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

CIBC and Rogers to bring NFC payments to Canada
May 16th, 2012
The bank and telecoms operator are to introduce a joint NFC service that will let CIBC credit cardholders make mobile payments with a Rogers NFC phone from "later this year". More

Canadian banks issue landmark NFC payments guidelines that focus on open mobile wallets and consumer data protection
May 14th, 2012
The Canadian banking and credit union industry's Mobile Payments Reference Model provides a detailed blueprint for how NFC mobile payments can be offered in Canada, how open mobile wallets will be and how consumer privacy will be assured. More
Canadian banks move on NFC
May 14th, 2012
Members of the Canadian Bankers Association reached agreement on Friday on how NFC mobile payments will be handled in Canada, says The Globe and Mail, opening the way for the first commercial deployments to take... More

Canadian carriers to launch NFC payments ‘within six months’
April 25th, 2012
Negotiations between Canada's telecoms companies and banks are in the final stages and mobile network operator Rogers Communications expects to launch a mobile wallet service within six months, Reuters reports. "In Canada, we are more ready... More

Toronto and Montreal to get NFC advertising
February 29th, 2012
Astral Media, one of the largest media firms in Canada, is adding NFC to its street furniture in Toronto and Montreal. In Toronto, NFC capabilities will be added to Astral Out-of-Home's network of bus shelter... More
Spoonity picks NFC for loyalty
January 3rd, 2012
A new loyalty platform for independent restaurants and cafés has begun pilot testing in Ottawa, Canada. Spoonity uses NFC tags to identify customers and NFC phones to administer points and rewards. "Spoonity can be part of... More
WestJet to test in-flight NFC
November 1st, 2011
Canadian airline WestJet is to test contactless and NFC payments for in-flight purchases, American Banker reports. Technology from GuestLogix and MasterCard will boost transaction security in the air, where online authorisations are impractical. "Airlines have... More
NFC parking meters for Ottawa
November 1st, 2011
Parking meters in Ottawa will accept payments from NFC-enabled smartphones starting in early 2012. Customers with credit card information stored in their NFC wallet will be able to tap their phone on a reader to... More

Newad lets shoppers buy direct from ad posters
October 11th, 2011
The indoor advertising network is adding NFC to poster sites in university and college campuses across Canada that will allow students to purchase advertised products from their NFC phones, as well as to download promotional coupons and product information. More
EnStream begins Zoompass mobile payments sticker trial
March 4th, 2010
EnStream, the joint venture between Canada's three leading mobile operators which operates the Zoompass mobile wallet service, has begun its first mobile contactless sticker trial. Launched by Bell Mobility, Rogers and Telus in June 2009,... More
Canadian mobile operators ‘plan to introduce NFC or contactless handsets within the year’
February 17th, 2010
EnStream, the joint venture between Canada's three leading mobile operators which operates the Zoompass mobile wallet service, aims to offer NFC or contactless enabled handsets to customers within the year, the company has told NFC... More
MasterCard adds contactless payments to BlackBerry phones
November 30th, 2009
MasterCard Canada has teamed up with Research in Motion and BMO Bank of Montreal to test a system that combines PayPass contactless stickers with email confirmation of each transaction sent to the user's BlackBerry smartphone. More
Montreal picks Oberthur for contactless transit ticketing system
September 24th, 2009
STM, the Societè de Transport de Montreal, has appointed Oberthur Technologies to supply contactless cards for use throughout the Montreal region's public transport network, including buses, the subway and commuter trains throughout the Greater Montreal... More
Canadian operators zoom past NFC
June 17th, 2009
Zoompass, a joint venture between Canada's three leading mobile operators, is taking a new approach to the lack of NFC handsets by linking its new mobile wallet to a standard prepaid bank card. More
MasterCard, Citi and Bell report on Canadian NFC payments trial
April 24th, 2009
Participants recorded an average transaction amount of $20 during the small scale four month trial. More
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