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June 10th, 2013
Winkworth estate agents adds NFC keyrings in London
Estate agent Winkworth's Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Belgravia office is using NFC keyrings to deliver detailed information about properties to customers. The keyrings, which contain embedded NFC tags supplied by content management platform provider Tamoco, have... More
June 10th, 2013
South African travel show reports 60,000 NFC uses per day
Attendees at the Indaba 2013 travel show in South Africa used Poken's NFC social networking platform more than 60,000 times a day to digitally exchange documents and share business cards, the NFC connectivity specialist reports.... More
June 6th, 2013
Garanti Bank to launch NFC and QR payments in Romania
Swedish mobile payment specialist Seamless has partnered with Turkey's Garanti Bank to launch its Seqr NFC and QR payments platform in Romania — and plans to launch the service in the UK later this year.... More
June 5th, 2013
One in three mobile phones to come with NFC by 2017
Between 2012 and 2017 the installed base of NFC-enabled handsets will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 65% to reach 2.1bn units, according to new research from Berg Insight. "The penetration rate for NFC across all handset segments will similarly increase to approximately 32% by 2017." More
June 5th, 2013
Finnish book uses NFC tag for video content
Readers of a biography of former Nokia chief technology officer Yrjö Neuvo can access multimedia content by tapping an NFC tag inside the book's back cover with their phones. Bit Bang has been published by... More
June 5th, 2013
Rugged mPOS tablets offer NFC
Taiwan-based Mitac International has unveiled two Android-based rugged mobile POS terminals. The 5-inch Dino and the 7-inch BumbleBee tablets offer IP54 water and dust resistance and support contact, contactless and NFC payments, barcode scanning, WiFi,... More
June 5th, 2013
NBS adds support for Inside’s embedded secure elements
NBS Technologies' Xpressi Trusted Service Manager platform can now be used to provision financial card data onto NFC phones containing Inside Secure's VaultSecure embedded secure elements. Launched in October 2012, VaultSecure allows multiple third parties... More
June 5th, 2013
IQmetrix adds Isis to RQ4
Retail technology provider IQmetrix has added support for Isis NFC payments to its RQ4 retail management system, which supports POS, CRM and inventory management functions as well as HR and accounting. More
June 5th, 2013
Gartner cuts NFC mobile payments forecast by 40%
Worldwide mobile payment transaction values will reach US$235.4bn in 2013, a 44% increase on 2012's $163.1bn, according to a new forecast from Gartner — but NFC transactions will account for a smaller than expected proportion... More
June 5th, 2013
Asus launches NFC Express reader
Asus has launched NFC Express, an external accessory for PCs that makes it easy to pair desktop computers and Android NFC phones and tablets so users can share data between devices and use their mobile... More
June 5th, 2013
Dell adds NFC to XPS 12 laptop
Dell has announced a range of updates and upgrades to its consumer and commercial PC portfolio at Computex 2013, including the addition of NFC functionality to its XPS 12 convertible Ultrabook, Engadget reports. More
June 5th, 2013
Windows 8.1 expands NFC pairing
Windows 8.1 will include support for NFC-based pairing with printers and Miracast projectors, Microsoft has revealed. "Tap your Windows 8.1 device against an NFC-enabled printer and you're all set to print without hunting on your... More
June 5th, 2013
Bell ID launches NFC secure element in the cloud platform
The new service enables keys, certificates and NFC credentials to be stored securely in a remote location, rather than in the mobile device, is fully compatible with standard EMV contactless payments terminals and enables card issuers to deploy NFC solutions without the need to partner with mobile network operators or other third parties. More
June 4th, 2013
Computex offers NFC badges
Attendees at Computex 2013, the technology trade show taking place in Taiwan this week, are able to use their NFC phones as ID badges. The event's official app includes support for in-app registration as well... More
June 4th, 2013
Russian bank to launch NFC mobile wallet
Tinkoff Credit Systems is to launch an NFC mobile wallet service, developed by Russian mobile technology developer i-Free, that enables virtual MasterCard PayPass cards to be stored on embedded secure elements in Android NFC phones... More
June 4th, 2013
Apple gets Grab & Go patent
Apple has been granted a patent for System and method for simplified data transfer, which describes a system for simplifying the task of syncing devices and choosing which files to share between them. The "Grab... More
June 3rd, 2013
Dutch banks to launch NFC pilot in August
An NFC payments pilot that will be conducted by Dutch banks ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank across the city of Leiden is set to start at the end of August or early in September, NFC... More
June 3rd, 2013
Thinaire to join NFC in Retailing webinar
Tim Daly, co-founder of NFC marketing solutions specialist Thinaire, has been added to the list of speakers for NFC World's upcoming NFC in Retailing webinar. This hour-long webcast, sponsored by Smartrac, is free to attend... More
June 3rd, 2013
TIM and Bradesco pilot NFC in Brazil
Brazilian mobile network operator TIM, part of the Telecom Italia group, has started an NFC payments pilot in partnership with Bradesco Bank, with plans to commercially launch the service by the end of this year.... More
June 3rd, 2013
Asian mobile alliance promotes NFC with poster campaign
The Conexus Mobile Alliance, a regional grouping of mobile network operators, is promoting NFC throughout Asia with a "Tap and Get" smart poster campaign. Tap and Get rewards customers of Korean carrier KT or Japanese... More
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- NFC, Smartcard & Payment Fair 2013 • 18-20 June 2013 • Seoul, Korea
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- Tap-to-shop: NFC in Retailing • 18 June 2013 • At your computer
- NFC World Congress 2013 • 24-26 September 2013 • Nice, France
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