Brazil
News about the NFC market in Brazil — trials, pilots, tests and live services.
Billboard magazine puts on music with NFC tags
June 10th, 2013
Billboard Brasil has trialled a special edition magazine with an NFC sticker on its front cover in São Paulo, and now plans to roll out another NFC edition across other areas of Brazil within the... More
TIM and Bradesco pilot NFC in Brazil
June 3rd, 2013
Brazilian mobile network operator TIM, part of the Telecom Italia group, has started an NFC payments pilot in partnership with Bradesco Bank, with plans to commercially launch the service by the end of this year.... More
Digital authentication using a passport and NFC tested in Brazil
April 18th, 2013
A Brazilian startup has developed an authentication process that uses government-issued electronic ID documents and NFC phones to provide users with an additional level of security when logging in to online services. The aim is... More
MasterCard unveils MasterPass digital wallet and mobile payments platform
February 25th, 2013
MasterPass covers in-store and online payments, supports both NFC and QR codes and enables "banks, merchants and partners" to offer their own wallets to consumers. More
Bradesco tests NFC in Brazil
February 6th, 2013
Mobile network operator Vivo, part of the Telefonica group, and Brazil's Bradesco bank have begun an NFC payments pilot. Employees of both companies are participating in the test, which enables them to store a Bradesco... More
TIM begins NFC pilot in Brazil
January 31st, 2013
Brazilian mobile network operator TIM, part of the Telecom Italia group, has begun a small NFC payments pilot in collaboration with MasterCard, Banco Itaú, Redecard and TSM provider Gemalto. The pilot involves fifty people who... More
Brazil to get NFC in 2013
November 28th, 2012
Brazilian carrier Claro has announced a partnership with Bradesco bank to introduce an NFC payments service and a co-branded virtual wallet in 2013. "We think the scenario is really propitious right now, since 46.8 million... More
Barcelona, Hamburg, Rio and Derry to get NFC information services
May 23rd, 2012
The Spanish, German, Brazilian and Northern Irish cities have picked Connecthings to deploy a network of NFC tags to provide visitors and local citizens with information on local services and attractions. More
PagSeguro to launch NFC P2P payments in Brazil
April 17th, 2012
The online payments provider has partnered with Nokia to introduce an NFC service that allows users to transfer money and to make payments in bars, restaurants and stores. More
Brazil moves towards NFC
January 23rd, 2012
The first commercial NFC service could go live in Brazil by the end of this year, Mustafa Almansur, the GSMA's NFC programme leader for Brazil, told RCR Wireless at an NFC event organised by the... More
Oi Paggo to run NFC field trial in Brazil using Gemalto NFC add-on
May 28th, 2010
Oi Paggo, the SMS-based mobile payments service owned by Brazilian mobile network operator Oi, is to run an NFC field trial using Gemalto's Upteq N-Flex device later this year. The trial will focus on retail... More
Brazil’s Bradesco bank seeks revenue sharing model for introduction of NFC
October 16th, 2009
Brazilian bank Bradesco aims to bring NFC to market via a revenue sharing model, the bank's President told delegates to Futurecom on Thursday, Brazilian publication TI Inside reports. As NFCW reported last month, the bank... More
Visa launches NFC trial in Brazil
September 15th, 2009
The small scale payments trial, run in conjunction with mobile operator Claro and two banks, is one of several moves towards NFC now taking place in Brazil. More
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