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July 31st, 2012

Isis adds fuel retailers to merchant line-up

Pay-at-pump technology providers Gilbarco Veeder-Root and GE-owned Wayne have agreed to build Isis's SmartTap technology into their fuel dispensers, ahead of the NFC joint venture's first pilots in Austin and Salt Lake City. More

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July 27th, 2012

Vivotech: We’re still in business

Contrary to reports circulating on the internet, citing unnamed "sources", long-established NFC POS terminal, TSM and software supplier Vivotech is not planning to announce today that it is ceasing operations. The company has, however, revealed... More

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July 27th, 2012

Apple buys fingerprint biometrics specialist Authentec

The company's products include a fingerprint sensor for NFC mobile phones that ensures only the registered user of a device can gain access to their mobile wallet. More

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July 26th, 2012

NFC specialist Tapit to raise US$8m for international expansion

The fast growing Sydney-based start-up already counts Coca Cola, RIM, Johnson & Johnson and Unilever amongst its clients and has just implemented a major new project for Australian carrier Telstra. More

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July 25th, 2012

Auriemma: UK consumers want to get mobile wallets from their bank

A mobile wallet containing only cards issued by their bank is the most popular option for British consumers, a new survey has found, suggesting that the battle to be "top of wallet" for mobile payments may turn into a fight to be "only card in wallet". More

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July 25th, 2012

RFI tests NFC for Visa

Test lab RFI Global has been accredited to perform Visa mobile product testing. The UK-based company, owned by UL since 2010, can now perform functional testing of mobile handsets with UICC, microSD and embedded secure... More

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July 25th, 2012

SAP and Airplus to offer NFC

SAP and business travel payment specialist Airplus International plan to offer NFC mobile payment facilities to business travellers, the enterprise resource planning leader has announced. SAP's cloud-based Travel OnDemand solution is designed to let business... More

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July 24th, 2012

Razorfish dispenses mobile content with NFC bubble gum machine

"This is an example of how NFC technology can provide a missing link between the physical and the digital by bringing the best of both worlds together," says the digital advertising agency. More

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July 24th, 2012

ING to pilot NFC in Poland

ING Bank Slaski is to conduct a twelve month NFC payments trial in Poland. The two hundred pilot testers, all employees of Bank Slaski or its partners Visa Europe and Oberthur, will use BlackBerry NFC... More

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July 24th, 2012

Hrvatski to trial NFC in Croatia

Two hundred employees of Hrvatski Telekom (HT) are to take part in Croatia's first NFC payments pilot, the carrier has announced. "HT sees a large potential in this type of innovative technology and we plan... More

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July 24th, 2012

Shared office users pay for coffee and snacks with NFC

Users of a shared workspace in Prague are paying for drinks and snacks with contactless cards thanks to an NFC payments solution developed by a local company. The PiggyBank system now in use at The... More

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July 19th, 2012

Dutch banks and carriers abandon Sixpack NFC joint venture plan

ABN Amro, ING, KPN, Rabobank and Vodafone are exploring a range of alternative ways to work together to introduce NFC services in the Netherlands, program director Wim Westerhof has told NFC World, in a bid to avoid the regulatory hurdles associated with forming a joint venture company. More

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July 19th, 2012

Fast food outlet adds NFC

Paris-based Mexican fast food restaurant Chido has put in Airtag's Airfid NFC-compatible customer loyalty programme. After registration on the web customers collect loyalty points when they identify themselves to an in-store terminal with a 2d... More

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July 19th, 2012

Parrot adds NFC hands-free car kit

A new hands-free car kit from Parrot features NFC pairing via a built-in tag. The Minikit Neo is designed to clip onto the driver's sun visor, is completely voice controlled and can connect to two... More

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July 18th, 2012

LG CNS to introduce NFC access control service

The Korean IT services supplier has partnered with carriers KT and LG U+ to enable employers to use NFC mobile phones to replace staff ID badges. Additional services such as payroll integration and payments are planned for the future. More

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July 18th, 2012

Malaysian transit card to go NFC

Malaysian transit card issuer Touch 'n Go will begin pilot testing an NFC payments service in collaboration with mobile network operator Maxis and CIMB Bank in the next two months, news agency Bernama reports. "After... More

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July 17th, 2012

CommBank unveils Android POS platform

The Australian bank has followed its Kaching mobile payments service with the launch of a point-of-sale application development platform that works with an Android-based POS terminal as well as an add-on for Apple iPhones and iPods and is designed to allow developers to add new types of features for merchants via mobile phone-style apps. More

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July 17th, 2012

Isis releases video tutorials

The US NFC payments venture has produced a series of educational videos, designed to show consumers how to use the Isis Mobile Wallet in stores and how to add cards and offers, as it moves towards pilot launches in Austin and Salt Lake City. More

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July 16th, 2012

Turkcell launches NFC home shopping service

The Turkish carrier's new MaxiPlus5 NFC phone ships with a fridge magnet customers can use to place online orders with a variety of partner merchants. More

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July 16th, 2012

Cambodia to get NFC payments

Cambodian mobile money transfer provider Wing plans to begin testing NFC later this year, The Phnom Penh Post reports. "What we really want to tackle here is near field communication like the Oyster card in... More

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