The trial will see five hundred bank staff using BlackBerry NFC smartphones to make MasterCard PayPass payments, and the technology used will in future also support the country's national transportation ticketing technology.
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- OTI wins US NFC order
December 8th, 2011 • By • Last updated 8 December 2011, 16:33
Absa begins South Africa’s first NFC pilot
December 6th, 2011 • By • Last updated 6 December 2011, 23:14
Verizon and Google fire first shots in the mobile wallet wars
"Recent reports that Verizon is blocking Google Wallet on our devices are false," says Verizon. "We are continuing our commercial discussions with Google on this issue."
December 6th, 2011 • By • Last updated 6 December 2011, 19:17
KPMG reports on consumer attitudes to mobile
A new survey from KPMG has found that 41% of shoppers now use their phone to research products and services in-store and consumers are increasingly willing to share data with advertisers if it saves them money — but concerns over mobile payments security and privacy issues remain.
December 6th, 2011 • By • Last updated 6 December 2011, 14:09
Private equity firm buys key NFC supplier
"Advent International hopes to help grow Oberthur Technologies through potential external acquisitions which may further enhance the technological development and complement existing know-how," says the investment firm.
December 6th, 2011 • By • Last updated 6 December 2011, 14:18
Korea to eliminate paper receipts with NFC
Telecoms research institute ETRI has established a standard way for Korean merchants to deliver receipts to NFC mobile phones, allowing stores to cut out the need to print paper sales slips.
December 6th, 2011 • By • Last updated 6 December 2011, 13:13
mFoundry adds Intel, FIS and Motorola to investor list
The mobile banking platform provider will use $18m of new funding for "the development of new payments-related mobile products and services targeted at financial institutions and mobile network operators."
December 6th, 2011 • By • Last updated 6 December 2011, 10:08
RIM begins NFC marketing campaign
The BlackBerry maker is to showcase the potential of the NFC functionality in its latest smartphones via smart posters and tokens distributed by street crews in Australia.
December 6th, 2011 • By • Last updated 7 December 2011, 10:25
Top Nokia NFC executives jump ship
The handset maker's lead delegate to the NFC Forum and its head of NFC business development for the Americas have now left the company. The UK-based VP of industry collaborations will leave at the end of December.
December 2nd, 2011 • By • Last updated 2 December 2011, 16:52
mFoundry to add NFC to mobile banking
Six hundred US financial institutions that use mFoundry's mobile banking platform will be able to add NFC payments to their apps, following a deal signed between the technology provider and payments network MasterCard.
December 2nd, 2011 • By • Last updated 2 December 2011, 14:36
Telefonica to launch NFC in Europe in ‘the next few months’
The telecoms giant, which runs the Movistar network in Spain and Latin America as well as O2 in Europe and Vivo in Brazil, has announced it will use a central trusted service management solution provided by Giesecke & Devrient to roll out NFC services in Europe next year.
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