China’s answer to Foursquare and Gowalla has begun trials with NFC check-ins, Asia-centric tech blog TechNode reports... More
Archive: Newswire
Motorola to introduce first NFC phones next year?
Motorola is rumoured to be introducing two new NFC-enabled phones in the first quarter of 2012, according to DroidLife... More
HTC to launch NFC-enabled phone in third quarter of 2011?
Mobile phone manufacturer HTC plans to launch an NFC-enabled smartphone in the third quarter of 2011, according to Bright Side of News... More
More than half of UK smartphone users would welcome NFC
Just over half of British smartphone users would welcome the introduction of NFC payment services on their mobile phone, according to a new survey by the company behind the MyVoucherCodes website... More
Verayo hires former PayPal mobile chief for move into NFC security market
Verayo has announced the appointment of Eric Duprat, former general manager of mobile at PayPal, as its chief executive officer as it seeks to bring its ‘silicon biometrics’ technology to market... More
Razorfish picks NFC as one of its top 5 marketing technologies to watch
Razorfish, one of the world’s top digital marketing agencies, has released a report that includes NFC as one of the top five technologies that marketers should now be watching closely... More
More than half of UK retailers considering implementing NFC
More than half of UK retailers are considering using NFC technology as part of their overall mobile strategy, citing competitive pressures and customer demand as key drivers for this decision... More
Bell ID launches EMV Token Manager
Smart card and token management supplier Bell ID has launched EMV Token Manager, a new solution which aims to coordinate and simplify the management of any type or combination of EMV token deployment... More
NXP and UPM join to provide ‘hassle-free’ NFC tags over the web
NXP Semiconductors and UPM RFID have announced a partnership which they believe will allow customers to order NFC tags as easily as they would office supplies... More
NFC Forum publishes smart posters white paper
The NFC Forum has published a white paper about developing and deploying NFC smart posters, designed to encourage businesses and consumers to implement and use them... More
US financial institutions wary of investing in mobile payments
Most American financial institutions have clear-cut strategies for mobile banking but say the market will need to mature further before they make any sizeable investments to support mobile payments, research from financial services technology provider Fiserv reveals... More
Oracle: Is NFC too slow for payments and coupons?
Business software firm Oracle has been conducting experiments with NFC and has found it “too time consuming” to use at the point of sale, the firm’s David Dorf has reported... More
Vodafone brings NFC payments to Hungary’s Sziget Festival
One of Europe’s premier music festivals has teamed up with Vodafone to provide visitors with contactless payment cards — and some will also get the chance to pay with NFC phones... More
Atlanta Fed states mobile payments will be ‘safer than plastic cards’
“The mobile phone will be a much more secure payment device than the plastic cards we use today.” That is the view of the assistant director of the Retail Payments Risk Forum, in a blog post published this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta... More
Visa Europe announces €100m annual mobile payments investment
Visa Europe will invest €100 million a year in commercially launching mobile payments and developing its e-commerce services, the firm’s chief executive has confirmed... More
NXP denies takeover talks — but reveals price it could accept
Chip maker NXP is not in takeover talks, its chief executive has said, although he would consider an offer like the one Texas Instruments made for National Semiconductor, Reuters reports... More
Samsung ready to unveil two new NFC-enabled Bada smartphones
Samsung is planning to release two more NFC-enabled Bada-based smartphones later this year, Badaworld reports... More
Yespay Wallet to be ready for NFC by end of 2011
Yespay International is to introduce an NFC mobile wallet service that will allow customers to use coupons and discount vouchers via NFC by the end of the year, the company’s CEO has told NFC World... More
Swisscom prepaid customers top up at in-store NFC kiosks
Mobile software provider Sicap and Switzerland’s leading telecoms provider Swisscom have launched a contactless in-store kiosk that allows prepaid subscribers to top up their phones... More
Mastercard mandates contactless POS terminals in Australia and New Zealand
Global payments network Mastercard has announced a plan to make contactless payments a way of life in Australia and New Zealand over the next four years... More