV win
Aconite’s Mobile Application Manager has been selected by “a major European processor” to provide “a low-cost, fast-track enhancement of their existing authorization systems to support the broad range of EMV scripts needed to manage EMV applications on a mobile NFC handset”... More