Payments
March 8th, 2013
UniCredit pilots multi-application NFC wallet
UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions, a division of Italy-based financial institution UniCredit Group, is testing a multi-application mobile wallet solution that works on both Android and BlackBerry NFC phones.. Sixty employees taking part in the pilot... More
March 7th, 2013
Telus mobile payments coming “very soon”
Future Telus smartphones will use Gemalto's UpTeq NFC SIM cards to securely store customer credentials, it was announced today. "Gemalto's UpTeq NFC SIM technologies comply with the most stringent global security requirements and they have... More
March 6th, 2013
GSMA reports on NFC Experience at MWC
More than 10,000 Mobile World Congress 2013 attendees tried out the NFC Experience at this year's event. "We can probably improve a few things regarding the ergonomics," the GSMA's head of NFC has told NFC World, "but overall it went smoothly." More
March 5th, 2013
SIA picks Gemalto for NFC payments in Italy
Payments processor SIA has signed a deal with Gemalto for the introduction of a national TSM infrastructure for NFC payments in Italy. SIA's service will make use of Gemalto's Allynis Trusted Service Management for Service... More
March 4th, 2013
Citi releases Singapore stickers
Citibank has introduced contactless payment stickers in Singapore with its Quick Pay Tag service. The stickers, which can be used for payments of up to S$100 (US$80), are available for all customers of Citibank Singapore... More
February 28th, 2013
Google talks NFC at MWC
Mobile payments services will only start to take off once consumers are using them two to five times a day, Peter Hazlehurst, director of product management at Google, has told delegates at Mobile World congress... More
February 27th, 2013
Watchdata ships NFC-on-a-SIM
Watchdata Technologies has announced the commercial availability of SIMpass SC, an all-in-one NFC SIM solution that incorporates an NFC antenna within a SIM card form factor. The product was unveiled at the 2012 Mobile World... More
February 27th, 2013
Accumulate upgrades ME platform
Accumulate has launched the Mobile Payment Fast Track Pack, an update of its its Mobile Everywhere (ME) platform that supports NFC, QR codes, P2P, online and in-store payments. "Accumulate's solution is technology independent and supports... More
February 27th, 2013
VeriFone and SK C&C team up for NFC wallets
POS maker VeriFone and Korea-based IT company SK C&C have announced they are working together to deploy mobile wallet solutions for "several large mobile network operators". "Our partnership with VeriFone will enable MNOs to rapidly... More
February 27th, 2013
Etisalat wins GSMA NFC award
UAE-based carrier Etisalat has picked up the gong for 'Best NFC/Mobile Money Product or Service' at the GSMA's Global Mobile Awards. Flous is an NFC-based mobile commerce service, unveiled at Gitex in Dubai. More
February 27th, 2013
Bankinter develops NFC payments service that eliminates need for secure elements
"This solution allows the financial institution to 100% independently define its business model, thus solving the current barriers we are facing with current SE-based NFC solutions," Carlos Alberto Pérez Lafuente, director of innovation for e-strategy and management at Bankinter, has told NFC World. More
February 27th, 2013
Russian carriers plan NFC JV
Russia's "Big Three" mobile network operators — MTS, Vimpelcom and MegaFon — are in discussions to create a joint venture company for the rollout of NFC services, Alexander Popovskiof, vice president of operations at MTS,... More
February 27th, 2013
Samsung enters the mobile wallet market
Samsung has unveiled its own mobile wallet app at Mobile World Congress 2013. Samsung Wallet "is a convenient mobile app which allows users to store and manage event tickets, boarding passes, membership cards and coupons... More
February 26th, 2013
GSMA honors KT and SK Telecom for NFC
Korean mobile network operators KT and SK Telecom have been named as the winners of the 2013 GSMA Chairman's Award, the association's most prestigious honour, in recognition of "their pioneering efforts and leadership in driving... More
February 26th, 2013
MasterCard reports on consumer attitudes to mobile payments
A social media study conducted by MasterCard and Prime Research has identified a high volume of conversation and consumer interest in adopting mobile payments — as well as highlighting a number of barriers to entry.... More
February 26th, 2013
Telenor unveils Valyou NFC mobile wallet
The carrier has partnered with DNB bank for the launch of the NFC payments service in Norway and is demonstrating the new solution at Mobile World Congress 2013. More
February 26th, 2013
China Unicom picks Gemalto NFC
China Unicom is to to use Gemalto's UpTeq NFC SIM to secure the Unicom Merchants' Bank mobile wallet it is rolling out in conjuction with China Merchants Bank (CMB). The NFC wallet enables consumers to... More
February 26th, 2013
EMVCo certifies Fime
Testing specialist Fime has been awarded additional secure element accreditation by EMVCo. Fime can now verify that a secure element meets the payments standards body's Application Activation User Interface (AAUI) and Proximity Payment System Environment... More
February 25th, 2013
Think&Go demos Android NFC device for field workers
Think&Go NFC is demonstrating a new NFC device from technology provider Famoco at Mobile World Congress 2013. The Famoco FX 100 Series is an Android-based device which can operate in all three NFC modes —... More
February 25th, 2013
Samsung and Visa announce NFC payments plan that cuts out the carriers
The handset maker and payments network have announced a plan to pre-load Visa's payWave applet on embedded secure elements in "selected" next generation Samsung devices — potentially enabling banks to offer NFC payments without any involvement from the mobile network operators. More
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- 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
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