Payments
April 17th, 2013
Startupbootcamp launches accelerator program for NFC startups
Ten startups with great NFC and contactless ideas will be able to access a three month program of assistance and guidance, €15,000 in seed funding, free office space, a sponsor package and the chance to pitch their final product to investors. More
April 17th, 2013
Turkcell adds transit card to mobile wallet
Turkish mobile network operator Turkcell has added the Urfakart transportation ticketing card to its Turkcell Cüzdan mobile wallet service. To use the service, Turkcell customers in the Sanliurfa region first link their Urfakart to their... More
April 17th, 2013
CUP demos Intel NFC payments
China UnionPay executive vice president Hongfeng Chai has demonstrated the payments network's Quick Pass contactless payments service in use on an Intel-powered NFC smartphone at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. The two companies are... 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 17th, 2013
PFS picks Carta for NFC
Prepaid Financial Services has partnered with Carta Worldwide to develop and deliver NFC and mobile payment solutions to corporate clients. "Innovation is the key driver behind the selection of Carta's NFC payments technology extensions, as... More
April 17th, 2013
Vodafone staff test mobile payments in UK
"Thousands" of Vodafone UK staff are currently pilot testing the mobile network operator's Vodafone SmartPass mobile payments service at the carrier's campus in Newbury, Berkshire. "This trial builds on the partnership we signed with Visa... More
April 16th, 2013
Eagle Eye gets US and European EMV coupon patents
Loyalty and payments specialist Eagle Eye Solutions has been granted US and European patents for an EMV-based digital coupon and gift voucher solution that allows point-of-sale terminals to be used to both process card payments... More
April 16th, 2013
TapMeTags and xpWallet team up
New Delhi-based mobile wallet solutions provider xpWallet has announced a partnership with Toronto-based NFC specialist TapMeTags. As well as collaborating on mobile payment products, the two companies will work together on anti-fraud systems for NFC... More
April 16th, 2013
UL to test mPos for Visa Ready
UL is to become the first laboratory to test mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) devices for certification under the Visa Ready Partner Program. "We are looking forward to guiding our customers through this new program that will... More
April 16th, 2013
DBS expands One.Tap NFC payments to all Singapore carriers
DBS has become the first bank to offer a virtual credit card to customers of all three mobile network operators in Singapore. DBS One.Tap launched in August 2012 for StarHub customers and was expanded to... More
April 12th, 2013
SkyeTek adds NFC module
RFID reader manufacturer SkyeTek has launched its first NFC product. The Gemini NFC and Mifare reader module is a "low-cost and ultra-low power reader/writer module" aimed at the access control, brand loyalty and mobile wallet... More
April 11th, 2013
Seamless adds NFC to QR payments platform
Seqr does not require merchants to install new hardware and promises to cut transaction fees in half by bypassing the traditional payments networks. McDonald's, Axfood and Kjell & Company have already adopted the system in Sweden. More
April 10th, 2013
Aconite scores mobile EMV win
Aconite's Mobile Application Manager has been selected by "a major European processor" to provide "a low-cost, fast-track enhancement of their existing authorization systems to support the broad range of EMV scripts needed to manage EMV... More
April 10th, 2013
Fime adds M-Tip testing
Testing specialist Fime has integrated the MasterCard Terminal Integration Process (M-TIP) questionnaire into its Savvi test tool, enabling it to validate that NFC payment terminals are compliant with MasterCard's latest PayPass terminal specification. "The latest... More
April 10th, 2013
Nexperts puts PayPass in wallet
NFC specialist Nexperts has introduced an NFC mobile wallet that comes with MasterCard Mobile PayPass certification. "The support of Mobile PayPass in our wallet framework eases significantly the time to market for MNOs and banks... More
April 10th, 2013
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
April 10th, 2013
Helixion launches NFC payments platform
NFC payments specialist Helixion has launched Lok-MPL, a new mobile payments platform which the company says already has the backing of 12 major European banks. The platform, which is being used by Swiss mobile network... More
April 9th, 2013
Trevica picks Cardtek TSM platform
MasterCard-owned payments processor Trevica has selected Cardtek Group's TSMXpert platform to offer mobile payment solutions to European banks and service providers. Trevica is based in Poland and operates in a number of other countries in... More
April 9th, 2013
Starhub launches NFC movie tickets in Singapore
"The mobile ticketing innovation is the world's first NFC mobile wallet with P2P redemption of movie tickets," says technology provider C-SAM. "This new capability reduces the time customers spend purchasing and redeeming tickets, creating a compelling and seamless customer experience for movie ticketing." More
April 8th, 2013
M1 adds DBS NFC
Singapore-based mobile network operator M1 and banking group DBS have teamed up to expand the NFC payments options available to their customers. DBS' One.Tap virtual credit card was previously available only to Singtel StarHub subscribers... More
Featured events
- NFC, Smartcard & Payment Fair 2013 • 18-20 June 2013 • Seoul, Korea
- GlobalPlatform’s “The TSM of Today and Tomorrow” workshop • 18 June 2013 • Madrid, Spain
- Tap-to-shop: NFC in Retailing • 18 June 2013 • At your computer
- NFC World Congress 2013 • 24-26 September 2013 • Nice, France
- NFC & Mobile Payment workshops at Apps World 2013 • 22-23 October 2013 • London, UK
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