New Zealand

Mobile network operator 2degrees and prepaid card issuer Snapper have teamed up to enable commuters in the city of Wellington to pay for public transportation and purchases in local merchants with an LG Optimus Net NFC phone. More

New Zealand carrier 2degrees is to announce an NFC transportation ticketing pilot in the city of Wellington this week, the Dominion Post reports. Commuters will be able to use their NFC phones to pay for bus... More

The pilot follows the announcement that New Zealand's mobile network operators are to partner with the operator of the country's debit card and ATM networks to introduce a central TSM platform. More

Vodafone, 2degrees and Telecom New Zealand have partnered with the operator of the country's debit card and ATM networks to introduce a central TSM platform that will allow the carriers to "continue to compete vigorously for customers by developing their own innovative services on top of the open platform infrastructure provided by the TSM". More

BNZ and Vodafone have begun a three month NFC payments pilot in New Zealand. The small scale trial involves some 44 BNZ and Vodafone staff who will be issued with Samsung Galaxy S II NFC... More

Vodafone is testing NFC technology in New Zealand, the mobile network operator's local chief executive Russell Stanners has told The New Zealand Herald. Stanners said New Zealand had a chance to become an early adopter... More

Bank staff have been given contactless stickers or NFC-enabled microSD cards to enable mobile payments using MasterCard PayPass as the card giant puts its Australasian roadmap into operation. More

The airline has provided each of its most frequent domestic travellers with contactless stickers from OTI that can be attached to the back of their mobile phone and act as a permanent and reusable boarding pass. More