NFC World » Best Buy http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Wed, 23 May 2012 19:10:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 US retailers back chip and pin http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/24/312678/us-retailers-back-chip-and-pin/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/24/312678/us-retailers-back-chip-and-pin/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:26 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12678 "The US payments industry should undergo a coordinated migration to chip and PIN transactions which should support a broad range of payment types (contact, contactless, dual interface, debit, credit, stored value, private and 'white' label,...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/24/312678/us-retailers-back-chip-and-pin/feed/ 0 Mobile Money Network to launch Simply Tap payments in the UK http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/28/36648/mobile-money-network-to-launch-simply-tap-payments-in-the-uk/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/28/36648/mobile-money-network-to-launch-simply-tap-payments-in-the-uk/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:17:13 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=6648 Mobile Money Network, the joint venture established in November 2010 between Best Buy Europe, Monitise and Charles Dunstone, founder of Carphone Warehouse, has announced its mobile payments service is to be called Simply Tap. Although...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/03/28/36648/mobile-money-network-to-launch-simply-tap-payments-in-the-uk/feed/ 0 Google unveils first Android NFC phone — but Nexus S is limited to tag reading only for now http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/07/35385/google-unveils-first-android-nfc-phone-but-nexus-s-is-limited-to-tag-reading-only-for-now/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/07/35385/google-unveils-first-android-nfc-phone-but-nexus-s-is-limited-to-tag-reading-only-for-now/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:11:40 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5385 The Nexus S, the first Android phone to use the new Gingerbread version of the operating system and its built-in NFC functionality, will hit the shops in the US on 16 December and the UK on 20 December. For now, however, it looks as though the phones will only support tag reading applications — mobile payments capabilities will only be available later.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/07/35385/google-unveils-first-android-nfc-phone-but-nexus-s-is-limited-to-tag-reading-only-for-now/feed/ 1 US Bank begins testing microSD based NFC payments service http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35160/us-bank-begins-testing-microsd-based-nfc-payments-service/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35160/us-bank-begins-testing-microsd-based-nfc-payments-service/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:07:51 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5160 US Bank has begun a field trial of microSD format NFC devices. Employees in a number of US states will begin piloting the technology this month and plans call for the trial to be opened...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/19/35160/us-bank-begins-testing-microsd-based-nfc-payments-service/feed/ 0 Monitise, Best Buy Europe and Carphone Warehouse founder to launch Mobile Money Network http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/16/35038/monitise-best-buy-europe-and-carphone-warehouse-founder-to-launch-mobile-money-network/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/16/35038/monitise-best-buy-europe-and-carphone-warehouse-founder-to-launch-mobile-money-network/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:07:58 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5038 NFC is likely to play a key role in the new venture as Monitise has already partnered with Visa and DeviceFidelity to integrate near field communication into its Mobile Money Manager platform.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/16/35038/monitise-best-buy-europe-and-carphone-warehouse-founder-to-launch-mobile-money-network/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 25 Oct 2010 http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/25/34765/nfc-news-in-brief-25-oct-2010/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/10/25/34765/nfc-news-in-brief-25-oct-2010/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:00:07 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4765 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Caen bids for NFC • Sprint adds mobile wallet • Vivotech's Dubai deal • Microsoft tags retailers • Mobile payments boost banks • Paying cash keeps you slim • NCR buys into mobile barcodes

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