NFC World » ANZ http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Wed, 23 May 2012 17:34:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 ABnote forms NFC division http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/01/311023/abnote-forms-nfc-division/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/01/311023/abnote-forms-nfc-division/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:08:48 +0000 Paula Berger http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11023 Secure document and services provider ABNote has opened a division to develop and deliver NFC mobile payment solutions. The new team, based in Australia, will focus on developing secure mobile applications that work with ABNote's...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/01/311023/abnote-forms-nfc-division/feed/ 0 Eftpos Australia calls for creation of impartial NFC industry council http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38533/eftpos-australia-calls-for-creation-of-impartial-nfc-industry-council/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38533/eftpos-australia-calls-for-creation-of-impartial-nfc-industry-council/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:49:49 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8533 Bruce Mansfield, managing director of debit card payments system Eftpos Payments Australia (ePal), has called on payments providers and mobile network operators to form an impartial NFC industry council, ZDNet Australia reports. Mansfield said that Eftpos...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38533/eftpos-australia-calls-for-creation-of-impartial-nfc-industry-council/feed/ 1 Vodafone tests NFC in New Zealand http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38522/vodafone-tests-nfc-in-new-zealand/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38522/vodafone-tests-nfc-in-new-zealand/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:03:06 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8522 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...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/07/11/38522/vodafone-tests-nfc-in-new-zealand/feed/ 0 ANZ Bank: We like NFC, but not via microSD http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/30/38383/anz-bank-we-like-nfc-but-not-via-microsd/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/30/38383/anz-bank-we-like-nfc-but-not-via-microsd/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:25:30 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8383 "At this stage, we will not be progressing with microSD as a contactless payment technology platform," says the Australian banking giant.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/30/38383/anz-bank-we-like-nfc-but-not-via-microsd/feed/ 0 MasterCard and ANZ launch New Zealand’s first NFC payment trial http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/14/38015/mastercard-and-anz-launch-new-zealands-first-nfc-payment-trial/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/14/38015/mastercard-and-anz-launch-new-zealands-first-nfc-payment-trial/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:10:11 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=8015 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.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/06/14/38015/mastercard-and-anz-launch-new-zealands-first-nfc-payment-trial/feed/ 0 Westpac to run internal NFC trial http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/18/37456/westpac-to-run-internal-nfc-trial/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/18/37456/westpac-to-run-internal-nfc-trial/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 10:55:45 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7456 Westpac has become the latest of Australia's big four banks to trial contactless mobile phone payment technology. The bank intends to conduct an internal NFC trial later this month, iTnews reports. Employees will be supplied with...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/18/37456/westpac-to-run-internal-nfc-trial/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 18 April 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/18/37073/nfc-news-in-brief-18-april-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/18/37073/nfc-news-in-brief-18-april-2011/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:00:25 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7073 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: NFC football shirts • EMVCo's new specs • Contactless business cards • Expo visitors win with NFC • One in five smartphones to have NFC by 2014 • Smartphone users 'uninterested in location-based services' • Visa's Australian NFC trial ends • and more...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/04/18/37073/nfc-news-in-brief-18-april-2011/feed/ 0 ANZ and Visa begin NFC microSD trial in Australia http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/21/36540/anz-and-visa-begin-nfc-microsd-trial-in-australia/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/21/36540/anz-and-visa-begin-nfc-microsd-trial-in-australia/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:42:08 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6540 Australian bank ANZ has begun a four-week trial of a mobile wallet service with Visa, which it believes will be the "way of the future" for making small payments. Fifty staff in the Sydney and Melbourne offices...

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