Payments
January 8th, 2013
Wincor Nixdorf to offer mWallet
Wincor Nixdorf is to unveil a mobile wallet solution for retailers, supporting both NFC and QR code payments, at the NRF show in New York next week. "The Wincor Wallet provides an ideal platform for... More
December 19th, 2012
Frost & Sullivan: NFC to account for half of Europe’s mobile payments
NFC payments will account for 42.3% of all mobile payments made in Europe in 2015, according to new figures released by Frost & Sullivan. That percentage will increase to 49.6% in 2018, when 38% of... More
December 19th, 2012
Sony and Watchdata team up on NFC
Watchdata is to add support for Sony FeliCa contactless technology to its range of SIMpass NFC add-ons. Six million consumers in East Asia, mostly in China, already use a SIMpass SIM+antenna add-on to make NFC... More
December 18th, 2012
ARM, Gemalto and G&D introduce alternative to NFC secure elements
Trustonic, a joint venture set up by the three companies, will provide TSMs and service providers with the key to their own secure area within a trusted execution environment on an ARM processor, in exchange for a one-off fee, providing an alternative to secure element chips for applications requiring low- to mid-range security. More
December 18th, 2012
Orange and China Mobile sign NFC development deal
"By working together with China Mobile, we hope to show that the development of a SIM-card based approach using recognized standards will be a key factor in winning over consumer confidence as NFC services become more and more prevalent over the coming years," says Orange's Thierry Millet. More
December 18th, 2012
China Mobile and Bank of China pick Verifone for NFC marketing and payments
The Chinese carrier and bank will be using VeriFone's Paymedia Mobile Marketing Platform to enable merchants, brands and third parties to deploy targeted campaigns to NFC mobile wallet users in the city of Shen Yang. More
December 18th, 2012
The Mobile Wallet Report: PayPal takes its digital wallet overseas, biometrics gain ground and marketers flock to Apple Passbook
In the December edition of Mobile Wallet Outlook, the NFC World team examines the resurgence of interest in using fingerprint verification at the point of sale, the innovative new services being built on top of Apple's Passbook mobile wallet and the latest consumer adoption surveys. Our first "spot report" takes an in-depth look at PayPal's digital wallet and in-store payments strategy and asks whether the online payments giant can succeed in crossing the online-offline divide. More
December 18th, 2012
PayPal: “NFC will fail to gain mass adoption”
In a blog post entitled "Looking Ahead to 2013", PayPal president David Marcus sets out his "thought starters, perhaps predictions, for 2013" — and at the top of the four-point list is "NFC will fail... More
December 17th, 2012
MasterCard buys into NFC wallet provider C-Sam
MasterCard has signed a strategic partnership agreement with C-Sam and also acquired a minority shareholding in the NFC mobile wallet and transaction platform provider. The move follows a deal the two companies signed in May... More
December 13th, 2012
Proxama opens US office
UK-based NFC specialist Proxama is expanding overseas with the opening of an office in the US. "We expect 2013 to be a big year for NFC across the globe so having a presence in New... More
December 13th, 2012
London buses now accept contactless payments
Public transportation users in London can now pay their fare with a contactless credit, debit or charge card on any of the city's 8,500 buses. The cards can be used to buy single journey tickets... More
December 12th, 2012
Mocapay adds wallet API
Mocapay has launched a platform that enables merchants to add mobile wallet capabilities to their mobile apps via a single API. Using Mocapay's API token solution, merchants can offer consumers the ability to select their... More
December 12th, 2012
Sixty banks and retailers sign up for new Korean mobile wallet service
KT's MoCa combines payment cards, coupons and offers stored in the cloud with a mobile wallet app that allows consumers to make payments at merchants via traditional barcodes, QR codes or NFC — providing retailers with the flexibility to use their prefered choice of POS hardware to close the "last inch" at the point-of-sale. More
December 12th, 2012
CIBC picks G&D for NFC
Canada's CIBC bank has picked Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) as the trusted service manager for its rollout of NFC payments with Rogers Wireless. G&D's TSM service will be used to securely download and provision the... More
December 12th, 2012
Auchan picks mobile barcodes for France’s MCX
"Our goal is to create the m-payment standard within the retail sector, independent of any telephone operators and banks," says the head of Flash'n Pay, a new mobile wallet brand that has been created by one of the country's largest grocery retailers and is set to go head to head with the French carriers' NFC-based Cityzi service. More
December 10th, 2012
MoSoCo picks Sequent for NFC payments, marketing and loyalty platform
Mobile solutions specialist MoSoCo has chosen Sequent as its trusted service management (TSM) provider for the introduction of a cloud-based mobile loyalty, marketing and prepaid card processing service for Polish retailers. "Sequent's secure technology will... More
December 7th, 2012
Chinese carriers’ NFC plans emerge
China Mobile, the country's largest mobile operator, has reached agreements with subway and bus companies in 30 cities to allow users to make payments through mobile phones next year, reports Caixin Online. Pilot programs will... More
December 5th, 2012
Salt Lake Tribune reports on Isis pilot
Salt Lake Tribune reporter Vince Horiuchi has been out and about in the city testing Isis, following the October 2012 launch of the NFC mobile payments venture's pilots in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas.... More
December 5th, 2012
Inside Secure adds sales agents
NFC and secure chip specialist Inside Secure has appointed four sales agents in Latin America and the Middle East. BP Electronica, a division of US-based BP Sales, will represent Inside in Mexico, while Electrocomponentes will... More
December 5th, 2012
Juniper scales back NFC forecast
Global NFC retail transaction values will now reach US$110bn in 2017, significantly below the $180bn previously forecast, the analysts say, due to the lack of NFC in the iPhone 5, lower than expected adoption of Google Wallet and the delay in the launch of Isis. More
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