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June 11th, 2013

China Mobile and China UnionPay launch NFC payments service

China Mobile, the world's largest mobile network operator, and Chinese bank card association China UnionPay have announced that their NFC payments service is now live in more than fourteen Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Beijing and... More

May 16th, 2013

Neology adds NFC to toll transponders

RFID solutions provider Neology has added NFC to its UHF transponders, used in road toll payment applications, enabling consumers to use a phone-based mobile wallet to pay a toll or top up their account balance... More

April 24th, 2013

Ingenico launches mobile POS terminal with NFC and fingerprint security

Point-of-sale terminal maker Ingenico has introduced a range of mobile payments terminals that include NFC and biometric verification. The iWB Bio Series devices are aimed at governments and financial institutions distributing payments services in emerging... More

April 17th, 2013

Snapper adds parking to NFC transit card service

Wellington City Council in New Zealand is trialling the use of Snapper transit cards, which are also available on NFC phones, to pay for car parking. Around 50 pay and display machines can now accept... More

April 12th, 2013

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... More

April 10th, 2013

Continental tests NFC car keys

Drivers can use the new digital key platform to unlock and start electric rental cars, find and book vehicles and access charging stations.  More

April 10th, 2013

NFC parking meter gets update

NFC parking meter gets update

MacKay Meters has received EMV Level 1 Contactless Certification for the latest version of its Guardian Solo parking meter. "Meeting these standards clearly shows our customers that the Solo will behave consistently when accepting NFC... More

March 26th, 2013

Metz gets NFC parking

Drivers in Metz, France can now register online to get an NFC sticker that allows them to pay for their stay at a 2,100 place underground car park without a ticket or cash. When entering... More

February 25th, 2013

Identive powers NFC at MWC Connected City

Identive's Tagtrail NFC platform is being used in deliver information to visitors to the GSMA's Connected City exhibit at Mobile World Congress 2013. "The Connected City will be filled with brand-new products and experiences that... More

February 24th, 2013

SecureKey signs with Enstream to provide mobile credentials

Customers of Canadian mobile operators Bell Mobility, Rogers and Telus will be able to use NFC for secure authentication and identification after the EnStream mobile commerce joint venture signed a deal with credential issuer SecureKey.... More

February 23rd, 2013

China Mobile and China UnionPay complete NFC TSM integration

China Mobile, the world's largest mobile network operator, and Chinese bank card association China UnionPay have announced they have completed integration of their NFC trusted service manager (TSM) platforms. The completion of the work means... More

February 20th, 2013

Connecthings to power MWC NFC Experience

The GSM Association and the city of Barcelona have chosen France-based NFC specialist Connecthings to implement a series of NFC "smart access points" around Barcelona during the 2013 Mobile World Congress. The NFC access points... More

January 11th, 2013

NFC World’s Joe Davies to chair NFC Symposium

Joe Davies, associate editor of NFC World and The Mobile Wallet Report, is to chair NFC Symposium 2013 in Stockholm later this month. "NFC Symposium 2013 is the number one meeting place in Scandinavia for... More

November 21st, 2012

Finnish firms form NFC tag ecosystem

Tivit, Finland's strategic centre for science, technology and innovation, has initiated a 'business ecosystem' called FinnTag that aims to create new and improved ways of delivering NFC tag based digital services. The venture aims to... More

November 15th, 2012

Korean museum offers NFC visitors guide

The National Museum of Korea is testing an NFC-based guide service. Visitors can download pictures of exhibits and get further information by reading NFC tags located near each item with an Android smartphone. They can... More

October 22nd, 2012

RIM to manage Canadian NFC secure elements

The BlackBerry maker has been selected by Canadian carrier joint venture EnStream to handle secure credential management for SIMs used in both Android and Windows smartphones as well as its own BlackBerry NFC devices. More

September 25th, 2012

Inside Secure to offer cloud-based NFC secure element solution

The NFC and contactless technology specialist has developed a way to turn NFC phones into "secured antennas" that can securely pull down sensitive data stored in the cloud and present it to a POS terminal or a contactless door lock — without the need to include an NFC secure element in the phone. More

July 10th, 2012

Austrian town ties book downloads to locations

Seventy sites in the Austrian town of Klagenfurt have been equipped with NFC and QR code stickers that enable visitors and local residents to download books related to the location of each sticker. Both fiction... More

June 22nd, 2012

Introducing The Mobile Wallet Report, the new research service from the NFC World team

The Mobile Wallet Report will keep you up to speed with the very latest thinking on NFC and mobile wallet business models right through the year — and you can save 25% on the usual price if you order now. More

May 23rd, 2012

Barcelona, Hamburg, Rio and Derry to get NFC information services

The Spanish, German, Brazilian and Northern Irish cities have picked Connecthings to deploy a network of NFC tags to provide visitors and local citizens with information on local services and attractions. More

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