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News about the NFC market in Canada — trials, pilots, tests and live services.

RBC and Bell to launch NFC payments in Canada

May 13th, 2013

Canadian bank RBC and mobile network operator Bell have announced plans to jointly introduce an NFC payments service. The new deal will give RBC customers, with an NFC phone supplied by Bell, the ability to... More

TapMeTags and xpWallet team up

TapMeTags and xpWallet team up

April 16th, 2013

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

Interac debuts NFC debit card payments in Canada

March 28th, 2013

RBC Royal Bank and Scotiabank both plan to make the new mobile payments service available to their customers later this year — and RBC has announced it will now make all Interac Flash contactless payments available free of charge to its account holders. More

Rogers adds Suretap phones

Rogers adds Suretap phones

March 21st, 2013

Canadian mobile network operator Rogers has added three Android and four BlackBerry NFC phones to the list of devices that work with its Suretap NFC payments service. The new phones are the LG Optimus G... More

Telus mobile payments coming “very soon”

March 7th, 2013

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

Canadian Kiosk launches NFC rewards

March 4th, 2013

Users of the online city guide can take part in real world missions that let them collect rewards by visiting, say, three different art galleries in a six hour period or three participating bars in twelve hours. 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

SecureKey signs with Enstream to provide mobile credentials

February 24th, 2013

Customers of Canadian mobile operators Bell Mobility, Rogers and Telus will be able to use NFC for secure authentication and identification after the EnStream mobile commerce joint venture signed a deal with credential issuer SecureKey.... More

CIBC picks Sequent for NFC

CIBC picks Sequent for NFC

February 5th, 2013

Canada's CIBC bank has licensed the Sequent Wallet Management Platform, which was announced last week, for use in its NFC payments service. CIBC also uses NFC technology from Giesecke & Devrient and Tsys. More

Crosscliq delivers NFC magazine ad for BlackBerry, Rogers and CIBC

January 7th, 2013

An NFC-enabled advert has been included in the latest issue of a Canadian mobile operator's customer magazine. Readers with an NFC phone can tap an advertisement placed by RIM in Rogers Communications' Connected Rogers magazine... More

CIBC picks G&D for NFC

CIBC picks G&D for NFC

December 12th, 2012

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

Rogers and CIBC switch on NFC payments in Canada

November 4th, 2012

Canadian athlete Simon Whitfield has completed Canada's first NFC transaction, at a Tim Hortons coffee shop, and customers of the bank and mobile network operator can now order an NFC-enabled Rogers SIM ahead of the full commercial launch of the new mobile payments service on 16 November. More

RBC to launch NFC in Canada

October 24th, 2012

Royal Bank of Canada is preparing to launch a mobile wallet service "within the next month", the bank's Dave McKay has told Reuters. "We're almost there; it's close," McKay explained. "It's going to be out... More

RIM to manage Canadian NFC secure elements

October 22nd, 2012

The BlackBerry maker has been selected by Canadian carrier joint venture EnStream to handle secure credential management for SIMs used in both Android and Windows smartphones as well as its own BlackBerry NFC devices. More

Enstream sells off Zoompass wallet

October 17th, 2012

Canadian mobile network operator-owned NFC provider Enstream has sold its Zoompass mobile payments service to Paymobile, a financial technology company that provides program management services for a range of open loop prepaid and virtual card... More

Rogers to launch NFC next week?

Rogers to launch NFC next week?

October 12th, 2012

Canada's first commercial NFC payments service is set to launch on 15 October, according to documents seen by Mobile Syrup. Rogers and CIBC bank's new "Suretap" service will launch with support for BlackBerry Bold 9900... More

Rogers picks Gemalto for NFC in Canada

October 10th, 2012

Rogers Communications has selected Gemalto to supply it with NFC-enabled SIMs for its forthcoming NFC payments deployment. Rogers' NFC platform is currently undergoing pilot testing and is due to launch before the end of this... More

G&D gets Visa TSM approval

G&D gets Visa TSM approval

September 26th, 2012

Giesecke & Devrient's TSM centres in Toronto and Munich have added Visa approval to the MasterCard certifications they received in 2011 and 2009. "By operating two separate but interlinked data centres, one in Munich and... More

Rogers to issue NFC credit card

September 20th, 2012

"Rogers expects to launch a credit card that will be part of a 'virtual wallet' as the telecom company moves to mobile payments on smartphones," the Montreal Gazette reports: Chief executive Nadir Mohamed said Monday... More

RIM takes NFC to film festival

RIM takes NFC to film festival

September 19th, 2012

RIM has worked with Canadian NFC specialist Crosscliq to showcase NFC at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). BlackBerry ambassadors equipped with NFC smartphones were on site to offer festival goers the chance to... More

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