Applications
May 1st, 2012
RIM adds NFC music pairing
A new version of RIM's BlackBerry Music Gateway includes NFC pairing support, allowing BlackBerry NFC phone users to stream music from their phone to a home or car stereo. The Verge has a hands-on review of the... More
May 1st, 2012
2degrees to test NFC
New Zealand carrier 2degrees is to announce an NFC transportation ticketing pilot in the city of Wellington this week, the Dominion Post reports. Commuters will be able to use their NFC phones to pay for bus... More
May 1st, 2012
Shift4 adds gWallet support
Hospitality payments processing specialist Shift4 has added support for payments made via NFC phones equipped with Google Wallet. The solution includes swipe-ahead functionality, says Shift4, meaning that "customers can swipe their cards (or touch their... More
May 1st, 2012
Foursquare adds NFC to BB
BlackBerry NFC phone users can now check into locations via NFC, as well as share places and tips with each other and Android NFC phone users, with the addition of NFC support to the BlackBerry... More
April 30th, 2012
Rayman Legends to get NFC on Wii U
A leaked video of Rayman Legends, currently in development at French games publisher Ubisoft, has provided the first insights into how games makers plan to make use of the NFC capabilities in the forthcoming Nintendo... More
April 30th, 2012
Visa to launch V.me digital wallet in UK, France and Spain
"Our intention is that V.me will ultimately be able to incorporate any or all of our new payment technologies, allowing our members to deliver the best possible payments experience whether face-to-face, online or in a mobile environment," says Visa Europe's Mariano Dima. More
April 30th, 2012
Telecom New Zealand and Westpac test NFC with Auckland Transport
The pilot follows the announcement that New Zealand's mobile network operators are to partner with the operator of the country's debit card and ATM networks to introduce a central TSM platform. More
April 30th, 2012
Apple patent gives with NFC
Apple has applied for a patent covering processes for gifting digital content to friends using transmission methods including NFC, according to Patently Apple. The iPhone maker's patent application outlines a two-step confirmation process: Users can... More
April 27th, 2012
China payments to hit $80bn
The Chinese mobile payment market is expected to be worth more than US$80bn with some 441m active users by 2015, according to new research from Kapronasia. China has already surpassed the US as the biggest... More
April 27th, 2012
Denizbank adds NFC payments
Denizbank has become the fourth Turkish bank to sign up for Turkcell's Cep-T Cüzdan NFC mobile wallet platform. The bank's customers can now apply for a Denizbank prepaid "card" via SMS, have the card provisioned... More
April 26th, 2012
O2 Wallet launches in the UK: NFC to be added “in time”
Amid on-going delays for the UK mobile network operators' Project Oscar NFC joint venture, O2 has moved ahead with the launch of a mobile wallet that offers a suite of payments and marketing services to any mobile phone user, regardless of the carrier they get their mobile service from — with NFC to arrive later. More
April 26th, 2012
NFC too costly for South Africa?
South African banks and retailers are likely to be slow to adopt NFC, due to the high cost of enabling infrastructure, Tim Walter, Nashua Mobile's executive head of marketing, has told ITWeb. "SA's big four banks, however,... More
April 26th, 2012
Thinaire launches NFC marketing platform
US start-up Thinaire has launched an NFC marketing platform that "details location, occasion, brand, and social interaction so ROI can be determined, and then provides input for future one-to-one efforts". The platform has been undergoing... More
April 25th, 2012
Canadian carriers to launch NFC payments ‘within six months’
Negotiations between Canada's telecoms companies and banks are in the final stages and mobile network operator Rogers Communications expects to launch a mobile wallet service within six months, Reuters reports. "In Canada, we are more ready... More
April 25th, 2012
Samsung staff to get NFC ID
Some 40,000 Samsung staff based at the electronics giant's headquarters in Suwon, South Korea, are to begin using NFC phones instead of ID badges to gain access to buildings during the second half of 2012,... More
April 25th, 2012
Google Wallet: We’re in it for the long haul, says search giant
"It's still very early days for mobile payments and we know [it] will take time to build a mobile commerce ecosystem, but we're very committed to this goal and are encouraged by the progress we've made to date," says the search giant, as it makes unlocked Galaxy Nexus NFC phones available for US$399. More
April 25th, 2012
NFC Advertising in Practice webinar: See it now on NFC World
452 people registered to attend NFC World's first webinar, sponsored by NFCtags.com and featuring speakers from Smartrac, Nokia and Tapit. More
April 24th, 2012
McDonald’s to test cloud-based NFC payments in Austria
The fast food giant has signed up to pilot test a new cloud-based NFC payments service developed by Austrian mobile network operator A1 and Paybox Bank. Supermarket chain Merkur will also participate in the trial. More
April 23rd, 2012
Timwe offers mass tag platform
Mobile monetisation specialist Timwe has launched an NFC tag management platform aimed at marketers. NFC Launcher is a cloud based system capable of handling millions of tags for large campaigns. 22 different actions can be... More
April 23rd, 2012
BMW uses NFC car keys to open hotel room doors
The luxury car maker has worked with hotel key card specialist VingCard to develop a way for drivers to book a hotel room from their car, download their room key to an NFC-enabled car key and receive special offers available just to BMW drivers. More
